Every respectable kitchen needs a chef's knife both the chef and the dish can rely on, and this 8-inch beauty makes it easy to depend on. Forged through a process of ice-hardening, this piece of steel has amazing durability and uncanny precision. And, each knife is designed to last a lifetime, which means you never have to stop cooking up something new.

Each one's been designed by a legend in the knife world, Bob Kramer. The first Master Bladesmith to specialize in kitchen cutlery, Kramer merges Japanese-style style with Western blade shapes to create some of the best, and most appealing, knives we've ever laid eyes on.

• 8" stainless blade
• Full-tang carbide steel construction
• Ultra-thin, Japanese-style blade profile
• Forged with a FC61 steel core & clad in 100 layers of nickel and stainless steel
• Mirror-polished blade with Damascus pattern etched in
• Handcrafted in Seki, Japan over 42 days by 45 artisans using over 100 unique steps