When the roast has finished resting and everyone's at the table, it's the wrong moment to discover your knife is too short. With a 20 cm blade, you draw through roast beef, a whole turkey breast or a ham in long, even strokes, and the slices come out just as thick from edge to edge. For some inexplicable reason, it's also quite often the only knife you'll find when you rent a summer cottage – just a small personal observation.
The knife comes from Zwilling's Pro series and is forged from a single piece of Zwilling's own steel alloy, ice-hardened using the Friodur method so the edge lasts. The plain edge is sharpened with Zwilling's V-Edge. The curved bolster, designed by Matteo Thun and Antonio Rodriguez, gives balance and control even when the knife is working its way through large cuts.
Blade length 20 cm, hardness 55–58 HRC, overall length 32.2 cm, weight 170 g. Classic black plastic handle with three rivets. Hand wash. Made in Germany.