Wester Bros 8" Chef Knife Hand Forged Carbon Steel Solingen, Germany 1950s

Hand forged after drop forged (and originally hand ground as well) with the post war handle shape of the 1950s and 60s with a lot of taper on the blade spine and handle tang. The blade has a good deal of flexibility on the tip but is quite stiff at the heel. This is the ideal size for many cooks but is one of the hardest to find still usable. 

It had been sharpened in enough so that the edge was starting to get thick and it has been thinned and re-ground here in the old style leaving a thin convex zone that comes down to a very small bevel. The handle is secured with nickel and steel post and disc rivets over a walnut or fruitwood handle, the handle is tight and secure but there are a few marks on the rivets where they were struck to tighten them up, there is one small crack on the butt end of one scale. 

Wester Bros was located in New York 1904-67 and exclusively sold knives and razors made by Wester & Butz of Solingen Germany