One handsome, versatile, beautifully honed full-size chef knife by Austria’s Martin Huber is ready to chop, slice, carve, and cook. Martin’s house-made steel formula is crafted by hand for performance on the chef’s cutting board and styled to turn heads with every cut, the ApexUltra tungsten-carbon steel core jacketed with carbon damascus and a vein of pure copper. Hand-sanded to a silky, satin finish, the symmetrical, subtly convex bevels slim downward to a very thin, razor-sharp edge, while the blade’s flats just beneath the spine retain a textured, forged finish baring the hammer marks of its hand-hewn origins. Maintaining toughness and rigidity, the rounded spine tapers only slightly from the tang forward, until the final inches that is, where it culminates at a paper thin, needle-like tip positioned perfectly for precision slicing and detail work. Dynamic, balanced, and designed for any chef and every cutting style, this one-of-a-kind tool will make an outstanding go-to workhorse for daily meal prep in kitchens large or small. Comfort in the hand and control over the 225mm / 8.9″ blade is enjoyed through an elegant handle sculpted from a stunning piece of Hawaiian Koa that is capped with a bolster of ancient bog oak and accented with a pair of copper rings that match the blade’s carbon-diffusion layer. Shaped into Martin’s well-loved, shield-style wa handle form, rounded along the bottom and faceted along three top faces, the resulting shape is natural and suited to any grip and cutting approach.