{"product_id":"vin050","title":"Sabatier Trumpet  Ancienne Maison 11.75” Tranchelard Stainless Thiers 1950s","description":"\u003cp\u003e Vintage 11.75” tranchelard slicing knife made for Ekco’s Ancienne Maison series by Sabatier Trumpet in France in the 1950’s. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThese were drop forged and then hand forged and hand ground to finish and represent the excellent quality of 1950's French knife making. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis knife has been re-ground and thinned behind the edge on a large 3 foot diameter Japanese water stone wheel (kaiten mizu toishi) and then resurfaced with a medium fine finish, our take on an old style grinding and finishing technique. While the particular wheel used to refurbish this knife is typically used in Japanese knife making it is very similar to the old grinding wheels used to shape European and American hand ground cutlery. A convex face to a blade greatly increases a knife's performance as there is less sticking as there is on a flat face and the blade does not get thick behind the edge nearly as fast as with a flat faced blade. Being that we are often working with old blades that need re-shaping and might have been rusted expect some minor imperfections, we try to give a fresh start to our re-ground blades with an eye towards their original grind style and keeping as much metal is needed on a blade when ever possible. Check out Bernal Cutlery co founder Josh Donald's book \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bernalcutlery.com\/files\/sharp-by-josh-donald-molly-decoudreaux-pre-order?variant=36249232801944\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/bernalcutlery.com\/files\/sharp-by-josh-donald-molly-decoudreaux-pre-order?variant=36249232801944\"\u003eSharp\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e to see these wheels in use and more about their history in Europe and Japan. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003estainless steel but still no dishwasher, just don't put any knife in the dishwasher \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable width=\"100%\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ctr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Steel Type\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eStainless steel\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHandle Material\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePOM composite\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e7.63 oz\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTotal Length\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e16.5\"\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBlade Length\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e11.75\"\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ctd data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBlade Height (tallest point)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1.25\"\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Vault","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47381885255901,"sku":"VIN050","price":138.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0455\/3339\/7144\/files\/image_387880f6-7040-447a-9814-06e70cce922b.jpg?v=1770760825","url":"https:\/\/bernalcutlery.com\/products\/vin050","provider":"Bernal Cutlery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}