Vollrath 4-3/8" Hollow Ground Blade Steak Knife, 1 Dozen
Vollrath 48140 4-3/8" Hollow Ground Blade Steak Knife, 1 Dozen
Product Features:
- Piece: Steak Knife
- Blade length: 4-3/8"
- Blade: Hollow ground with wave serration
- Handle: Natural wood
The Vollrath 4-3/8" hollow ground steak knife features a wave-serrated hollow ground blade and a natural wood handle — a classic steak knife design for casual dining restaurants, steakhouses, and any operation presenting a dedicated steak knife with traditional wood handle character. The hollow ground blade with wave serration provides sharp, efficient cutting through proteins without requiring excessive downward pressure.
Sold by the dozen. The 4-3/8" blade length is standard for tabletop steak knives. Natural wood handle provides a warm, traditional aesthetic.
The hollow ground steak knife is the traditional American steakhouse knife — a design that has been the standard tabletop steak knife format in casual and mid-scale dining for decades. The hollow ground blade creates a concave grind on the blade face, reducing the metal-to-food contact surface and making the blade feel sharper and more efficient in cut than a flat grind at the same edge angle. Wave serration adds gripping teeth that engage protein exterior crusts and cut through them without requiring the sawing pressure that smooth blades need for similar results.
The natural wood handle is the visual signature of the traditional steakhouse knife — a warm, organic material that distinguishes the steak knife from the stainless flatware in the place setting and signals a dedicated, course-specific cutting tool. Wood handles read as rustic and approachable in casual dining and as classic and traditional in mid-scale steakhouse environments. The tactile warmth of wood is also a guest experience detail — the knife feels different from the cold stainless of the fork, reinforcing the sense of a deliberately chosen piece.
At 4-3/8" blade length, this knife is proportioned for standard tabletop steak knife service — long enough to handle a full restaurant portion steak in a comfortable cutting motion, compact enough to sit cleanly in the table setting without dominating the place setting proportions. The 4-3/8" blade is the standard residential steakhouse length that dining guests recognize as the dedicated steak knife format.
For operations that serve steak, chops, or other substantial proteins as primary menu items, the steak knife is a non-negotiable service component — guests notice and comment on the absence of a proper steak knife when they've ordered a steak-caliber protein. The presence of a quality dedicated steak knife at the moment of need is a service quality signal that the operation takes protein service seriously.
WARNING - CA Prop 65 | Flatware Type | Steak Knife |
|---|---|
| NSF Listed | No |
| Product Length (in) | 4-3/8" |
| Manufacturer | Vollrath |
| MPN | 48140 |
| SKU | 8V690 |
