18cm Mid-Sized Nakiri
£320
Choose from over 6,000 possible combinations.
Our configurator lets you choose from 18 blade designs, with full control over handle material, shape, spine pattern and accent colour.Â
The knife we make for ourselves: not too big, not too small, with a prominent stop, a gentle rock on the upper half of the blade, and a little lift at the tip. Good depth, useful for pretty much everything. The all-rounder in the BBQ range: veg for the slaw, herbs for the marinade, garlic, chillies, citrus, fruit. The bridge between the meat knives and the kitchen.
It is called the Savernake Knife for a simple reason: it was the first knife we ever designed from scratch, iterated our way through, and were genuinely proud of. It looked right on screen, it looked right when we made it, and it fitted the hand perfectly. That is rarer than it sounds. Everyone at Savernake has one at home. It has been a favourite ever since, and probably always will be.
The kitchen version sits on a wooden handle. The BBQ ’26 version doesn’t. Micarta is a layered composite of cotton and linen bonded with phenolic resin under heat and pressure, and one of its quieter virtues is the way it ages. The surface darkens and smooths over years of use, taking on the imprint of where your hand goes most often, the way a leather chair does. It is a handle that earns character through use rather than losing finish to it. The knife you reach for every weekend will look different in five years’ time than the one your neighbour picked in the same colourway. Pick the one you would want to live with.
The Savernake Knife is the most versatile knife in the BBQ range and the one most likely to come back inside afterwards. Four colourways, each paired with a contrast liner.
The Savernake Knife BBQ ’26 is made from Sandvik (Alleima) 14C28N, a modern Swedish stainless steel, hardened in-house to 60 HRC using a nitrogen atmosphere process. The heat treatment takes the steel from 1080°C to -75°C in a controlled cycle that maximises carbide formation, edge stability, and corrosion resistance.
The blade is concave ground to 0.3mm thickness at 1mm from the edge. This geometry reduces drag through dense produce and improves slicing performance without sacrificing rigidity. Every Savernake knife is sharpened to 15° per side.
CATRA, the global authority on cutlery performance, rank our blades in the top 2.5% of all blades ever assessed for initial sharpness and edge retention, tested to ISO 8442.5.
Washing
Wash by hand and dry immediately. The steel handles dishwashers, but the handle materials don’t, and the blade will dull faster regardless. Ten seconds at the sink is the right habit.
Day-to-day maintenance
A honing steel realigns the edge between sharpenings. Two or three passes per side before heavy use is enough. You don’t need to do this every time – just when the blade starts to feel less certain.
Sharpening
We offer complimentary workshop sharpening once a year for the first three years. After that we sharpen at cost. If you prefer to sharpen at home, our blades are ground to a 15-degree bevel – specify this if you use a third-party service, as most sharpen to 20 or 22 degrees as a default.
Storage
A magnetic strip or knife roll is ideal. Loose in a drawer accelerates dulling and risks chipping the edge. If a drawer is the only option, a blade guard solves both problems.
Handle care
Micarta handles need nothing beyond normal washing. They do not require oiling and are unaffected by moisture. Composite handles need nothing beyond normal washing.
Yourself
“I want to do with you what spring does with the cherry trees.”
– Pablo Neruda
Each knife has a default handle that is held in stock and available for next working day despatch.
If you’d prefer another of our standard handles, we’ll despatch within 7 working days.
If you design your own knife through the Configurator, we aim for 4 weeks or less to make it from scratch.
All orders are delivered by Royal Mail Special Delivery Guaranteed in specially-designed tubular Savernake packaging.
A signature and age verification will be required on delivery.
We charge a £40 flat rate for delivery worldwide and use UPS.
Lifetime Guarantee
With proper care, our knives are guaranteed for a lifetime of use
Unique Concave Geometry
Our signature blade profile. A cutting edge with only the thinnest sliver of near-parallel steel to follow through.
CATRA Top 2.5% Worldwide
Independently ranked in the top 2.5% of all knives ever assessed for sharpness and edge retention
60 HRC Hardness
Hardened in-house to 60 HRC using a nitrogen atmosphere and cryogenic treatment to -75°C
Individually Crafted
Every knife is made by hand in our Wiltshire workshop, from steel selection through to final edge
