Classic Ikon 12 Piece Block Knife Set - 7812

12 Piece Set Contains:

• 3.5-inch paring knife
• 4.5-inch paring knife
• Four 4.5-inch steak knives
• 6-inch carving knife
• 8-inch bread knife
• 8-inch cooks knife
• 9-inch sharpening steel
• 8-inch come-apart kitchen shears
• 13-slot hardwood block

For generations the WÜSTHOF CLASSIC knife is a symbol for quality and tradition.” The CLASSIC line is the company’s flag-ship product collection. More than 50% of all sales of WÜSTHOF’s knives are attributed to Classic. This full-tang knife is precision-forged from a single piece of high-carbon, stain-resistant alloy, engineered to enhance edge-retention and to facilitate re-sharpening. Completely buffed and polished by hand, the CLASSIC knife blade is seamlessly attached to highly durable black Polyoxymethylene (POM) handles with triple rivets for a totally hygienic and secure fit.

Introducing - Precision Edge Technology - PEtec

Handle:

• New material – POM, tighter molecular structure, resistant to fading or discoloring
• Handles more rounded and comfortable
• Sacrificial anode – Made of Zinc and Magnesium.  If a knife is subject to high humidity or salt water it will not rust or pit or discolor (tang or rivets).  Any impurities that may go into the tang or blade will gravitate toward that anode leaving the visible metal untouched.  A Wusthof patented process
Steel:

• Material exactly the same
• Hardness – approximately 58 on the Rockwell hardness scale

Edge:

• New overall angle on paring, carving and Chef’s knives has been reduced from  38 degrees (or 19 degrees per side) to the new angle of 28 degrees (or 14 degrees per side)
• Less drag with the new taper allowing for more seamless cutting
• New sharpening technology which is now computer controlled allows for the final edge to be absolutely perfect and exactly the same from heel to tip
• Edge retention – stays sharper longer as one side of the edge does not need to compensate for the other
• Actual edge sharpened is 1mm on the entire blade
• Compound angle is further refined with a new sharp and grind technology; gradually lessening of steel down the spine as well as from the spine to the cutting edge

Features and benefits:

• More overall comfort; kitchen knife should feel like and extension of the hand
• Neither the handle or the steel will discolor, pit or rust
• Optimum hardness; edge control and retention 25-30% better
• Slimmer taper; 35-40% sharper out of the box
• The entire knife manufactured in one facility in the steel capital of the world Solingen Germany
• Only Cutlery Company still today family owned and operated.

“WUSTHOF – Compromise is not an option”