Lg. Vintage AUSONIA Italian Chef's Hand-forged Carbon Steel Knife RAZOR SHARP

Lg. Vintage AUSONIA Italian Chef's Hand-forged Carbon Steel Knife RAZOR SHARP

Lg. Vintage AUSONIA Italian Chef's Hand-forged Carbon Steel 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. This superb vintage chef knife is over 60 years old, yet has never been used. It has picked up some spots of discoloration from decades of storage but still it's 100% in every way.

For the purposes of this sale we've had it buffed and professionally edged by the good folks at Ross Cutlery in downtown Los Angeles, one of the best in the business, and it's now FAR sharper than most knives ever can be--GUARANTEED to thrill. It was produced in Maniago--Italy's cutlery-making capital--by Ausonia, a company that only briefly imported their wares into this country but which enjoyed a broad and SUPERB reputation in Italy itself and throughout greater Europe. It's a medium-sized knife (8.5" blade, 13-3/8" long overall) made with just the right amount of heft for it to serve as the main chef knife for smaller hands or as a blazingly fast light-duty piece for larger ones.

Like their collector counterparts, any professional chef would be DELIGHTED to own and use such a fine, professional grade piece of cutlery. It was made with beautifully grained genuine cherrywood handle scales fixed onto the full and tapered tang of its entirely hand-forged blade, using the old-fashioned birdseye rivets. Though its blade is shiny like stainless, its blade is carbon (non-stainless) steel, and it WILL rust if not properly maintained. This minor inconvenience is more than offset by the superior performance of carbon steel, as any chef over the age of 50 can tell you.

Most desirable about this piece, in our opinion, is its double-convex, radius-ground edge, which can attain the sharpest possible cutting geometry when finished. Surprising to many younger buyers will be the fact that the edge was not at all sharp when we obtained this knife, though it is sharp now, haivng been edged for this sale. In the old days many professional chefs preferred to receive their knives unfinished in order to apply their own edge, and they did not consider a knife fit for use until they had a chance to do so.

For usage, there's NONE finer, or simply makes a VERY fine addition to any collection. 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.

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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.

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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!! Vintage AUSONIA Italian Chef's Hand-forged Carbon Steel Knife RAZOR SHARP" is in sale since Monday, August 12, 2019. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Kitchen & Home\Kitchenware\Utensils\Cutlery". The seller is "ralph1396" and is located in Los Angeles, California.

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Lg. Vintage AUSONIA Italian Chef's Hand-forged Carbon Steel Knife RAZOR SHARP