Nickel Suminagashi Chef 196mm

Unique by maker Fingal Ferguson’s standards, versatile and utilitarian in the kitchen, and with ‘easy on the eyes’ being an understatement, this Nickel Suminagashi Chef Knife is ready for greatness in its new home. The low-maintenance, high-function blade is tall and voluptuous in profile, shaped from a stainless nickel-damascus-clad san mai formula with a core cutting edge of high-performance SG2 powder stainless steel. Thin and sharp at the edge beneath tall bevels, and with an aggressive, pointed tip at the end of its 196mm / 7.7″ length for precision slices and detail work, the blade stands 59mm tall at the heel to easily chop through the largest ingredients in the next breath. Not seen as often from the Irish-based artisan as his hidden-tang culinary knives, Fingal’s full-tang construction for this build helps add additional weight and overall mass to the tool, providing  7.1oz / 202g of power to easily move through everything on the cutting board with minimal effort. For the handle, comfortable and ergonomic in Fingal’s recognizable form whether found on a scaled, full-tang build like this one his or hidden-tang wa style knives, are sculpted, hand-hugging pieces of curly birch wood over liners of black G10, all secured with a pair of flush, polished stainless steel pins.