Description

The Kemp Custom Knives Chef Knife, this knife was designed as a step out of the comfort zone of our home cooks paring. Whilst we are convince of the universal usefulness of our paring knife/kitchen utility combo, we are very aware that some people simply prefer a larger knife in the kitchen. This Chef Knife was designed to meet that desire whilst incorporating the performance and design ethos we have used throughout our other kitchen knives. At 190 mm, this chef knife is not an uncontrollable monster to use, in fact the overall weight and weight distribution, paired with our attention to rounding all non-cutting edges, allows for a comfortable cutting experience. This particular iteration of the design works perfectly for my hand size (medium size hand), however after feedback from fellow kitchen knife makers future versions will have a 2 cm longer handle to accommodate those with larger hands. The 52 mm blade height at the heel provides sufficient knuckle clearance as well height to cut through taller produce. The distal taper of the blade means a gradual thinning of the spine towards the tip allowing for finer/more delicate cuts to be performed.

This particular version of the Kemp Custom Knives Chef Knife was styled in an Ode to micarta, this wonderful synthetic material comes in a range of colours and patterns, with older micarta having the ability to change over time through oxidation as it is used. Following through with the micarta theme, a saya was made using linen and paper micarta.

Product details

• Overall length: 305 mm / 311 mm with saya
• Blade length (heel to tip): 188 mm
• Handle length (heel to butt): 119 mm
• Handle thickness (at thickest point): 27 mm
• Blade height at heel: 52 mm
• Weight: 205 grams / 353 grams with saya
• Materials:
  • 2.6mm Bohler N690 stainless steel at 59 HRC
  • Butterscotch micarta front segment of scales / red G10 accents/ crushed end-grain micarta scales
  • Stainless steel pins
  • Saya materials – natural linen micarta sides / dark paper micarta spacer / stainless steel pins and red G10 accent pin / black felt lining / rolled micarta saya pin head
• Spine thickness
  • At heel – 2.54mm
  • At 120 mm from the tip – 2.24
  • At 60 mm from the tip – 1.84 mm
  • At 20 mm from the tip – 1.28 mm