Vollrath Thornhill Flatware 8-1/2" Dinner Knife Solid Handle, 1 Dozen
Vollrath 48171 Thornhill 8-1/2" Dinner Knife Solid Handle, 1 Dozen
Product Features:
- Pattern: Thornhill
- Piece: Dinner Knife
- Length: 8-1/2"
- Handle: Solid
- Material: 18% chrome stainless steel
- Weight: Heavyweight
- Finish: Matte
The Vollrath Thornhill 8-1/2" dinner knife with solid handle completes the core place setting piece in the Thornhill pattern. Heavyweight 18% chrome stainless steel with matte finish and the Thornhill's distinctive elegant detailing. The solid handle provides a balanced, substantial grip. At 8-1/2", proportioned for upscale casual and formal dining table settings.
Sold by the dozen. Matte finish consistent with the full Thornhill pattern.
The Thornhill dinner knife brings the pattern's distinctive matte finish and elegant detailing to the primary cutting piece in the place setting — the knife that completes the core place setting alongside the Thornhill dinner fork and teaspoon. At 8-1/2", this knife is proportioned for upscale casual and formal dining service where a full-length dinner knife at the place setting is the standard.
The solid handle construction provides the weight and balance characteristics of a knife where the handle material itself contributes to the piece's feel in the hand rather than being hollow-filled. Solid handles tend to provide a slightly forward-weighted balance, with the handle end feeling more substantial — a quality cue that guests who handle well-made flatware will recognize and appreciate. The solid construction also eliminates the seam line that hollow handles often develop over years of commercial dishwasher cycling, maintaining the piece's visual quality indefinitely.
The Thornhill matte finish on the dinner knife is especially practical in its cutting function: the matte surface doesn't create the visual glare that high-polish mirror finishes produce under restaurant lighting. At a candlelit or spot-lit table, a mirror-finish knife blade creates visible light reflections that can be distracting; the matte surface absorbs and diffuses light rather than reflecting it, maintaining a subtler table presence.
For restaurants building a complete Thornhill place setting, the dinner knife's matte finish and elegant detailing on the handle create visual and tactile consistency with the Thornhill forks, spoons, and serving pieces throughout the service. Flatware pattern consistency across all pieces in a service creates the impression of a deliberately and professionally planned table program.
18% chrome stainless steel. Sold by the dozen.
WARNING - CA Prop 65 | Flatware Type | Dinner Knife |
|---|---|
| Vendor Line | Thornhill |
| NSF Listed | No |
| Product Length (in) | 8-1/2" |
| Manufacturer | Vollrath |
| MPN | 48171 |
| SKU | 8V733 |
