rustyoldcrap
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Hi everyone,
I got into old carbon steel knives from my culinary school grad friend who started refurbishing them. He was mostly interested in the Sabatier type.
I found this old knife at an estate sale for $3 and shortly thereafter became obsessed with trying to identify it. It's been a challenge and I think I'm going to need your help.
Description:
It's a high carbon steel blade that's 10" long. The blade has serious black pitting and irregularities from the forging process. The blade profile resembles Dexter or Foster Bros but the blank seems to have been made for a uniblock rather than forged handle, although it could have been ground down.
The handle appears to be hickory and it seems to have had an ebonized finish at some point. There is a single hole where there may have been a rivet, although the handle is very secure and the detail was likely cosmetic. I haven't been able to find this type of handle on any chef knife. The shape of the handle is too perfect to be hand made. I'm guessing it was a generic replacement handle available at the hardware store.
The blade itself has waves along the cutting edge that angle toward the tip and extend no more than halfway up the sides. The are also carbon lines along the blade edge. Does this mean the edge was hammered? The blade also has what appears to be a faint stamp.
Pictures:
When I got it it was very rusty
I had to clean it up a bit. Sorry
Stamp?
I got into old carbon steel knives from my culinary school grad friend who started refurbishing them. He was mostly interested in the Sabatier type.
I found this old knife at an estate sale for $3 and shortly thereafter became obsessed with trying to identify it. It's been a challenge and I think I'm going to need your help.
Description:
It's a high carbon steel blade that's 10" long. The blade has serious black pitting and irregularities from the forging process. The blade profile resembles Dexter or Foster Bros but the blank seems to have been made for a uniblock rather than forged handle, although it could have been ground down.
The handle appears to be hickory and it seems to have had an ebonized finish at some point. There is a single hole where there may have been a rivet, although the handle is very secure and the detail was likely cosmetic. I haven't been able to find this type of handle on any chef knife. The shape of the handle is too perfect to be hand made. I'm guessing it was a generic replacement handle available at the hardware store.
The blade itself has waves along the cutting edge that angle toward the tip and extend no more than halfway up the sides. The are also carbon lines along the blade edge. Does this mean the edge was hammered? The blade also has what appears to be a faint stamp.
Pictures:
When I got it it was very rusty
I had to clean it up a bit. Sorry
Stamp?
