Cretaceous Petty 115mm

A chef's knife with close to 100-million years of history is not one you come across every day. Then again, artist Fingal Ferguson's culinary creations are never your ordinary cup of tea. This one in particular, though, has a story to tell: inlaid in the handle is a piece of stabilized dinosaur bone, one which previously belonged to a Spinosaurus, the spinosaurid terrestrial carnivore, before it perished in what now is North Africa during the Cenomanian stage of the Late Cretaceous period. Lending its legacy to this one-of-a-kind tool, we thank and honor the Spinosaurus in question for its contribution to contemporary cooking. Matching the unique beauty of the handle's headlining material is a versatile and dynamic blade in a steel every bit as jaw-dropping: Damasteel's san mai Hakkapella Damacore stainless damascus, which Fingal has given a high polish sheen contrasted by dark etch to produce a striking visual effect. At 115mm / 4.5" long and 44mm tall at the heel, it will excel at a