Discover Sknife steak knives, beautifully made in Switzerland and designed for exceptional sharpness, balance and style. Choose from luxury steak knife sets and matching knife, fork and spoon pieces in walnut and black ash.
"Excellent company, sourcing just what I needed, and at a great price. Delivery was very well packaged. Altogether, I'm a happy customer, with beautiful cutlery in the drawer."
Swiss-made Sknife steak knives for exceptional dining
Sknife steak knives combine outstanding Swiss craftsmanship with refined contemporary design, making them an exceptional choice for anyone seeking premium steak knives with real presence at the table. Made in Switzerland to exacting standards, these luxury steak knives are designed for superb sharpness, balance and cutting performance, while their beautifully finished natural wood handles bring warmth, character and elegance to every setting.
This collection includes Sknife steak knives in walnut and black ash, available as single knives, steak knife sets and matching knife, fork and spoon combinations. Whether you are looking for a Sknife steak knife walnut set of 4, a set of 6 for entertaining, or individual pieces to build your own collection, each design reflects the brand’s commitment to precision manufacture and exceptional materials.
Luxury steak knives with distinctive Swiss craftsmanship
For customers looking for luxury steak knives that offer both performance and presentation, Sknife is a remarkable choice. These Swiss-made steak knives are ideal for modern dining, special occasions and memorable gifts, combining practical excellence with a clean, contemporary aesthetic that stands apart from more traditional table knives.
Sknife has earned a reputation for innovation and quality, and that is evident in every detail. The knives are crafted to cut cleanly and comfortably, helping you enjoy steaks and other meats with ease, while the elegant handles in walnut and black ash give each piece a distinctive finish. They are equally suited to private dining, stylish entertaining and gift giving for weddings, anniversaries and housewarmings.
At Lincoln House Cutlery, we specialise in beautifully made cutlery and tableware, with personal service and expert advice to help you choose with confidence. If you have any questions about Sknife steak knives, gift options or selecting the right set size, we are always happy to help.
FAQs
What makes Sknife steak knives special?
Sknife steak knives are made in Switzerland and are known for their exceptional sharpness, precision craftsmanship and distinctive modern design. They combine premium materials with excellent cutting performance and elegant natural wood handles.
Are Sknife steak knives made in Switzerland?
Yes. Sknife steak knives are Swiss-made and crafted to a very high standard, making them an excellent choice for customers looking for premium European steak knives.
Can I buy Sknife steak knives as sets or individual pieces?
Yes. This collection includes single knives, steak knife sets and matching knife, fork and spoon combinations, so you can choose the option that best suits your table or gifting needs.
Are Sknife steak knives suitable as a gift?
Yes. Their quality, presentation and distinctive design make Sknife steak knives an excellent gift for weddings, anniversaries, birthdays and housewarmings.
What handle finishes are available in this collection?
This Sknife collection includes beautifully finished walnut and black ash handles, each offering a refined and contemporary look.
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Disappointingly small. The ‘rattail’ turned out to be an incised pattern not a proper rattail.
My search continues.
Dear Marcus Barbor
Thank you for taking the time to review your cutlery. We are sorry for your disappointment, however, no one makes the raised rattail – or ‘proper rattail’ that you are looking for.
The traditional English “rattail” (or “rat-tail”) fork and spoon pattern is one of the oldest surviving flatware forms in Britain, dating from the late 17th and early 18th centuries. The “tail” itself was originally not decorative at all — it was structural.
For early spoons especially, the bowl and handle were often forged separately and then joined together. The raised rib on the reverse — the rat-tail — reinforced that junction and concealed or strengthened the soldered join.
Forks evolved slightly differently, but the same principle applied in many early examples:
• The tines/head were forged separately from the stem.
• The handle/stem was then fire-welded or brazed onto the fork head.
• The raised “tail” on the reverse strengthened the weak point where the neck met the fork head.
• On hand-forged examples, the rat-tail was often hand-drawn with hammer work after joining.
Early English Hanoverian forks from roughly 1700–1750 commonly show a very pronounced rat-tail because the construction genuinely needed reinforcement.
By the Georgian period, metallurgy and forging improved enough that the structural need largely disappeared. The rat-tail gradually became shallower and then decorative only. Around the later 18th century, many Hanoverian forks lost the rat-tail entirely.
Most modern “rattail” cutlery is made completely differently.
Modern stainless rattail forks are usually:
• stamped from a single blank,
• rolled and pressed in dies,
• with the “tail” formed by coining/pressing rather than forging.
The tail today is usually just a shallow pressed ridge because:
1. there is no structural joint to reinforce,
2. deep forging is expensive,
3. modern stainless alloys are much stronger than early wrought silver or iron.
Traditional hand-forged silver rattail patterns still exist today from specialist makers, but they are niche luxury production rather than mainstream manufacture.
If you are searching for traditional Rattail teaspoons (you bought 6 from us) with the raised ridge-you will need to search in the antique market.
There isn’t a single cut-off date when manufacturing techniques changed over, because methods overlapped for decades and varied by maker. But broadly:
• Fully hand-forged two-piece silver rattail forks remained common through the 18th century.
• High-end Sheffield and London silversmiths still used forged-and-joined construction into the mid-19th century.
• Industrial drop-stamping and die-forging increasingly replaced them from roughly the 1840s–1880s.
• By the early 20th century, almost all commercial EPNS and stainless rattail cutlery was one-piece stamped construction with decorative tails only.
So the “last” true structural rat-tail forks were probably being made by traditional silversmith workshops into the late Victorian or Edwardian era, but mainstream production had effectively moved to one-piece manufacture by about 1900–1920.
One useful clue when examining antique pieces:
• On genuinely old hand-forged forks, the rat-tail is usually asymmetrical, deeply raised, and organically blended into the neck.
• On modern stamped versions, it tends to be perfectly centred, shallow, and mechanically uniform.
The very pronounced rat-tail seen on early English silver is essentially evidence of the transition from forged multi-part flatware to industrial one-piece manufacture.
I hope this helps inform your search for a ‘proper Rattail’.
We do have a 30-day no-questions-asked returns policy. Your order was placed 30th March 2026, so slightly longer than this time period; however, we are happy to take the spoons back if you no longer want them. Please contact us directly to return them and we will issue a refund provided they are unused, in a new condition, and re-packaged accordingly.
If you have any further questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
Lincoln House Cutlery.
Highest standard and so comfortable to hold and use.
Hi Maureen,
Thank you so much for leaving us a 5 star review - we’re over the moon!
Thank you for shopping with us and we hope to see you again soon :-)
Lincoln House Cutlery
This was a gift for a chef friend but I opened it to admire it before I gave it to him. It was truely a thing of beauty! When he received it his message simply said ‘Best Pressie Ever!’
Hi, Thank you so much for leaving us a 5 star review - we’re over the moon!
Delighted that your chef friend was delighted with the Forge de Laguiole Butter Knife - and they are right; it is a thing of beauty. I have one at home as well and love it - use it daily and it's always a joy!
Thank you for shopping with us and we hope to see you again soon :-)
Lincoln House Cutlery
Fantastic quality and service!
