{"product_id":"hand-forged-chef-knife-6-inch-walnut","title":"Hand Forged Chef Knife, 6 Inch Blade with Walnut Handle","description":"\u003cp\u003eHalf an onion. Two mushrooms. A stick of celery and a handful of parsley. Most of what happens on a home board is little work, and a big blade makes a production of it. This one is 6 inches of 1095 high carbon with a walnut handle. People tend to buy it second, after the big one, and then it lives on the counter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBlade length\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e6 inches\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOverall length\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e11 inches\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHandle length\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e5 inches\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBlade steel\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1095 high carbon\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBlade finish\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDark forged spine, bright bevel\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBlade shape\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eChef knife, flat heel running into a curve\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTang\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFull tang\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHandle\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWalnut, three brass pins\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBlade cover\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eStamped basket weave leather blade cover\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEngraving\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e20 dollars per blade\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMade in\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eForged and finished by hand in High Point, North Carolina.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWarranty\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eLifetime warranty against defects, free sharpening for life.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe blade\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e1095 is plain high carbon steel with nothing clever in it, which is the point. The spine stays dark from the fire and the bevel is taken up bright, so the blade reads as two tones from the side. The shape is a chef knife, flat at the heel and lifting into a curve toward the tip. That curve lets the edge rock on a board instead of chopping straight down, and six inches turns inside a small space. The steel greys as you use it. It spots if it goes away wet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe handle\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWalnut sits mid weight and mid hard, and it has been on kitchen handles a long time. It takes an oil finish and warms fast in the hand. The tang is full, three brass pins holding the scales onto it, so no glue joint does the work after a year of washing up. The handle measures 5 inches, longer than you might expect against a 6 inch blade. Your whole hand fits, and the balance falls back where a short blade wants it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe leather blade cover\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cover is vegetable tanned leather, hand stitched, cut to this blade's own outline. A welt goes into the seam, a strip of leather holding the thread in a channel away from the edge. The face carries a basket weave stamped into wet hide by hand. It sits over the blade with the handle left standing out, so the knife travels in a drawer or a roll without finding a knuckle. No belt about it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWho it suits\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is for cooking for two or three where the counter is already full.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnyone whose board is smaller than a cabinet door\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCooks with small hands who find an 8 inch heavy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuyers adding a second chef knife\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePeople who like plain steel over pattern\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat comes in the box\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe 6 inch chef knife on walnut\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe stamped basket weave leather blade cover\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA care card\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFree sharpening whenever you send it back\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eEvery piece is different\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWalnut comes off a tree, so grain runs pale in one handle and near chocolate in the next. The forge line along the spine falls where the fire and the hammer left it, never twice in the same place. Expect the shape you see and your own version of the colour.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eLooking after it\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWash by hand and dry it before you put it down. Water left on plain carbon steel leaves a mark you rub off later. Wipe a thin film of food safe mineral oil over it before the drawer. Boards want to be wood or plastic. When it stops biting, a whetstone at about 20 degrees per side brings it back, then a few passes on a strop. Our \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/knife-care-sharpening\"\u003ecare and sharpening page\u003c\/a\u003e goes further.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003ePut a name on it\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEngraving runs 20 dollars per blade and it is a box you tick on this page. About 30 characters is the working limit, so think a name, or a name and a year. We mock it up and send you the image first. Once approved, add 3 to 5 business days. Ten blades or more and we stop charging. Details on the \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/engraving\"\u003eengraving page\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eQuestions buyers ask\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs 6 inches enough for a main knife?\u003c\/strong\u003e For most home cooking, yes. It runs short at a big squash, where length gets you across in one go.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy do people buy this one second?\u003c\/strong\u003e The 8 inch looks like the serious purchase. Then the small one fits the actual cooking, and it stops going back in the drawer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat does the curve at the tip do?\u003c\/strong\u003e It lets you hold the point down and lift the heel, rolling the edge through a cut. A flat edge chops instead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWill it rust?\u003c\/strong\u003e Plain carbon steel will if you let it. Dry it, oil it, and it turns grey rather than orange. It goes in a dishwasher at no point.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs it just a large paring knife?\u003c\/strong\u003e No. There is height under the handle for knuckle room, so this one belongs on a board.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhen will it arrive?\u003c\/strong\u003e Most US orders arrive in 5 to 7 business days.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe same shape sized up is the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/hand-forged-chef-knife-buffalo-horn-bolster\"\u003e8 inch chef knife with buffalo horn and brass\u003c\/a\u003e, and smaller jobs go to the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/hand-forged-kitchen-utility-knife-green-micarta\"\u003ekitchen utility knife on green micarta\u003c\/a\u003e. Both sit in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/chef-knives\"\u003echef knives\u003c\/a\u003e, the plain steel in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/high-carbon-1095\"\u003e1095 high carbon steel\u003c\/a\u003e, everything else in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/kitchen-knives\"\u003ekitchen knives\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viper Edge USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44145889312886,"sku":"VEF-KIT-HC-2102","price":109.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/2427\/9670\/files\/chef-12-carbon-walnut_ddfcadf9-67f9-4e77-a51c-6120856222f4.jpg?v=1788856795","url":"https:\/\/viperedgeforge.com\/products\/hand-forged-chef-knife-6-inch-walnut","provider":"Viper Edge USA","version":"1.0","type":"link"}