STEELPORT Knife Co 8″ Chef’s Knife

A chef is often only as good as his tools and, if you’ve got a desire to really ramp up your credentials in the kitchen, you might just want to invest in this fantastic looking, and incredibly accomplished 8″ Chef’s Knife from the guys at STEELPORT Knife Co. This fantastic cooking essential is in a league of its own so far as quality is concerned and you’ll be wowed by just how effortless it makes your cooking endeavours going forward. The chef knife is, quite frankly, the most pivotal tool in your knife kit, used for 90% + of kitchen tasks. If one were to only own a single knife – this should be it in our opinion here at The Coolector.

STEELPORT Knife Co. is a small team dedicated to crafting the finest trusted kitchen knives available on the market. They are offering a competitive and accessible option to auction-only Bob Kramer knives, and an American handcrafted alternative to the generic broadly available Shun, Wusthof, Henckels and other kitchen knives made en masse abroad. Their work combines premium materials, traditional forging technique, and American heirloom craftsmanship and all of these features shine through in the incredibly versatile 8″ Chef’s Knife. Priced at $400, it obviously represents a bit of an investment but for anyone serious about their cooking, it will 100% be money well spent as nothing in the knife world can compete with a properly forged carbon steel blade.

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The stand out design feature of this exemplary STEELPORT Knife Co 8″ Chef’s Knife is the carbon Steel which is perfect for those who take pride in keeping their tools at peak performance through basic maintenance. High Carbon Steel knives like STEELPORT are not stain or rust resistant. Day to day, it is as straightforward as remembering to hand wash and dry after each use. Not that difficult, right? You can also keep your edge protected with a custom fitted STEELPORT 8″ Knife Oregon Maple Sheath, which boasts an internal recessed magnet along the spine.

Glorious to look at and even better to use, it’s hard not to be bowled over by the STEELPORT Knife Co 8″ Chef’s Knife ($400) and when you want to cook up a storm in the kitchen, it’s a no-brainer in our opinion here at Coolector HQ. It has a truly iconic design with a contoured Oregon Big Leaf Maple burl handle and half octagonal top handle shape with smooth rounded base that sits perfectly in the hand. It has a distinctive “Sheepsfoot” blade tip shape and an eye-catching and visible Temper Line.

Each one of these 8″ Chef’s Knives has been handcrafted locally using traditional processes which gives it a real sense of quality and authenticity. This spectacular offering from STEELPORT Knife Co has an integral bolster with a smooth transition to polished spine for a comfortable “pinch grip“ hold and a full tang construct for ideal balance and added strength. The proprietary heat treatment and Cryo processes used results in a fine grained wear-resistant blade with exceptional sharpness and hardness without becoming brittle. After the ultimate chef’s knife? You’ve just found it.

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