Re: Forged French Chef Knife - Nicole Tableware

[jzmtl]

Do you know the hardness of steel? I'm curious because european kitchen knives tend to be quite under hardened for easy sharpening and extra toughness, despite using decent steels.

[jekostas]

Do you know the hardness of steel? I'm curious because european kitchen knives tend to be quite under hardened for easy sharpening and extra toughness, despite using decent steels.

French Chef knives tend to be very hard steels, and this one is no different - it is VERY hard, and consequently tough to sharpen - one of the few kitchen knives I've owned where I had to have it professionally sharpened.

[jzmtl]

This is strange, I could not find any information at all on this knife and steel used (or this brand!), not even search at kitchen knife centered forum turned up anything, it's as if it doesn't exist at all. Only thing remotely close is an article on ebay where someone say he has one. 

[jekostas]

This is strange, I could not find any information at all on this knife and steel used (or this brand!), not even search at kitchen knife centered forum turned up anything, it's as if it doesn't exist at all. Only thing remotely close is an article on ebay where someone say he has one. 

I wrote that article under my wife's old user name.  I believe Nicole Tableware does a lot of store-branded knives as opposed to their own retail stuff these days.

[jekostas]

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