It's a 7 1/2" blade and from the photo looks to be a full flat grind. Our Sabatier from the original set is 8'' and my wife does not need the blade to be any longer. If you were talking a carver or beef slicer, --- ok. But for a sabatier... Eight inch is good. DM
After working ten years in a restaurant and then moving on to the Costco Meat Department, I’ve found 9.5” - 10” to be the most versatile and useful blade length for a Chef’s knife. It took a little while to get used to, but once I did, there was no going back (and I have tiny baby hands).
The long blade gives you more stability when cutting hard cheeses, thick skinned veggies (like squash and watermelon), hard chocolate, etc. it’s also nice to not have to switch to a different knife when cutting a head of lettuce, cabbage, or spatchcocking a bird. I also tend to like the extra weight of the 10” knife. My left arm is gimpy (waiting on another shoulder surgery), so the extra heft can be a lifesaver.
The only downsides I’ve come across when using a 10” is the learning curve, having a large enough cutting board/kitchen, and fine mincing because of how far you have to draw the knife to use the tip.
Different strokes for different folks I guess. Had I not grown up in my Mom’s kitchen (she’s a professional chef and owns a steakhouse bar & grill), and then moving on to working in restaurants and and a meat department... I’m not sure I would have discovered my love of the 10” Chef’s knife.
Funny you bring up Sabatier though! Their 10” carbon Chef knife is what hangs in my Mom’s kitchen.