Jay Fisher - Fine Custom Knives

"Falcate" Fine Handmade Fillet, Slicing, Carving, Chef's Knife

• Size (Knife): Length overall: 12.25" (31.1 cm), Blade Length: 8.0" (20.3 cm), Thickness: 0.122" (3.1 mm)
• Size (Stand with Knife): Length overall: 12.5" (31.8 cm), Width overall: 4.75" (12.1 cm), Height overall: 5.6" (14.2)
• Weight: Knife: 7.1 oz. (201 grams) Stand: 49.5 oz. (1 kilogram, 403 grams)
• Blade: 440C high chromium martensitic stainless steel blade, T3 deep cryogenically treated with triple tempering to 58 HRC
• Bolsters, Fittings: 304 Austenitic Stainless Steel, mirror polished
• Handle: Hickoryite Rhyolite Gemstone (Mexico)
• Stand: Carved Paduk, Ash hardwoods, Paradiso Classico Granite stone base, 304 stainless steel fasteners, neoprene feet, engraved lacquered brass legend plate
• Knife: The "Falcate" is a new exciting design that I named for the shape of a leaf; a falcate leaf is curved like a sickle. I wanted to create a knife that had a great crossover potential, in an accurate and narrow carving and fillet knife, a blade that would be useful in slicing, shaping, boning, and even light cutting board work. The curves of the Falcate just beg to be used, a unique and beautiful asset as well as a culinary work of art.
  • The steel: 440C high chromium hypereutectoid martensitic stainless steel is an absolutely excellent steel for the professional chef. The reason this steel excels is because it's a martensitic stainless steel, forming an incredibly strong microstructure of martensite, the acicular, hard crystalline allotrope of the best tool steels. It also can be treated to form profuse carbides: iron carbide, chromium carbide, molybdenum carbide and multi-element carbides. These small crystalline structures offer incredible wear resistance and high strength along with excellent toughness. When properly heat treated, 440C is the most corrosion-resistant of all of the high alloy martensitic stainless steels, with little to no chance of corrosion, even in acidic and corrosive environments of the kitchen. It does not form these components easily, it takes extremely complicated heat treatment to bring this out. To bring this steel to its zenith, I used my proprietary T3 deep cryogenic process in heat treating this blade; it's a highly detailed, extremely sophisticated process that takes 33 individual steps and takes over a week long. The result of this is an incredibly wear-resistant blade that has extremely high carbide development, fine grain, and extremely high toughness. Asperity is reduced; the microstructure development is superior to any other typical handmade knife, and far above any factory or manufactured knife. This is 440C at it's very best condition. I tempered this blade to a wear resistant and tough 58 HRC, allowing stiff play at the tip without brittleness. The blade is completely hollow ground, with a polished edge that is smooth and even. There is no filework to catch debris and foodstuffs, and the steel is clean and smooth and completely Food Contact Safe.
  • I bolstered the knife with zero-care 304 high chromium, high nickel stainless steel bolsters, which are contoured, rounded and finished for a comfortable feel. The bolsters are secured with zero-clearance peened pins and dovetailed to bed the handle scales. The rear bolsters have a gentle quillon, allowing even larger hands to comfortably grip the handle.
  • The handle scales of this knife are a hard, tough Rhyolite from the State of Durango, Mexico, called Hickoryite. You might read in some sources that Hickoryite is a softer stone, and this is flat out wrong. This particular rhyolite is nearly as hard as a jasper; it's tough and durable, and brilliantly colored in bands of reds, pinks, yellows, and golds. There are even some Cabernet-colored dendritic forms in these handle scales. Rhyolites are igneous rocks that cool quickly on the surface with fine-grained texture. This specimen has a bright glassy polish and will hold it eternally. The gemstone requires zero care, it's strong and tough and everlasting.
  • The knife feels elegant and graceful in the hand. It's a long, tough, and narrow blade, and begs to be used, feeing lightweight and keen. A classic beauty, this knife is food-contact safe.
• Stand: The stand for this elegant knife had to be graceful and solid, so chose very striking Paduk hardwood, with a slip of American Ash for the edge to rest upon. The knife is easily guided into the slip, and is very stable once inserted. The handle extending out makes the knife easy to grasp and use. I mounted the hardwood sculpture to a cut, carved, and polished base of Paradiso Classico Granite from India. This is an extremely strong granite, with reds, grays and blacks and has large phenocrysts throughout. In the bottom of the stone base, I've carved and inset and attached an engraved black lacquered brass legend plate to detail the knife and materials, and also set neoprene feet to protect the countertop and allow air to circulate underneath the base.
• An elegant and tasteful fillet, carving, utility, and slicing knife, with curved edge and a stunning work of art stand.
• Price: $2895.00
• Status: Available. Email me at jayfisher@jayfisher.com to purchase this fine knife