{"product_id":"banna-snagcheoil-chefs-set","title":"Banna Snagcheoil Chef's Set","description":"\u003cp\u003eErik Gullikson named this set for what happens when distinct voices find their own rhythm together: Banna Snagcheoil, Irish for \"jazz band,\" a fitting title for a gyuto and utility knife built as a complementary pair rather than a matched duplicate. It's also our first outing for a profile Gullikson calls Uillinneacha, Irish for \"angles,\" a shape he developed out of a long fondness for the K-tip. By adding a second angle right at the point, he found a way to give the tip real presence without it turning fragile or clumsy, and the profile has become enough of a signature that he now considers it a staple of his own work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe blades began as an experiment, packing hardenable C85 piano wire with bright powder steel into a canister, then forging and restacking the billet again and again until the two materials tangled into the dense, mottled chaos visible across the surface, closer to a satellite image or a cross-section of bark than a traditional damascus pattern. That head-turning metallic maze layered atop cores of ApexUltra tungsten-carbon steel, each blade is etched for subtle depth, then brought to a silky, hand-sanded satin polish that reveals each shift with an understated sophistication.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTrue to how Erik describes his own work, these are lasers. Fine, convex lower bevels run the length of each blade, with a spine kept thin throughout except where it thickens briefly at the pinch point for a secure, comfortable grip. The gyuto runs 242mm \/ 9.5\", the utility 160mm \/ 6.2\", both carrying the same confident, angled Uillinneacha tip.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor the handles, Erik chose an oak he found equally chaotic and groovy in its own right, its two contrasting tones playing off each other the way two musicians might trade phrases within the same tune. Dyed, stabilized, and sculpted masur birch ferrules add a touch of color that highlights the subtle, heat-tempered rainbow effect just in front of each one on the blade's tangs. Together, the gyuto and utility knife read less like a pair of static objects and more like two living, breathing performers finding the same rhythm from different directions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePetty: Blade: 160mm \/ 6.2\". Overall length: 285mm \/ 11.2\". Blade width above inner choil: 4.5mm. Blade width at the midpoint: 1.5mm. Blade width 1\" from the tip: .8mm. Blade height at heel: 54mm. Weight: 4.1oz \/ 116g.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGyuto: Blade: 242mm \/ 9.5\". Overall length: 365mm \/ 14.3\". Blade width above inner choil: 6mm. Blade width at the midpoint: 1.5mm. Blade width 1\" from the tip: .85mm. Blade height at heel: 62mm. Weight: 6.1oz \/ 176g.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Erik Gullikson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54214183518483,"sku":"GKK-HCK7","price":6250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0735\/1749\/8643\/files\/erik-gullikson-banna-snagcheoil-chef-s-set-1242932994.jpg?v=1787519114","url":"https:\/\/eatingtools.com\/products\/banna-snagcheoil-chefs-set","provider":"Eatingtools","version":"1.0","type":"link"}