Yanick Puig is a blacksmith located in La Salvetat-Peyralès, France. Yanick has been working on his craft for over 20 years with a focus on kitchen cutlery. His steel of choice is 135Cr3, a high carbon tool steel that has very good sharpness and wear resistance. This blade is cladded in high quality iron and kasumi finished on a progression of Japanese natural stones. The top side of the blade is a very clean kurouchi finish. Yanick's knives have a nice weight to them and stiff spine, making them very confident and precise tools. The edge profile is extremely smooth with a nice sized flat spot at the heel. Fit and finish is excellent with polished spine and choil. The blade is fitted with an octagonal one piece ziricote handle.
Weight: 212g
Height at Heel: 55mm
Spine Thickness: 3.8mm
Edge Length: 185mm