This small knife can handle any culinary work of peeling and chopping vegetables. The centre pointed tip is especially popular in Southern Germany and Switzerland. Its shape is perfectly formed for coring fruit such as apples or pears. It is made from high-quality carbon steel with a beech wood handle.

Best used for: fruit and vegetables, peeling and coring, fish and meat, cutting with or without a chopping board

Available in two options: Carbon blade with Copper Beech Wood handle, or Blue Glazed Stainless Steel Blade with Ice Beech Wood Handle

Ice Beech or “Eisbuche” is one of the most distinctive woods you will ever find. Created with sustainable practices from beech trees of the Black Forest, Ice Beech is created as the wood undergoes a natural process involving extended exposure to cold weather and moisture to produce its uniquely veined character and rich contrast.

Details

• Composition: Carbon blade with Copper Beech Wood handle, or Blue Glazed Stainless Steel Blade with Ice Beech Wood Handle
• Wood is FSC certified, sustainably forested
• Rivets: Aluminum
• Surface: fine-glazed
• Blade length: ca. 85 mm / 3.25 inches
• Overall length: 185 mm 

Note: Carbon steel, beloved by chefs and bladesmiths, remains sharp without intervention for a long time. Opposed to stainless steel, carbon blades may rust over time without proper care. Robert Herder uses a special “blue-glazing” polishing technique to help temper this, but we recommend using their maintenance kit through the life of the knife. Discoloration of the blade over time, but not rusting, is perfectly normal. The darkening of the metal is typical of well-used carbon steel products. Wipe after use. Not dishwasher safe.

For over a century, Robert Herder Windmühlenmesser (or “Windmill”) knives have been handmade in Solingen, Germany, and have maintained their celebrated techniques. Their finely hand-ground and glazed blades are extremely light and thin, while also very hard and maintain a long-lasting sharp edge… altogether creating an exceptional cutting experience.