Jay Fisher - Fine Custom Knives

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

• Size (Knife): Length overall: 12.2" (30.5 cm), Blade Length: 8.0" (20.3 cm), Thickness: 0.125" (3.2 mm)
• Size (Stand with Knife): Length overall: 12" (30.3 cm), Width overall: 3" (7.6 cm), Height overall: 7.3" (18.5)
• Weight: Knife: 6.7 oz. (190 grams) Stand: 36.9 oz. (1 kilogram, 46 grams)
• Blade: 440C high chromium martensitic stainless steel blade, T3 deep cryogenically treated with triple tempering to 56.5 HRC
• Bolsters, Fittings: 304 Austenitic Stainless Steel, mirror polished
• Handle: Green Zebra Bloodstone Gemstone (India)
• Stand: Carved Kingwood, Black Walnut hardwoods, Anorthosite with Labradorite stone base, 304 stainless steel fasteners, neoprene feet, engraved lacquered brass legend plate
• Knife: The "Falcate" is a new exciting design 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 flexible and tough 56.5 HRC, allowing 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 Indian Bloodstone and Heliotrope, a bright green and white zebra variety. While most bloodstone is green with reds, this variety has bold and light colors without the red, yet is still the same, strong, hard, and tough jasper (chalcendony) that takes a bright glassy polish and holds 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 hard and tough Kingwood hardwood, with a slip of American Black Walnut 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. I mounted the hardwood sculpture to a cut, carved, and polished base of strikingly beautiful Anorthosite, which is a plagioclase feldspar with large phenocrysts and inclusion of Labradorite. This is the striking blue labradoressence that you can see in the photos below. This is a beautiful stone from the Rogaland Anorthosite Complex near Egersund, Norway, and dates to the Mesoproterozoic period, about 930 million years ago. It's a Precambrian rock, truly old and beautiful with bright blue electric flashes of light play. 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: $2985.00
• Status: Available. Email me at jayfisher@jayfisher.com to purchase this fine knife