Snakewood Chef Set

The chef’s kitchen can ask for little more than this pair of cutting tools forged by the hands of France’s Milan Gravier. In Milan’s classic and versatile gyuto and petty profiles come two complementary blades crafted from the same 135Cr3 carbon san mai with cladding of twisted damascus. The low, convex primary bevels receive a silky, stone polish finished with natural Japanese whetstones as they slim downward to thin, razor-sharp edges. The gyuto, at 210mm / 8.3″ long by 53mm tall, is the tough, durable workhorse, its rounded spine tapering only a touch until the final inches, maintaining strength and rigidity throughout before slimming to a fine tip at the end just as the forge-finished damascus cladding fades away. The taper along the petty’s 127mm / 5″ blade is more pronounced, culminating at an extremely slim, pointed tip, ideal for precision slicing and detail work. The gyuto balances a hair in front of the blade’s heel while the petty’s center of mass is around a finger’s width behind the front of the handle. In his simple, comfortable, and elegant oval wa-handle style, Milan sculpts both from matching snakewood that boasts beautiful colors and grain, finished with a comfortable, smooth polish. Capping each handle is a collars of darkened and contoured stainless steel. A set for every cut in the kitchen.