Unmarked 10" Chef Knife Forged Carbon Steel Transitional 1960s Solingen Trade in directly on the grill grates Echizen

Unmarked 10" Chef Knife Forged Carbon Steel Transitional 1960s Solingen Trade in directly on the grill grates Echizen directly on the grill grates This 2000 stone finishes very finely and is more in line being categorized with fine stones rather than medium stones given it’s bright finish The tang in the handle has no taper indicating it was not hand forged after being drop forged but it was likely still hand ground to a degree when new It had been sharpened in enough so that the edge was starting to get thick and it has been thinned and re ground here in the old style leaving a thin convex zone in the 1 3 of edge behind the bolster that comes down to a very small bevel