{"title":"Dylan Ambrosini","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"the-intruder-chef-256mm","title":"The Intruder Chef 256mm","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe intruder, a symbol of the nobility of small things. But, we digress. The Intruder's (with a capital I) tale began with a question born of Dylan Ambrosini's upbringing and lifelong fascination with history: if your canvas is a knife, how do you build a cathedral?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat answer begins with two truths: that so much of history is architecture, and so much architecture is religious. It ends at the doorstep of a church carved into the mountainside of the small Italian village where he lived as a boy. One of the three debut knives, The Intruder Chef features three stacked windows cut through the blade's brute-de-forge face, textured to evoke that same mountainside stone where the story of this piece began. Every arch, on the windows and on the bolster alike, is gothic, with trefoils set into the inner curves sculpted from solid damascus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe blade is the same dense, 500-layer house-made damascus found in the \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/eatingtools.com\/products\/crowned-walnut-chef-223mm\" title=\"Crowned Walnut Chef\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCrowned Walnut Chef\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e, forged from 125Cr1 and 15N20 high-carbon alloys at Ambrosini's Chicago studio. The integral forged bolster emerges from the blade itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe blade runs 256mm \/ 10.1\" long, and stands 60mm tall at the heel, filling the hand with a confident presence at 324g \/ 11.4oz. It’s weighted but balanced, the center of mass settling a finger’s width ahead of the heel, with a touch of lateral flexibility through the forward half. From a 4.5mm wide spine above the choil, it tapers to 2.3mm at the midpoint and 1.7mm an inch from the tip, where the full-distal taper continues before finishing thinner than glass at a tip ideal for the most delicate slicing work. Throughout, tall, convex bevels taper to an especially thin, very sharp edge. In every way a blade meant to perform without compromise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe handle is mild steel inlaid with fine silver, its construction style shared with the \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/eatingtools.com\/products\/ammonite-petty-chef-165mm\" title=\"Ammonite Petty Chef\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAmmonite Petty Chef\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e, though the texturing here is far more laborious. An under-texture is hammered divot by divot, then a brick pattern is worked over it with punches and scrapers Ambrosini made specifically for this piece, some of the gravers small enough to test his patience in the making. Each of the three windows within the blade were drilled first, then filed, then engraved entirely by hand, hammer and gravers worked inside a pitch bowl. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eDown to the finest details, every embellishment within the bolster's arched windows is hand carved using traditional methods.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDespite its cathedral form, this isn’t a religious piece, and Ambrosini isn’t a particularly religious person. The windows themselves are left empty. At the base of it all sits a fine, silver mouse, looking upward, imagining the path he will carve in his ascent, a figure outside the usual Christian canon and a poignant stand-in for the nobility of small things.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dylan Ambrosini - Illinois","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54783122604307,"sku":"DAS-HCK3","price":4850.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0735\/1749\/8643\/files\/chef-gyuto-dylan-ambrosini-illinois-the-intruder-chef-256mm-1259803673.jpg?v=1792083912"},{"product_id":"crowned-walnut-chef-223mm","title":"Crowned Walnut Chef 223mm","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the Crowned Walnut Chef, material and craftsmanship rather than ornament set the tone. Bladesmith Dylan Ambrosini sources the perfect cut of walnut wood locally, preferring noble material with plain origins and treating naturally beautiful grain as a welcome bonus rather than the starting point. This comfortable, simply sculpted Western handle is a clear statement of that preference.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe blade is the same dense, 500-layer house-made damascus found in \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/eatingtools.com\/products\/the-intruder-chef-256mm\" title=\"The Intruder Chef 256mm\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eThe Intruder Chef\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e, one of three pieces in his debut collection, forged from 125Cr1 and 15n20 high-carbon alloys. Emerging from it above the 53mm-tall heel is the integral forged handle bolster shaped from the same piece of material. At the handle's butt, a brass retention nut caps the thru-tang construction, filed with the same composure found in the handle itself, understated brass fittings complement the walnut and steel rather than compete with them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt 223mm \/ 8.8\" with an overall weight of 212g \/ 7.5oz, the blade carries mass that fills the hand and a balance point that sits an inch ahead of the heel for a steady, confident feel. A full-distal taper runs out to an extremely fine tip. Tall, convex bevels rise here too, finishing at an equally thin, sharp edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFit and finish throughout are heirloom grade. Each detail rewards the hand as much as the eye.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dylan Ambrosini - Illinois","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54783267897619,"sku":"DAS-HCK2","price":2750.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0735\/1749\/8643\/files\/chef-gyuto-dylan-ambrosini-illinois-crowned-walnut-chef-223mm-1259803671.jpg?v=1792083731"},{"product_id":"ammonite-petty-chef-165mm","title":"Ammonite Petty Chef 165mm","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the Ammonite Petty Chef, Chicago bladesmith and history buff Dylan Ambrosini pairs the knife, humankind’s oldest tool, with history far older still. Ammonites, with their coiled, half-emerged profile, are natural subjects for inlay work, already resembling the kind of low relief a craftsman spends a lifetime learning to carve, a form while nature long ago perfected. This piece is one of three marking Ambrosini’s debut collection with Eatingtools.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe blade is built differently from its two siblings in the collection, \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/eatingtools.com\/products\/the-intruder-chef-256mm\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"The Intruder Chef\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eThe Intruder Chef\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e and the \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/eatingtools.com\/products\/crowned-walnut-chef-223mm\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Crowned Walnut Chef\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eCrowned Walnut Chef\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e, as a monosteel blade in differentially heat treated 125Cr1 rather than house-made damascus. It’s etched and satin-finished to a high shine, the hardening process's quench line visible in the form of a foggy hamon along each face. Pronounced convexity runs through symmetrical bevels for cutting performance and food release, culminating at the thin, hard, razor-sharp edge. At the forward end of the spine's full-distal taper is a very fine, pointed tip, with almost no discernible flex along the blade.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe blade runs 165mm \/ 6.5\" long and stands 38mm tall at the heel, weighing just 184g \/ 6.5oz, light and nimble yet steady in hand. This versatile petty balances right at the forged bolster, where the largest ammonite sits.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach engraved by hand with hammer and gravers from solid brass, eight metallic fossils wrap the bolster, sculpted with the same patient process Ambrosini brings to every piece in this collection. At the handle's butt are two additional ammonites, between them a forged brass finial, the external cap of the internal thru-tang construction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCompact and precise, it’s built for detailed kitchen work and styled for the dining room table itself.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dylan Ambrosini - Illinois","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54783308661011,"sku":"DAS-HCK1","price":3000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0735\/1749\/8643\/files\/utility-petty-dylan-ambrosini-illinois-ammonite-petty-chef-165mm-1259803665.jpg?v=1792083553"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0735\/1749\/8643\/collections\/dylan-ambrosini-chef-knives.jpg?v=1792074232","url":"https:\/\/eatingtools.com\/collections\/dylan-ambrosini.oembed","provider":"Eatingtools","version":"1.0","type":"link"}