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The Wusthof Culinar is a very distinctive line of knives, and this is the only line of knives available with a full stainless steel handle. The knife is one of the best all-purpose knives that we can recommend to everyone. You don’t need to worry about chipping your blade but keep in mind you will need a honing rod more often with the softer blades.Įxcept for the handle design, this knife is a complete match with Wusthof Classic. The ergonomically designed ikon handle makes this Wusthof classic ikon black much more comfortable in hand compared to classic handle. This means that the tip is a lot sharper than the heel. The spine thickness 3.5mm and 0.8mm at the tip. The cutting length is 20cm, which is ideal for home cooks, not too long and not too short. The blade width is 4.7cm with 2.5cm knuckle clearance. It is designed for rock chopping, but you can do pretty much everything with it. The profile is something you would expect from a good quality chef’s knife. Most of the German knives are back heavy, and Wusthof stays with this old tradition of being handle heavy which helps in the rock chopping motion. The handle is made of Polyroxymethline, in short POM, which is just a fancy word for plastic. The Wusthof Classic Ikon Black has a classic look with a brushed finish. You feel much more control over your knife, and the knife provides a better connection between your hand and the cutting board. Now full-tang knives are preferred by many because they give the knife a much heftier and substantial feeling in your hands. You can see the silver lining on the top of the handle coming down from the back and meets the bolster of the knife. A full tang knife uses a single piece of metal from the tip of the knife to the very end of the handle. Now when you look at the handle, it is a full tang knife. So these handles are great, they are very robust, stain-resistant, heat resistant and water-resistant. Now coming down to the handle, it is made of Polyoxymethylene, which is the same material found on the Classic Ikon Black, and Classic Ikon Crème handles.
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It also gives your middle finger a buffer between your middle finger and the actual blade itself. The next good thing about having a full bolster, especially when you are preparing the food ingredients for the extended period, the full bolster gives you a much better grip on your knife. Now because the bolster comes to the very edge of the knives profile, it adds a lot of stiffness that a lot of people appreciate. The only visible difference is you get a full bolster on a Wusthof Classic chef knife and a bolster less design or a tapering bolster on a Wusthof Classic Ikon chef knife. If you look closely, the profile of the Wusthof Classic knife is very similar to Wusthof Classic Ikon. It is in the line of Wusthof line-up since the very beginning. W usthof classic 8 inch chef’s knife is the best budget chef’s knife from Wusthof that is loved by most of the Chef’s around the world.