Like waves gently breaking along the shore, playing their part in an ecosystem in which lives converge and then wash away again, beautifully cast, undulating, and fluted homemade shibuichi flows through a handle clad in curly maple, crashing into a forged blade and its idly bobbing hamon line. Eliciting algae-driven seafoam and the waves which help it coalesce is a one-of-a-kind chef knife by Madison, Wisconsin artist Isaiah Schroeder. Forged by hand from 26c3 ‘Spicy White’ carbon steel, the 240mm / 9.4″ blade is handsome, versatile, and built for the demands of a hard-working kitchen, sharp along a thin edge that sits below convex bevels, with a spine that tapers to a fine tip. A matched, handcrafted saya for safe transport is included. Balanced, natural in the hand, and with each detail accounted for, Isaiah has delivered a tool worthy of the finest feasts.