Wusthof Culinar 5-Inch Tomato Knife
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Product Summary
Manufacturer: WusthofBrand: Wüsthof
Release Date: 2001-07-31
Model: 4108
Product features:
- Serrated blade with pronged tip perfect for slicing tomatoes and spearing slices
- Blade, bolster, tang forged from single piece of high-carbon stainless steel
- Handle sculpted from 18/10 stainless steel with elegant satin finish
- Precisely tapered blade with hand-honed edge
- Made in Germany
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Wusthof Culinar 5-Inch Tomato Knife
Customer Review: Why a tomato knife?
Summary: 5 Stars
A good chef's knife is fine for cutting a tomato in half, or for cutting those halves into wedges. It's also possible to slice a tomato with a sharp chef's knife - but one has to be careful when starting each cut, as the curve of the tomato requires a slightly different angle for starting each slice. That means slicing a tomato with a chef's knife will be a lot slower than slicing, say, a cucumber.
Enter the tomato knife. The serrations initiate the cut where the edge is placed whatever the angle between blade and skin; the legendary sharpness of the Wusthof blade then completes the slice with ease. A meal's worth of tomatoes can be reduced to slices in a jiffy - provided you're right handed, since the serrations are on the right side of the blade.
This isn't just any tomato knife, though. This tomato knife is from Wusthof's premium Culinar line. In addition to having Wusthof's high carbon stainless blade with a full length tang, it also has the Culinar line's ergonomic 18/10 stainless steel handle. When one picks up the knife, the handle feels like it molds itself to one's hand, making it a joy to use. Before I got this knife, I always served tomatoes in wedges; now I look for excuses to slice them.
The price does match the premium quality, though. Whether this knife is worth that price depends on how many tomatoes you slice - but if you do buy it, you may find your tomato consumption going way up!
Description of Wusthof Culinar 5-Inch Tomato Knife
The serrated edge is especially useful to slice soft, ripe tomatoes; the fork tip makes serving more convenient. Also excellent for cutting fresh rolls or bagels and slicing your favourite hard salami or sausage. The precision forged blade, bolster, and tang are married to a hand-sculpted handle of the finest 18/10 stainless steel with an elegant satin finish.Wüsthof knives offer a harmonious blend of precision cutting performance, integrity of materials, safety, and comfort. The knife is hot-drop forged by hand from a single blank of high carbon no-stain steel, a specially alloyed surgical steel consisting of exacting proportions of carbon, chromium, molybdenum, and vanadium. The blade is perfectly tapered from bolster to tip, and from the back of the blade to the edge, and is honed by hand. Perfect balance is assured by the full extension of the tang through the length of the handle. A seamless fit at the bolster prevents food particles from entering.
Size: 6"
Dimensions: blade: 5½"L
Materials: High carbon steel blade with 18/10 stainless steel handle
Care: Dishwasher safe, although hand washing with a mild detergent is recommended
Product of Solingen, Germany
Elegant satin-finish handles sculpted from 18/10 stainless steel distinguish Culinar knives from Wüsthof's other cutlery lines. Otherwise Culinar knives embody all the virtues of other Wüsthof knives that have earned the German manufacturer world renown. The principal parts of a Wüsthof knife--blade, bolster, and tang--are forged from a single piece of high-carbon stainless steel, and the blade is precisely tapered from bolster to tip and from back to hand-honed edge. Blades and beautifully formed bolsters are not as thick as some knives'. As a result, despite their heft, strength, and durability, Wüsthof knives are pleasingly delicate and marvelously balanced in action. This 5-inch classic tomato knife has a serrated blade for neatly slicing soft-skinned vegetables and fruits and spearing the slices. Like all fine knives, this tomato knife should be hand washed. --Fred Brack
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