ROBERT HERDER WINDMILL KNIFE GRANDMOULIN Walnut Item No. 9213,1975,18
total length 36,5 cm
blade length 23,0 cm
Blade material stainless steel, blue pierced, stainless steel
serrated edge on both sides
blade height 2,6 cm to 4,0 cm
Hardness 60 Rockwell
handle length 13,5 cm
handle material walnut wood , four times riveted with brass
Weight 162 gram
Manufacturer ROBERT HERDER WINDMÜHLENMESSER, Solingen, Germany
Hand wash is mandatory
Keywords bread knife, bread saw, right-handed , wooden handle, walnut, walnut wood
The Grandmoulin belongs to the series "Uniques from Tradition", which includes a small assortment of knives with special history, shape and traditional craftsmanship. Grandmoulin means "large mill" and a large Windmühlen knife it truly is with its 370 mm total length.
Elegance, high functionality and first-class materials combined by the finest craftsmanship are the most prominent features of this bread saw knife.
"Boscher" is the name of the shape of the blade. This name is derived from the Dutch word "Bos", which means bush or scrubland. Exactly there, namely on the sugar cane fields of the Dutch colonies it originated as a harvesting knife. At that time, however, it was much larger according to its task.
The exceptionally wide blade has a very good straight cut, even if you want to cut very thin slices of bread. The curved curve of the blade corresponds to the continuation of the natural swaying hand movement when cutting. This makes it so comfortable to handle. The knife is equipped with a highly ground-in, hand-polished wide "8-mm Langer shaft", one of the best serrations of enormous cutting durability. Because of this wave, the individual teeth on the cutting edge are thinner than conventional serrations. This makes them many times sharper, but also somewhat more sensitive.
Small burrs that can form in the individual teeth during use are completely normal with this serrated edge and do not detract from the high cutting ability. The result of all these features is an incredibly sharp, long-lasting bread saw knife.
