A long and capable beauty of a kitchen cutting tool by Australia's Jackson Rumble is here, forged from house-made random pattern damascus with a dense, high-contrast finish and versatile, razor-sharp edge. Jackson's chef knives are notoriously wonderful slicer, always thin just below nicely shaped convex bevels, and this 237mm / 9.3" edge is no different, the spine tapering from a wide 3.9mm above the heel where strength and toughness are welcomed, down to less than 1mm as the needle-like tip approaches. Weighted and steady in the hand, this full size build features a stunning, octagonal handle of dead finish wood, also known as kurara, accented with a stainless steel spacer.