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Wüsthof Classic Ikon 9" Precision Double-Serrated Bread Knife
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Classic Ikon 9" Precision Double-Serrated Bread Knife

A bread knife that actually tracks straight through crust

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Nine inches of double-serrated edge, ground so the scallops bite into crust without tearing the crumb underneath. That second row of small serrations behind the main teeth keeps the blade from wandering when you’re cutting a boule or a baguette on the bias. Full bolster and a forged bolster-to-tip taper give it enough weight to pull through a dense sourdough without you sawing like it’s a steak. Off the bread station, it does the jobs a serrated blade quietly earns its keep on: tomatoes, citrus, delicate cake layers, anything with a skin that wants to skid under a straight edge. Stamped or forged doesn’t matter here, the edge geometry is the whole point.

What cooks are saying
  • 01Stays straight through crusty loaves instead of drifting off line
  • 02Handles tomatoes and citrus cleaner than a standard serrated knife
  • 03Balance feels right for a knife this length, not tip-heavy
Why the pros use it

Every kitchen has one bread knife and it usually lives at the pastry bench or wherever the toast station is, but a knife this well-ground earns a spot near the line too. Slicing a tomato for a garnish plate without crushing the seed pocket, or cutting a delicate genoise without compacting it, is a different job than hacking through a baguette, and this knife does both because the serration pattern was actually engineered for it instead of stamped out as an afterthought.

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