Güde Alpha Pear Chai Dao Knife 16 cm - CVM Knife Steel - Pear Wood Handle Scales

You are probably familiar with the Japanese Santoku. But have you heard of the Chai Dao? This is, alongside the Chinese chef's knife, which looks like a cleaver to Europeans, a preferred knife in Chinese kitchens.

The Alpha Pear Chai Dao has a 16 cm long, very wide blade made of stainless & hand-sharpened chrome-vanadium-molybdenum knife steel. With the wide blade, you can easily cut larger food items, and it is also used as a scoop.

Güde knives are hand-forged from a single piece of chrome-vanadium-molybdenum steel, from the tip of the blade to the double bolster. The double bolster, a special feature of Güde knives, acts as a counterweight to the blade. The knife is perfectly balanced. The special mix of steel and the elaborate manufacturing process with over 30 manual steps give the stainless blades with a hardness of about 58 HRC a special robustness and durability.

The finely polished handle scales made of pear wood are embedded in the steel and triple-riveted. Pear wood is extremely hard with a finely structured, velvety grain. The Alpha Pear series was launched on the occasion of Güde's admission by the Jeunes Restaurateurs d’Europe, Germany section, into the circle of Preferred Suppliers. The association's logo is engraved in the double bolster.