Güde Alpha Barrel Oak Chinese Chef's Knife 18 cm - CVM Knife Steel - Handle Scales Made of Wine Barrel Oak Wood

No, the Chinese chef's knife is not a cleaver, even though it may seem like one. Unlike the cleaver, the blade is thinner and intended only for cutting. Since large ingredients in Asian cuisine need to be cut quite small due to cooking methods, wider blades are necessary, which can also serve as a scoop. Handling it takes some getting used to, but it is astonishing how precise, even artistic, Chinese chefs can be with these knives.

The Chinese chef's knife from the Alpha Barrel Oak series has an 18 cm long, very wide blade made of chrome-vanadium knife steel. Large ingredients such as cabbage can be easily cut into fine strips, and the wide blade can be used as a scoop.

Güde knives are hand-forged from a single piece of chrome-vanadium-molybdenum steel, from the tip of the blade to the double bolster. The double bolster, a special feature of Güde knives, acts as a counterbalance to the blade. The knife is perfectly balanced. The special blend of steel and the elaborate manufacturing process with over 30 manual steps give the stainless blades with a hardness of about 58 HRC a special robustness and durability.

The finely polished handle scales made from oak wood of wine barrels over 80 years old, called staves, are embedded in the steel and triple-riveted. Due to the long aging process, the coarsely structured wood is extremely hard and almost indestructible. The Alpha Barrel Oak series was created in collaboration with star chef Harald Rüssel and his wife Ruth. Harald Rüssel's signature can be found as a laser engraving on each blade.