Some tools are meant to be used and forgotten between meals. This isn't one of them.
High Meadow is part of a small Maker's Mark batch - a limited run of 9" Chefs finished with a deep green handle, the color of high ground just below treeline. Once this batch is gone, it's gone.
One knife maker fits the handle, hand-finishes the choil and spine, and sharpens the blade before it ever leaves Victor, Idaho. The blade itself is CPM S35VN - more blade for big prep jobs, large squash, full racks, high-volume cutting. All the precision of the 8", extended.
A knife that performs like the rest of the line. A handle that makes it worth displaying.