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Victorinox Fibrox 8 in review

A Swiss-made 8-inch bread knife with a slip-resistant Fibrox handle. It is shorter than the Mercer and more than double its price.

Photo : Ashwini Chaudhary(Monty), Unsplash

What you are getting

An 8-inch serrated blade stamped from cold-rolled steel and ice-tempered, with a bolsterless edge you can use to the heel. The Fibrox handle is textured, slip resistant and NSF approved, and the knife is made in Switzerland.

Where it sits

The reason to buy it is the handle and the Swiss warranty. If the job is big loaves, the Mercer Millennia is two inches longer at less than half the price.

At our reading

The seller was a third party, az-boutique-us, at about $40. Other Fibrox bread knife lengths exist at different prices, so check the size in the buy box.

Prices quoted in this text are dated readings and can differ from the live price in the buy box.

What we rate, and what we do not

Strengths

  • A Fibrox handle with a good wet grip
  • Lifetime warranty against defects
  • Made in Switzerland

Compromises

  • Only 8 inches, short for a wide loaf
  • More than double the price of the Mercer
  • Sold by a third-party seller at our reading

Specifications

Blade length8 in (20 cm)
EdgeSerrated
SteelIce-tempered high-carbon stainless, stamped from cold-rolled steel
HandleFibrox, slip resistant, NSF approved
CareHand washing recommended
OriginMade in Switzerland
WarrantyLifetime against manufacturer defects
Amazon referenceB000RLJTLS

The questions that come in

Is 8 inches long enough?

For sandwich bread and baguettes, yes. For a wide boule it is short, and the Mercer 10-inch is the better fit.

What does ice-tempered mean?

It is a heat-treatment step. The listing says it gives sharpness and edge retention, but no hardness figure is published, so it cannot be compared numerically.

Our score

8.1/ 10

A trusted knife, but the length is against it here.

This one against the other cookware and knives

Close prices, same category: comparable cookware and knives. We keep only the specifications all of them publish, because a column with gaps compares nothing.

Model Price Edge
Victorinox Fibrox 8 in $40 Serrated
Moritz & Moritz 7.9 in (20 cm) German steel $48 Serrated
Mercer Culinary Millennia 10 in $16 Wide wavy serrated edge
Orblue Serrated bread knife $14 Serrated, stated ultra-sharp

What sets the models apart, in cookware and knives

  • If price decides: Orblue Serrated bread knife, at $14.

What use this one answers, among cookware and knives

Sandwich loaves, tomatoes and anyone who likes the Fibrox grip.

Sources

Specifications: the manufacturer sheet for cookware and kitchen knives and the matching Amazon product page. Prices and availability: Keepa. Every figure on this page names its source.

What we judge these cookware and knives on

Prices quoted in these summaries are dated readings. The live price is shown next to each product.