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 length
8 in (20 cm)
Edge
Serrated
Steel
Ice-tempered high-carbon stainless, stamped from cold-rolled steel
Handle
Fibrox, slip resistant, NSF approved
Care
Hand washing recommended
Origin
Made in Switzerland
Warranty
Lifetime against manufacturer defects
Amazon reference
B000RLJTLS
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.
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.
7.9 in (20 cm) blade · German knife steel · serrated · stated rust resistant · also for tomatoes and melon
A 7.9 in (20 cm) serrated blade in German knife steel, sold for tomatoes and melons as well as bread — from the same range as the chef’s knife in this catalog.