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. Yanicks 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 Santos Rosewood with poplar burl spacer handle.
Edge Length: 180mm
Height at heel: 77mm