Beautiful African Blackwood and bold blue canvas and paper micarta give this stunner from Charlie Ellis its name. At 211mm / 8.3", the silkily hand-sanded 52100 carbon steel blade brings Charlie's outstanding S-grind geometry, and pronounced convex bevels above the razor-sharp edge, to the cutting board for efficiency and control. Weighing in at a respectable 11.6 oz / 328 g, and with a blade spine that comes out of the integral bolster at over 4mm wide, you can be confident in knowing that this is a workhorse for the kitchen, designed and crafted to be your go-to knife for everyday meal prep. It will fall through ingredients like butter, and a long, welcomed distal taper culminates in a fine, needle-like tip for slices and detail work.