FINEST Antique Pre-Sabatier XXL Carbon Steel Nogent Chef Knife RAZOR SHARP

FINEST Antique Pre-Sabatier XXL Carbon Steel Nogent Chef Knife RAZOR SHARP
FINEST Antique Pre-Sabatier XXL Carbon Steel Nogent Chef Knife RAZOR SHARP
FINEST Antique Pre-Sabatier XXL Carbon Steel Nogent Chef Knife RAZOR SHARP
FINEST Antique Pre-Sabatier XXL Carbon Steel Nogent Chef Knife RAZOR SHARP
FINEST Antique Pre-Sabatier XXL Carbon Steel Nogent Chef Knife RAZOR SHARP
FINEST Antique Pre-Sabatier XXL Carbon Steel Nogent Chef Knife RAZOR SHARP
FINEST Antique Pre-Sabatier XXL Carbon Steel Nogent Chef Knife RAZOR SHARP
FINEST Antique Pre-Sabatier XXL Carbon Steel Nogent Chef Knife RAZOR SHARP
FINEST Antique Pre-Sabatier XXL Carbon Steel Nogent Chef Knife RAZOR SHARP
FINEST Antique Pre-Sabatier XXL Carbon Steel Nogent Chef Knife RAZOR SHARP
FINEST Antique Pre-Sabatier XXL Carbon Steel Nogent Chef Knife RAZOR SHARP
FINEST Antique Pre-Sabatier XXL Carbon Steel Nogent Chef Knife RAZOR SHARP

FINEST Antique Pre-Sabatier XXL Carbon Steel Nogent Chef Knife RAZOR SHARP

Please read our Terms below for details. PLEASE NOTE: We take our photos in natural light outdoors and as a result there are sometimes reflections or shadows or glare shown in the blades.

In person none of these exist; we will say so in the description if it may be otherwise. If this knife doesn't have your full and eager attention, you're probably already dead. In over 60 years of active collecting, it's one of the most beautiful and most effective chef knives I've ever seen and I've seen more than a few. It measures 17.25" long with 12-1/8" blade, but so finely is it forged that even a chef of modest size will find it emminently deft and well-balanced in the hand, offering all of the advantages of a longer knife with none of the drawbacks. This is the very essence of what constitutes expert hand-forging of a blade, and like the engine in your car, the blade of any knife is it's heart and soul.

It comes to us from the personal collection of a local chef here in Beverly Hills, who owned it for more than 40 years and has always maintained it with the utmost care and pampering. As such, it has seen considerable use and is sharpened to a RAZOR's edge, but it's got no problems of any kind, as you can see in the photos, and it's ready to revolutionize what even most seasoned chefs think they already know about what a truly great vintage chef knife can do. As you can see, it's nogent-style handle was made using a deeply dark and dense African ebony of the highest quality. Especially rare is its handle to be found so solid and tight without a single crack or even a hairline.

As you can see from the photos, this beautiful knife comes from one of the finest cutlery companies in France's history--the world-famous "La Trompette" line of knives, whose logo was the bugle. So old is this knife, in fact, that it pre-dates the Sabatier name; only years later would the Sabatier name grace these knives, known to chefs and purveyors throughout Europe simply by their logos (cutleries wisely included pictographic logos, to accomodate the many illiterate men who worked in professional kitchens as chefs). It was expertly hand-forged in what's known as the Nogent style, a mangificent French design named for the legendary knifemaking city of the same name, near Thiers, that uses a rat-tail tang below the blade (tang, flared bolster and blade are one piece) to pierce the ebony handle. This style was pioneered shortly prior to the 1878 Paris World's Fair, at which this very same design won the Gold Medal. This knife is stamped to reflect that stamp reads, France, La Trompette, Medaille D'Or E[xposition] U[niversel] 1878.

The great deal of labor that goes into this design (my personal favorite for a vintage chef's knife of any configuation) favors a lighter-weight, higher degree of balance and, in my humble opinion, true craftsmanship and beauty in a chef's knife the likes of which are found no more in ANY modern knife. The casual observer will say something like, but it isn't all one piece like those fully-forged Henckels knives I see at Bloomingdales! THIS design was the pinnacle of craftsmanship in chef's cutlery and was all but completely abandoned after WWII in favor of today's designs, only because they were far easier to mass produce.

These, however, required one guild to forge the blades, another to finish them, another to make the handles and the "hafter's guild" to fit them all together. If you're someone who knows the FEEL of fine knives, you won't have to use this knife twice to understand what it's capable of, and you will experience nothing short of a revelation of performance. This is a lightweight DYNAMO in the kitchen, and your hand will BLAZE through jobs in the kitchen (if you're like me, you'll start looking for things that need chopping and slicing). Like all fine vintage carbon steel knives, it will rust if not carefully kept dry during use, but you'll be richly rewarded for your trouble with superior slicing in every way, shape and form. Carbon is also easier to rehone and does not require a blacksmith's skills to achieve the finest possible edge.

It is RAZOR sharp now in a way that many professional chefs may find eye-opening. To say it will shave a man's face is a fact. Please exercise maximum caution or the careless user may find himself in the ER needing stitches.

This is a VERY highly treasured knife in the serious chef's kitchen, and hard to find because NO chef ever gave one up willingly at least not while he or she was alive! Of course, as you'd expect, it's the ideal tool for chopping, dicing, mincing and reducing piles of herbs and vegetables into smaller mounds of aromatic good ness for inclusion in your favorite recipes. It will also, like a slicer, shave WAFER-thin slices of charcuterie, tomatoes, onions, or anything else.

Here's your chance to acquire what you'll rightly come to think of as an heirloom--but one that you can use every day for the rest of your life before passing it down. Our store's inventory is searchable using the search field or may be browsed by clicking on categories, with each option found on the left side of the store's homepage. Don't see it or can't find what you're looking for? It's wrong--it's STEALING--and you WILL be turned in to us by one of the legion of our loyal customers, who inevitably see your plagiarism and notify us about it. All items come from a smoke-free home. There will be NO EXCEPTIONS to this policy. If you dislike this or find this unfair, PLEASE shop elsewhere; we only want happy customers and it's our feeling that no one should be able to claim dissatisfaction with this policy, since we're stating it up front. It's not an attempt to profit, simply the only way my elderly bones can continue to offer so many items. WE SELF-INSURE using our business policy. I will gladly send you the forms necessary to file. Late, so again, we ask you in advance to please forgive our humanity. We take customer service very seriously and want to do whatever it takes to meet your needs. If you're not in total agreement with us here or disagree for any reason, we can only urge that you PLEASE shop elsewhere. International packages will be calculated on the basis of a MINIMUM ONE POUND weight. IMPORTANT: After TWELVE YEARS of doing everything we could to hold the line on int'l.

If you're not in total agreement with us here or disagree for any reason, again, we can only urge you to PLEASE shop elsewhere. We'd like to sell'em cheaper..

But MY WIFE won't let me!! The item "FINEST Antique Pre-Sabatier XXL Carbon Steel Nogent Chef Knife RAZOR SHARP" is in sale since Sunday, September 6, 2020. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Kitchen & Home\Kitchenware\Utensils\Cutlery". The seller is "ralph1396" and is located in Los Angeles, California. This item can be shipped worldwide.
FINEST Antique Pre-Sabatier XXL Carbon Steel Nogent Chef Knife RAZOR SHARP