Blade BRISA Chef 160 12C27/F

The blank for the blade is made for surface mounting, the blade height is 60 mm, the length is 160 mm, the butt thickness is 2.5 mm. The total length of the workpiece is 275 mm. Descents are made from the butt. Let us immediately note this very important point. Scandinavian descents or descents from the butt itself to the supply are quite laborious to implement, therefore they are inherent only in very good and expensive blades. The workpiece is sharpened, at first glance the knife is very sharp. But this is just a technological sharpening, which indicates the angle that the manufacturer recommends for sharpening this product in the future. Therefore, looking ahead, let's say that after manufacturing the knife should still be sharpened for real. The name of this knife blank model on the manufacturer's website is EnZo Chef 160 mm Knife Blade in Asian style. Indeed, outwardly the blade is very reminiscent of a Japanese knife in the Santoku style.

The blade is embossed with the manufacturer's logo - EnZo and the brand of steel from which it is made. Enzo is a very famous Finnish knife manufacturer. One of the features of the products of this company is the high-precision processing of workpieces, which is achieved by using the latest technological advances in the production process. In practice, this translates into perfect clarity and symmetry of the products, it is pleasant to work with them, EnZo blades require a minimum of modifications before installation, and most often do not require them at all.

A few words about the steel from which the blade is made is the famous Sandvik 12C27. In reference books on steels, it is said that it is a corrosion-resistant martensitic chromium knife steel of the Swedish company Sandvic AB (Sweden), produced since the 60s of the XX century, which has a low content of impurities - sulfur and phosphorus. In other words, Sandvik 12C27 is perhaps the most balanced knife steel that simultaneously has excellent sharpening characteristics (easy to sharpen - hard to dull, and it really is!), high strength and corrosion resistance. For the curious, the density of Sandvik 12C27 steel is 7.7 g / cm3, and its chemical composition is as follows:

Chemical composition in % (nominal):
Carbon (C) - 0.60%
Chromium (Cr) - 13.5%
Molybdenum (Mo) -
Silicon (Si) = 0.40%
Manganese (Mn) - 0.40%

Sandvik 12C27 is one of the few steels designed specifically for knife making. The production technology of Sandvik 12C27 steel is constantly being improved, which leads to a constant improvement in quality indicators, an increase in density and purity, and an improvement in the fine microstructure of carbides. Therefore, today's Sandvik 12C27 steel is very different from the prototype 45 years ago.

Sandvik 12C27 has high toughness, excellent cutting retention under various mechanical loads and good corrosion resistance. All this makes Sandvik 12C27 steel the most recommended for the production of high-quality top-class chef's knives.

Sandvik 12C27 steel is hardenable from 54 to 61 HRC. However, the hardness of this steel is 58 HRC, which is optimal for use in the kitchen.