• Material

    • Length: 210mm
    • Material: High Carbon Stainless Steel
    • Edge Angle: 13° measured (13° advertised)
    • Hardness: not provided
    • MSRP: $85.00 USD
    • Overview:
      The Material 8" Chef's Knife weighs 242.73 grams. The knife features a Japanese high-carbon stainless steel blade, a bolster, and an oval-shaped stain-resistant composite handle in the Japanese (Wa) style.

  • 8" Chef's Knife

The Material chef's knife scored top-five in edge retention performance. Despite a third place ranking for cheese cutting, it ranked low on other food cutting tests. This blade was middle-of-the-pack for factory edge sharpness on the BESS test.

Food Cutting Tests

    • Rank14/21
    • Peak Force1675 grams
    • Rank15/21
    • Average Force1158 grams
    • Rank20/21
    • Max Force2395 grams
    • Rank3/21
    • Total Force63822 grams
    • Rank18/21
    • Max Force2424 grams
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What does it mean?

These charts show the forces required to cut through each of these foods. Each chart contains five trials for this knife, overlaid on one another. The five trials are summarized with a dotted, colored average line, and are compared against the best performing knife in the collection, shown as a dotted white line. Learn more

High-Mag Blade Edge Images

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What does it mean?

Each knife was photographed before use at high-magnification. These reveal features that indicate the quality of the blade’s construction, like the sharpness of the tip, the straightness of the choil, the evenness of the apex, and the smoothness of the sharpened edge. Learn more

    • First Cut Depth48mm
    • Total Cardstock Cut428.2mm
    • What does it mean?

      The CATRA test is a standardized measure of a blade’s sharpness and durability. The knife is placed in an automated machine and a stack of abrasive cardstock is pressed against the blade. As the blade moves in back-and-forth strokes, the machine measures the depth of the cut as the cutting edge wears away. The higher the total cardstock cut, the better the performance. Learn more

    • BESS Score175
    • What does it mean?

      The BESS scale is a quantifiable method of measuring edge sharpness. This scale is based on the force required to cut through a calibrated piece of filament and is a common way knife enthusiasts can compare the relative sharpness of their edges. The chart above shows the performance of each blade, including the best blade in the collection. The smaller the BESS score, the sharper the cutting edge. Learn more