Endorsing Robert Welch steak knives

[cchu518]

Had a miserable experience with a low budget version of a Lagioule steak knife, so I ended up returning them at a Crate and Barrel and picked up a set of Robert Welch steak knives. Ergonomic handle and sharp.

I was messing around in the kitchen and made an onion and potato tart and the knife cut well. This is the first non-serrated steak knife that I have ever come across. They come very sharp and pointy as evidenced by getting bit already when I loaded one in the dishwasher and it protested! Bloody pointy I should say! Hoping that it will be quite easy to have a set of sharp steak knives around as these can be touched up rather easy on a stone.

 

[simioh]

Is the steel used marked or mentioned? How about some better pictures of the knives? (the onion and potato tart looks good by the way)

 

[cchu518]

I'll try to get some more photos. It's a forged full tang piece, Dupont handles, and the steel is 420 SS hardened to Rockwell 55-56.

Really good handle ergos, which is why I picked it up and no serrations for a steak knife which I have never seen before. So I guess if it goes dull I can sharpened up quick. I smoothed out one of them on a stone as we picked up 6 and it took the edge well.