The reserve

The chef's knife

I cooked for fifteen years before I picked up a laser, so I have opinions. An eight inch chef knife is the one gift a cook uses every single day, and the good ones last a career. Japanese steel is harder and thinner and takes a keener edge; German steel is heavier and forgives. I buy the one you name, or I pick for the cook you describe. The mark goes near the heel, small, where their hand sees it every shift.

What it comes to: $255 to $430the piece at its price, plus $65 to find it, mark it, and bring it
Where the mark goes: blade, near the heel, blade, spine sideA dark mark annealed into the steel, not cut.
When: Within the weekbought locally, marked, hand delivered; one to two weeks when ordered in

The one I buy for you

The ones I usually buy. Want a different one? Name it in the notes.

I cooked for fifteen years. This is the knife I would hand a cook who just made sous chef. A name on the blade, small and near the heel, where their hand will see it every day.

The engraving

Chef Reyes

Blade, near the heel

A dark mark annealed into the steel, not cut. The words and the face, on the material. The piece is the real thing.

The wordsUp to 40 characters. Two lines? Say so in the notes.

The face

Where it goes

Gift box +$15Boxed and ready to hand over.A second placement +$30A date on the other side, a line inside the lid.Notes

Also in the reserve

The whole room

The pocket knife

6 makers$155 to $490

The skillet

2 makers$245 to $285

The cutting board

2 makers$160 to $270

Same hands, same care, same delivery run as everything else I make. I am Zach, one shop in Centennial.

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