Victorinox by Forschner - 40523 - Wide Stiff Blade - 7-1/2inch

Victorinox (Forschner) 7" Chef's Knife. The patented black Fibrox handle is hygienic and very sanitary, being NSF approved as minimizing crevices that would offer hospitality to bacteria. The handle is ergonomically designed to minimize wrist tension, and remains slip-resistant even when the hand becomes greasy with fat during butchering. The knife is dishwasher safe, although hand-washing is recommended.The high carbon, stainless steel blade is hand finished by skilled craftsmen at Victorinox in Switzerland. A special tempering process is used to produce an edge that can be resharpened over and over again. Each Victorinox knife is stamped from a single sheet of metal. The blade is then hardened, tempered, ground, polished, etched and finished.This Victorinox product, which is made in Switzerland, has been marketed in the U.S. under the R.H. Forschner brand name since 1937. As of 2009, it is now being sold in the U.S. under the Victorinox brand name. It was Forschner 40523, and is now Victorinox 40523.