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Chef knives are most often used with a forward slicing or rocking motion in which the tip keeps contact with the board. When working with a rocking push-cut, the chef knife is a very powerful tool that requires a fraction of the motion that another knife needs to do the same work. It works quickly and effectively on vegetables, but is also a good tool for butchered meats and other proteins.

Chef knives are available in a few different variations. A French chef knife has a triangular profile with a good amount of belly curve. Modern handle styles can vary, but the traditional handle has a rat-tail tang that runs all the way through a single piece wooden handle. A German chef knife is generally heavier with a very round belly and a square bolster. The standard handle style is a two-part scaled, riveted handle. Last, but not least, an English chef knife has the most triangular of the patterns with a flatter heel and simple, but utilitarian handling.

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K Sabatier x Bernal Cutlery Nouvel Ideal 5.75" Chef Bolsterless Carbon Palissander

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K Sabatier Auvergne 10" Chef Stainless

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Greenfield Gyuto 9" Chef Knife AEB-L Stainless Steel & Padauk

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Friedr Herder Don Carlos 10.25” Narrow Chef Knife Stainless Green

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Windmühlenmesser K4 5" Chef Carbon Plum Handle

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J Adams 10" Chef Knife Carbon Steel Pinned Rosewood

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Windmühlenmesser K Chef 9" Carbon Plum Handle

Windmühlenmesser K Chef 9" Carbon Plum Handle

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Windmühlenmesser K Chef 9" Stainless Walnut Handle

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New Old Stock Canadian 26cm / 10.25" Chef Carbon Rosewood Thiers, France 1950-60

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Thiers Issard Cuisine Massive / Nogent 14" Chef Knife Carbon Steel Ebony Thiers, France with Old Parts & New Assembly

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