8.3" Carving Knife - Yi Series (B27)

The Yi Series is Xinzuo's everyday Damascus workhorse, and the B27 carving knife is the cut built for the table. A long, narrow 210mm blade tracks straight through the meat so each slice comes off whole and even. Where a chef knife is short and tall for chopping on the board, this profile is made to draw the full length of the edge across a roast in one pass. Confident, technical, and right for the job.

A short chef knife forces a sawing motion that shreds and drags on a large roast. The B27's 210mm blade is long enough to slice a leg of lamb, brisket or turkey breast end-to-end in a single draw, so you get even slices that hold together and present cleanly on the plate. The narrow profile reduces drag through the cut, and the fine 15-per-side edge does the work without crushing the meat.

The cutting core is 10Cr15CoMoV, a cobalt-bearing stainless steel hardened to 60±2 HRC for edge retention through repeated carving. Around it sit 66 layers of 316/316L stainless Damascus cladding, forge-laminated into the signature 67-layer pattern. The blade is vacuum heat treated and deep-frozen to stabilise the grain, then ground to 15 per side (12-15) so the edge bites early and stays sharp longer between sharpenings.

The blade runs full-tang through a rosewood handle secured with three rivets, one a decorative mosaic pin. At 235g across a 340mm total length, the weight sits forward enough to carry the slice but stays light enough for the controlled, repeated strokes carving demands. The 2.2mm spine keeps the blade slim so it parts meat with minimal resistance. Hand wash and dry only.