Eight inches covers standard bread without the storage problem a 10-inch blade creates in a domestic drawer. The scalloped high-carbon edge is ground to cut crust cleanly, and the 360 handle gives a secure hold through the sawing motion.
Sandwich loaves, baguettes, bagels and rolls are the daily work. It also cuts sponge and layer cake without compressing them, since a serrated edge does the job with motion rather than pressure.
Dexter-Russell has been making cutlery in Southbridge, Massachusetts since 1818 and remains the oldest American cutlery manufacturer in operation.
