11cm Small Utility
£250
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 small precision knife of the BBQ range. Trimming, paring, garnish work, dressing corn, splitting limes, opening a chilli, taking the cheek out of a mango. Used in the hand or close to the board. The smallest knife in the BBQ ’26 line-up and the one that does the fiddly work everything else is too big for.
The Stout Yeoman is a knife that earned its place in the range by stealth. It started as the small utility we made because we needed one, kept improving in the iterations, and became one of the knives we now hand to people who tell us they want one knife and expect a 20cm chef. Sometimes the right answer is a smaller blade with a better edge.
The kitchen version sits on a wooden handle. The BBQ ’26 version doesn’t. Micarta is a phenolic laminate of cotton and linen cured under heat and pressure, and unlike the obvious alternatives, G10 or hard plastic, it warms up to the temperature of your hand. A small knife spends most of its time in a pinch grip, blade and handle both held close to the work. The handle’s surface, weight and warmth all matter more on a knife this size than on any of the bigger blades in the range. Micarta is the material that takes the in-hand experience seriously.
A small blade is the easiest to lose control of when conditions are slippery. That is the case for micarta in miniature: the same knife, made considerably safer to handle in an outdoor kitchen.
The Stout Yeoman 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
“It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.”
– e.e. cummings
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
