Product Description: Ask any professional chef and you'll find out, the Chef's Knife is the most indispensable of all the knives in the block. Perfectly diced onions and peppers, slender zucchini matchsticks, roll cut carrots and thinly shredded cabbage are just a few strokes away with this powerful, versatile tool. Notice how the blade edge of the Chef's Knife is gently curved, from tip to heel. That's to allow you to use a gentle, even rocking and gliding motion as you cut. The length and weight of the blade helps you work more efficiently. (The longer and heavier the blade, the less muscle you have to put behind it!) Use the whole blade to cut larger items like potatoes and Spanish onions into slices or strips. The bolster gives the knife weight at the heel so the back half of the blade can be used to make smaller cuts. The flat of the blade can be used to lightly "whack" the skins from garlic cloves, too.
Amazon.com Review: Fully forged from a single piece of German high-carbon stainless steel, this 8-inch chef's knife with its curved blade is ideal for rocking through a chopping or mincing task as well as for all-purpose cutting. The 8-inch length suits most cooks, though small-handed cooks might prefer the 6-inch version and experts, the 10-inch. The broad blade is tapered from spine to edge and from heel to tip, with a bolster providing balance and safety. Additional balance and strength come from the full tang running through the handle, which is formed of hygienic, fiberglass-reinforced poly that won't crack, split, or chip and is attached to the tang with the traditional three rivets. The high-carbon stainless-steel blade takes and holds a fine edge and it won't rust, stain, or discolor. A quality knife like this should be hand washed. It carries a lifetime warranty against defects. --Fred Brack
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Amazing value
I work in a high-volume restaurant, and I purchased this knife for daily use at work. I own a Wusthof Classic 8" cook's knife for home use. I have found that in every way that counts this knife stands up every bit as well as the much pricier Wusthof knife. It is much heavier, but that actually is a benefit when using the knife to chop a large amount of vegetables all day. I highly recommend this knife as a great value and a quality replacement for all the major high quality knives I have used ie. Wusthof, Henckels, Sabatier.
Rating: - Top Quality, Great Price
I purchased this item about a year ago, after reading several good reviews on Calphalon knives. I'm a vegetarian chef, so veg prep is a way of life and, as a result, this knife gets used quite a bit. Washing it by hand (as recommended with all knives, regardless of the maker) and honing it every once in a while, this knife is just as sharp as the day I got it. This is a tribute to a well made product that is meant to last for a lifetime. I'll probably have to have it professionally sharpened at some point to keep it razor sharp, but seeing as that won't be for another year or two. I have since ... Read More
Rating: - the most basic of all kitchen knives
crafted(forged) in China using German steel(reputed to be furnished by F. Dick, a companycompeting with Henckels and Wusthoff, this knife is, as one reviewer noted very heavy, perhaps heavierthan it needs to be.Onereason may be the fact that the handle's top was left unshaped: quite square. this might repell cooks with tender hands - not a problem for me. the weight to me is an advantageand any professional chef or butcher will tell you that a heavy knife does more work than a light one will. so much forthat!
the only flawI found is that it was not subjected to a final honing: it is sharp ... Read More
Rating: - You get what you pay for
I have had this knife for 6 months and it is starting to oxidize(If this is made of German steel I wonder what grade of steel it is?). I wonder how long before it starts to rust? and another problems it is so poorly formed compared to knives by Henckels, Wusthof and other German makers of fine cutlery. It definitely pays to spend the money on much better cutlery by Henckels than this poorly made product.
Rating: - Surprising Value
When my estranged husband got custody of the Wusthof, I knew I had to find something to replace it. My budget dictated something less expensive than the typical eighty or so dollars I'd spend for one of the German knives I preferred. I bought this Calphalon. I decided to try it because of the known quality of the Calphalon cookware.
Wow.
The price/value is incredible. It was more solid and heavier than I expected with good heft and surprising balance. It doesn't "rock" as well as the Wusthof, but for the price, it's something I can live with! I prefer the "classic" look and ... Read More
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