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Yea or Nay? A Wooden Chef's Knife
With the right species of wood, this isn't that outlandish of a concept. Black Locust (what they're using here) is pretty durable and quite resistance to water and rot. I could think of a lot of woods that would be better suited to this application, but then they probably couldn't get the production volume they'd like out of more niche species of wood. Still, I'd love to see some special editions of this product in ever more dense and durable species.
Follow-up thought:
Does replace thicker knives though.
I wouldn't say it's too thick to be used, but I am worried about the wood detaching from the metal with time. Beautiful, though.
Didn't you already point out another company that was making a knife set like this 2 years ago? Oh, yeah. You did.
http://www.core77.com/posts/26538/design-indaba-conference-2014-new-talent-from-around-the-world-26538
This is a bit like a wooden anchor; some mock the fact that it floats, but golly gee does it look good doing it. This knife is way to thick to do it's job properly. On top of that, the tongue and groove attachment between blade and wood would be lucky to survive more than a year or so; the tongue can't be more than 1.5mm thick! If you want a beautiful knife that's a handmade piece of art, take a look at Japanese cutlery. For the same price you can have a knife custom made by a 5th generation bladesmith like Watanabe. All that said, it is very pretty and I wish the designers the best of luck on their crowdfunding.
Love. Uses less steel, steel is carbon positive. Wood is carbon negative, so any substitution for mass that doesn't result in loss of functionality is a win in my book. Wonder how the wood ages...
I'd be interested in it if I wasn't about to install a magnetic knife rack in my kitchen.
It is beautiful and I love it, but it's an unnecessary nonimprovement.
GORGEOUS!
that shot of him running his had over the blade made me really uneasy! gorgeous knife though.