8" Chef Knife - Zhen Series (PM8O)

Reach for this when the cutting board has a whole chicken waiting to be broken down, or a pile of onions for a Sunday ragu that won't chop themselves. The 8.5-inch chef knife is the blade you'll use more than any other in the Zhen Series. Long enough to work through a butternut without the tip lifting off the board, light enough to rock-chop herbs for twenty minutes without your wrist complaining.

Damascus Steel That Earns Its Keep

The core is 10Cr15CoMoV high-carbon stainless steel, wrapped in 67 layers of Damascus and vacuum heat-treated to 60-62 HRC. That hardness is why the edge holds through an entire prep session rather than starting to slip after the first twenty minutes. The flowing Damascus pattern also helps the blade release dense produce like raw pumpkin and raw beetroot, where a plain stainless blade would drag and stick on every stroke.

Olive Wood and Buffalo Horn, Octagonal Build

The handle pairs olive wood with genuine black buffalo horn at the collar. It's an octagonal profile: the flat faces lock your grip in place whether you're pinching the blade for control or wrapping the full hand around for a power cut through a dense root. One continuous bar of steel runs from the tip through to the butt of the handle, so the balance sits right at your pinch grip. It won't rattle. It won't flex. Long sessions don't leave you with hand fatigue at the heel.

Specifications

• Blade Steel: 67-layer Damascus with 10Cr15CoMoV core
• Hardness: 60-62 HRC (Vacuum Heat Treated)
• Blade Profile: 8.5-inch chef knife, Western curve
• Handle: Olive Wood & Black Buffalo Horn (Octagonal), full-tang
• Use: Your daily driver for rock-chopping herbs, breaking down proteins, and working through root vegetables.
• Series: Zhen Series (PM8O)
• Model: PM8O-CS

Complete Your Set

Pair it with the Zhen 7.5" Santoku (PM8O-RS) for push-cut vegetable work where the chef knife's rocking profile is the wrong shape, and the Zhen 8.5" Bunka (PM8O-QFD) for the precision tip work this broader blade can't do.