As I lay around all summer, unable to work, I dreamed about making a simple performance oriented chefs knife combining my favorite performance steel with one of my favorite handle combos. Enter the Performance Series: thin, mono-steel chef knives with a sleek and durable stone washed finish. Comfortable rounded spine. Cross between a show pony and a work horse.

• size: 7” blade / 12” overall / 1 7/8” heel

• weight: 155 grams

• blade: 26C3 high carbon steel

• handle: stabilized, spalted Maple (Asheville, NC), African Blackwood (Paris, clarinet factory), copper

3 available, slight variations in figure of handle