Psychotropic Chef 225mm

Take a culinary trip like no other with the guiding hands of artist Salem Straub and his new, mind-bending Psychotropic mosaic damascus steel. Stirring the senses at every metallic twist and turn, alternating layers of 1084 and 15n20 high-carbon alloys seem to morph, skew, and transmute before the eyes as they form a hardened tool that is as solid in the hand as the visuals are fluid to the eyes. Salem’s superb geometry and balance are enjoyed at every step, his convex ‘S-grind’ bevels providing cutting performance and food release as they slim downward to a very thin, hard, and razor-sharp edge. Lateral flexibility is present in the forward three-quarters of the blade’s 225mm / 8.85″ length thanks to Salem’s finely tuned heat treatment combined with the spine’s distal taper. Stiff and tough in the rear nearest the 62mm-tall heel, and extremely fine at the tip, making it as versatile a chef’s knife as we know, the Psychotropic Chef will not only inspire the mind, it is destined to delight through every cut the kitchen can throw at it. To wield the one-of-a-kind blade on the cutting board, an heirloom-fit, hand-forged integral damascus bolster meets a striking piece of dyed and stabilized spalted beech to form a handle in Salem’s recognizable Western-style wa handle.