F. Dick 8.5-inch Wide Blade Guard

An 8-inch chef’s knife or butcher knife fits this 8.5-inch wide guard, which covers taller blades than the narrow guards can. It suits the ErgoGrip 8.25-inch butcher knife and the 8.25-inch breaking knife.

An 8-inch knife is a standard part of a cook’s kit, and a wide sleeve lets it go into a roll or a drawer without the edge touching anything. The guard slides on from the edge side, covering the blade from heel to tip, and keeps the hand that reaches in safe as well.

The guard is light and adds no bulk to a knife roll, and it lets a chef keep a personal knife in a shared drawer at work without worrying about the edge. It also protects an edge that took time to sharpen.

Measure the blade at its tallest point before ordering; this guard is 2 inches wide. For 9- and 10-inch blades, the 10-inch wide guard is the next size. Slim blades of the same length fit more securely in the 10-inch narrow guard.