Right Knife for the Job: Meet the Super Slicer

Super Slicer

What makes the Super Slicer unique?

The scalloped, outwardly curved blade's edge allows exceptionally fine cuts without pulling, crushing, or tearing. It’s robust enough to make tackling acorn squashes or big summer watermelons a cinch, but it’s also gentle enough to be indispensable for more delicate ingredients like ripe stone fruits and tender cakes. This knife is designed to be used in an up-and-down motion or in a saw-like, forward-and-backward motion (as opposed a rocking motion more typical to European-style blades). This activates the extraordinarily sharp, scalloped teeth of the knife’s edge, and utilizes the entirety of a ten-inch blade that’s longer, narrower, and more agile than most. Consider the Super Slicer indispensable for slicing crusty loaves of sourdough, dense German ryes, buttery dinner rolls, and soft milk bread without crushing the crumb (or requiring extra effort from the cook just trying to make a piece of toast!). It’s perfect for roast chicken, crispy-skinned holiday ham, and larger produce like pumpkins, butternut squash, and cantaloupe. It’s a back-pocket hero for dessert as well. Give the Super Slicer a try on your next three-layer birthday cake with buttercream frosting or when serving your trademark double-crust apple pie. And ever wonder how to halve a flaky croissant or split a thick baguette sandwich without making a mess? Now you know exactly which knife to grab!

Like all WÜSTHOF blades, the Super Slicer is crafted by experienced knife artisans in our hometown of Solingen, Germany. The blade is precision forged from a single piece of German steel hardened to a remarkably durable 58 Rockwell (an international measure of metal hardness), which receives a final polish by hand before leaving our factory doors. A triple-riveted handle ensures long-lasting resiliency despite years of frequent use, and the half bolster (the thicker junction between the blade and the handle) provides optimal comfort and balance.

What is a Super Slicer used for?

The Super Slicer is perfect for kitchen tasks that require clean, even slicing for ingredients with thick crusts or skins, unwieldy or large-scale sizes, or delicate interiors. It’s made for juicy peaches and tomatoes; breaking down kabocha squash for roasting with olive oil and spices; and slicing bien cuit baguettes for a stacked cheese and charcuterie board (not for nothing, this blade is excellent for cured sausages as well!). Pastry chefs and bakers also love this knife’s unique details — the long, narrow, scalloped-edge blade is ideal for precisely slicing layer cakes, baklava, glazed fruit tarts, and laminated treats like chocolate croissants and kouign-amann without excess crumbs or tears.

How do you care for this knife?

As a forged blade made with the highest quality materials, this knife is designed to last a lifetime with proper care. Like all WÜSTHOF knives, Super Slicers must be hand-washed with mild soap and water and immediately dried with a soft kitchen towel. We promise the extra thoughtfulness is worth it.

What’s a fun fact about this knife?

The Super Slicer is a true WÜSTHOF innovation, originating at the company in the mid-nineties in a past collection called “Avantgarde.” The knife’s long, scalloped edge made waves (no pun indented) not only for its superior slicing skills and unique design, but also for introducing the world of knife craft to the process of precision laser cutting steel. One of the issues with serrated knives at the time — and today — is that they crushed or tore the foods they were handling. This problem was eliminated with the Super Slicer, and here’s how:

A typical serration is a concave edge between peaks, similar to a wood saw. The sharper the teeth and the more refined the space is between the teeth, the cleaner the cut. Yet foods like breads, cakes, pastries, tomatoes, or double-decker sandwiches can still be crushed or pulled apart by the most well-intentioned blades (and cooks). WÜSTHOF’s distinctly scalloped edge offers a solution. Instead of a concave edge, the Super Slicer features one convex, wavy edge that acts as a serrated blade, and one straight, fine edge that acts as a traditional knife. It merges the power of a bread knife with the finesse of a chef’s knife, and even allows the entire length of the non-scalloped side to be honed and sharpened if necessary. The multi-purpose Super Slicer was truly remarkable for its era, and it still stands the test of time.