Güde Alpha Pear Chinese Chef's Knife 18 cm - CVM Knife Steel - Pear Wood Handle Scales

No, the Chinese chef's knife is not a cleaver, even if it appears to be. Unlike the cleaver, the blade is thinner and intended only for cutting. Since large ingredients in Asia need to be cut quite small due to the cooking methods, wider blades are necessary, which can also serve as a shovel. The handling takes some getting used to, but it is amazing how precise, even artistic, Chinese chefs can handle these knives.

The Chinese chef's knife from the Alpha Pear series has an 18 cm long, very wide blade made of chrome-vanadium knife steel. Large ingredients such as cabbage can easily be cut into fine strips and the wide blade can be used as a shovel.

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

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 logo of the association is engraved in the double bolster.