Mt Vernon Birch Chef 190mm

Mt Vernon Birch Chef 190mm

The first Nick Rossi chef knife of 2023 hits the mark in every way, delivering all that we love about Nick's work: handsome design, thoughtful material combination, organic aesthetic, and above all, functional. Forged from house-made carbon damascus created with 1084 and 15n20 alloys, the 190mm / 7.5" blade features Nick's well-loved profile, tall in the back with plenty of belly for big chopping, a gently rounded spine that drops to a pointed yet tough tip, and medium-height convex bevels that drop to a thin, sharp, and hard edge. All of these elements combine to form a versatile, do-it-all blade for all manner of kitchen work. Icing on the cake is the two-tine finish, polished and etched along the primary bevels to reveal the beautiful damascus pattern, and forge-textured flats above where the pattern plays into the scale and hammer marks in a way we'll never tire of. To control the steel is a sculped, Western-style handle of yellow birch burl which Nick sourced from Mt Vernon, Maine, the town over from where his shop sits. Completing the handle is a frame of black canvas micarta, a ferrule of carbon fiber, a spacer of red G10, and an oversized, flush, polished copper pin.