Ok folks this is my first posting on this forum and way way way overdue. I bought a custom made chef knife from him back on July 2018 and I was supposed to post a review right away but when I tried to upload pictures on the post it didn't work and so I gave up trying. I believe based on my success today, that it had to do with the Web Browser I was using (Opera) and the fact that I don't know how to post photos in this forum and from the looks of it, still do not.
When I was first looking for a knife to be made, I specifically read these forum posts in the beginning to find a knife maker whose works were in line with what I had in mind for a personal chef knife. These were based on what I was reading on forums, seeing on TV (Forged in Fire, LOL) and personal tastes. I reached out to
Robert Erickson
and he was more than helpful in getting me to decide on a number of factors on it's design. Ultimately I was sold on AEB-L because it was something I wanted to give a try to based on the bevel thinness and the hardness scale it is able to reach at very thin bevels. Well here are the before and after photos, but please don't harp on my abuse of the knife for no other reason than I was able to give a real world use/take on it's durability, sharpness and edge retention as well as it's stainless properties, which you will see one small blemish from citrus fruit left accidentally on the blade, otherwise it has held up very well.
Just one thing to note about all of this, after spending over $250 (won't say real price as I don't want current customers of Robert Erickson to use it to bargain with) on a Chef's knife, I completely abused it to see just how strong this metal is and let me tell you; I used it to chop a dogs bullystick on multiple occassions to break the costco 12" sticks into 6". There were about 12-15 per bag and I used this knife on all of them. I stopped once I realized that although the edge sharpness never wavered, the blade suffered a wobble. After all of that I only had to sharpen (not hone), the knife once in two years (refrained from doing so as I can't replicate a zero degree bevel like a benchgrinder or buffer can). Enjoy the photos and be easy on me guys, I am not a knife maker so my abuse of it is kind of real world application.
See photos in reply Post as I just figured it out.
When I was first looking for a knife to be made, I specifically read these forum posts in the beginning to find a knife maker whose works were in line with what I had in mind for a personal chef knife. These were based on what I was reading on forums, seeing on TV (Forged in Fire, LOL) and personal tastes. I reached out to
Robert Erickson
and he was more than helpful in getting me to decide on a number of factors on it's design. Ultimately I was sold on AEB-L because it was something I wanted to give a try to based on the bevel thinness and the hardness scale it is able to reach at very thin bevels. Well here are the before and after photos, but please don't harp on my abuse of the knife for no other reason than I was able to give a real world use/take on it's durability, sharpness and edge retention as well as it's stainless properties, which you will see one small blemish from citrus fruit left accidentally on the blade, otherwise it has held up very well.Just one thing to note about all of this, after spending over $250 (won't say real price as I don't want current customers of Robert Erickson to use it to bargain with) on a Chef's knife, I completely abused it to see just how strong this metal is and let me tell you; I used it to chop a dogs bullystick on multiple occassions to break the costco 12" sticks into 6". There were about 12-15 per bag and I used this knife on all of them. I stopped once I realized that although the edge sharpness never wavered, the blade suffered a wobble. After all of that I only had to sharpen (not hone), the knife once in two years (refrained from doing so as I can't replicate a zero degree bevel like a benchgrinder or buffer can). Enjoy the photos and be easy on me guys, I am not a knife maker so my abuse of it is kind of real world application.
See photos in reply Post as I just figured it out.
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