Weck & Müeller 10" Chef Knife Hand Forged Carbon Steel Solingen 1950s 60s

Hand forged after drop forged (and originally hand ground as well) with the post war handle shape of the 1950s and 60s (round transition from bolster to handle). There is no taper to handle tang but there is a lot of taper on the blade spine characteristic of hand forging. Walnut handle had been gone over by a wire brush leaving some deep scratches that we have mostly removed, there are a few scratches left but no cracks. 

For its length it is light and nimble and will be easy to use for someone more accustomed to a shorter blade of equal or greater weight.  

When found it had been sharpened in enough so that the edge was starting to get thick, it has been thinned and re-ground along the face of the blade to bring it back to a smooth cutting geometry.