Wusthof Ikon Blackwood Chef's Knife
Wusthof Ikon Blackwood Chef's Knife
The Wusthof Ikon Blackwood Chef's Knife is an essential tool for any kitchen. This all-purpose knife handles chopping, mincing, slicing, and dicing with ease. Featuring a triple riveted, full tang handle, the Chef's Knife is perfectly weighted to feel like an extension of your hand. No kitchen is complete without a cook's knife, and Wusthof's offering is a must-have. This knife features Wusthof Ikon's durable handle, made from African Blackwood. African Blackwood is among the hardest and heaviest woods in the world and lends a premium quality to this aesthetically striking tool.
Why Choose a Forged Steel Knife?
Wusthof forged knives start with quality steel that undergoes extreme heat and hand molding to enhance the flexibility, density, and hardness of the blade. Forged knives are hand crafted and offer greater strength and durability as well as better balance, a heavier feel and lasting sharpness compared to stamped cutlery. The tang of a forged knife always extends into the handle to improve the balance and ergonomics.
About Wusthof Forged Knives
Each Wusthof knife is precision forged from a single piece of chrom-molybdenum-vanadium steel. This specialized high carbon, stain-resistant alloy ensures that the critical characteristics of each Wusthof knife are right there from the beginning: razor sharp, long-lasting cutting edge that is both highly stain resistant and easily restorable (able to be sharpened). This formula is imprinted on each forged blade is the following world-renowned Wusthof steel formula: X50 CrMoV15 X = Stainless Steel Mo = Molybdenum 50 = 0.5% carbon - significant for sharpness V = Vanadium for hardness and edge retention Cr = Chromium for stain-resistance 15 = Contents of chromium (15%)
About Wusthof
Wusthof has set the standard for designing and manufacturing precision-forged knives since 1814. Today they are crafted by a skilled team of 300 dedicated workers in two state-of-the-art facilities in Solingen, Germany, the heart of the cutlery world. Over 40 different manufacturing steps are needed to produce a forged Wusthof knife from one solid piece of steel with rigorous quality standards at every step. In addition, Wusthof forged knives now offer the new PEtec Edge which is 30 percent sharper and offers 40 percent longer life. All Wusthof cutlery is backed by the Wusthof Lifetime Guarantee!
Wusthof Item Number
6': 1010530116, previously 4996/16
8': 1010530120, previously 4996/20