Name: The Gallatin Chef's Knife
Brand: Alec Steele Co.
SKU: THE-GALLATIN
Price: 399.00 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

The Gallatin Chef's Knife

$399

The Gallatin

The Gallatin was born through our desire to create an attainable Chef's knife, with all the premium features of a custom knife. For this Chef's knife, we chose M390 stainless steel hardened to 62 Rockwell. With a full flat grind, a distally tapered blade, and a rounded spine and heel, this knife is designed with a focus on comfort, performance, and luxury.

This blade's shape and lines are stylized with a unique blend of Japanese and Western influence, taking the best of both worlds and combining them into a custom tool.

From the start of this project, we've succeeded in using industry leaders every step of the way. Taking our passion and knowledge in combination with these professionals, we're confident we've come up with your new favorite tool in the kitchen. We hand-inspect each knife and reject any that don't meet our high standards.

From start to finish, this knife is made entirely in the USA.

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Premium Design

With a 2 inch tall heel, distally tapered blade, and over 8 inches of cutting edge, this knife showcases the flexibility and ergonomics previously only found in custom blades. This blade has a recurved heel that stops the rocking back motion of the knife so the handle doesn't rock back to contact the cutting board.

Hardened to 62 Rockwell

These knives are precisely hardened to a high Rockwell, to maximize edge retention and sharpness, while simultaneously retaining flexibility and durability.

M390 Swedish Stainless Steel

M390 Stainless is a steel commonly used in pocket knives, but due to its availability, rarely in kitchen wares. We've sacrificed production scaling for top of the line quality to ensure our knives are made out of an incredible steel.

Ready to DIY?

Check out our video on how to create your own $500 chef's knife with a knife from your local thrift store! You won't find the same quality of steel, or hardness, but you can mirror the ergonomics with some patience and elbow grease!

Stacey S.

Great knife. Feels good in the hand and is incredibly sharp. This will be our “go to” knife in the kitchen.

Jorge Luis V.

As a cheff I'm impressed with this knife, I always have used Wüsthof, this is lighter, nimbler and perfectly balanced, razor sharp and confortable handle. This is an initial review, in a couple of months of use and abuse in the restaurant I will tell you if I'm still in love with this great tool. saludos Jorge Vazquez

Joshua C.

Great knife. Had a problem with the first one and Alec and company too the time to fix my issue and I’m extremely happy with it. I can’t wait to continue to support this fantastic company and there products.

Paul B.

My wife had been looking for a new kitchen knife for a while and I had bought one for her from Brazilian River place as well, Covid restrictions, for Christmas. Then I saw this one come up for sale. Having watched Alec, and Will, for years I knew the quality and design would be excellent, so the day it came up I purchased one right away. When It did arrive my wife fell in love with is and has replace a bunch of kitchen knives with it. She says it cuts easily through vegetables and meat and keeps it in it's special carrying case. Keep up the excellent work Alec and Will.

Jim L.

First time wife has had a real sharp and proper kitchen knife. A little afraid of loosing a finger tip but very happy. Brother in law who is a Red Seal Chef was very impressed. Good job ! ! I’ve had nightmares waking from a dead sleep with it sticking out my back. So mental note: no fighting in the kitchen. Wife knows where all the weapons are. Hahaha Great job very happy and good value. UPS customs charges seemed a bit high but I think it’s there way of making a buck. Stay safe.

Kandon W.

Bought the knife as a gift for my father and he loves. Definitely worth the price.

MATTHEW B.

This knife has to be the finest chef’s knife I’ve ever held. I bought it for my mom for her birthday and I seriously can’t wait to give it to her!

Jon W.

Great knife! Ergonomics are fantastic and it really holds an edge.

Max B.

Absolutely amazing knife, beautiful craftsmanship, unbelievably sharp puts the rest of my Zwilling and Wustof knives to shame!

Serge-Antoine C.

Shipping was faster than expected and properly packaged. I didn't even know the Gallatin would come with a carrying case! The knife itself is super sharp and feels amazing. Outstanding design and manufacturing. Great job guys. Quick suggestion: the blade is so pointy and sharp the knife wants to poke through the zipper of the carrying case. It even damaged mine a little bit but it's an easy fix. It could be useful either reinforce the zipper or put something on the tip of the blade to as protection.

Dereyk P.

Im a knife maker and i wanted to see what a production knife would be out of the box. Holy x%*% totally Blown away. Geometry is off the hook. First thing I did was try to cut a paper towel..... holy $&”@ it sliced the paper towel. Well done guys absolutely well done.

Michael V.

This knife is awesome. It cuts through an onion like it’s not even there. I haven’t had it long enough to say how the edge holds up over time, but I am impressed with the build quality. I have a new favorite knife in my kitchen!

Michael P.

Sharp as an axe! Shipped quickly and put to use right away. Great knife. Awesome design Will and congrats Alec on such a huge year.

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