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carol a. coffey
September 15, 2025
Great price for a fantastic knife
Very sharp. Everything is perfect about this. The weight is great and I. Really enjoy using it.
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Frank Carter
February 04, 2020
No serrations but presently works
Fine, Sharp Quality Knife. Good Balance, and great Box to keep it in. You will hear of a sushi knife needing serrations to cut the finished roll without pressure. But This specific knife is sharp enough (4 cuts no sharpen required yet_ to cut the sushi roll like a hot knife thru butter, used correctly in the slice.Damascus is a fine technique (and rare) and the scrolling pattern on the blade is awesome for the "Flair".Absolutely well satisfied with it and likely a present for another old retired chef friend on his birthday!
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GD Monty
November 29, 2024
Pretty, but Check The Handle
This is a good looking knife. The box is a great presentation, and it was sharp right out of the box. I used it at Thanksgiving to carver the turkey, and from a blade perspective, worked great.My one star off is for the handle. First, it’s a little short for my taste, and very round. There is also no heel in the bolster, so your hand can easily slip onto the blade if you’re not careful. Once I got a little turkey on my hands while carving, the knife became a bit hard to use, as my hands really slipped around the slick handle. But, it cut through the turkey just fine.Overall, good knife.
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Great knife
This little beauty feels great in the hand. What a bargain; and you because of the reasonable price I don't worry about using it. Still quite sharp after several months. I own some high-dollar knives and I really can't tell the difference.
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Wow, really impressed - first impressions are excellent!
First let me say - DO NOT PUT KNIVES IN THE DISHWASHER!We purchased this 5" utility knife to replace a deteriorating Zwilling 6" utility knife that had been in service for about 20 years - the current comparable knife would be the gourmet line. Wow, what an improvement. We believe this older knife's handles started to crack because of it going through the dishwasher for a few years - before we stopped.The weight, fit and balance are confidence boosting and is a pleasure to use. The blade's aesthetics are nice and at arms length compares to true Damascus knives. The patterns seems to be laser etched. However I didn't seriously expect true Damascus that at this price point.The grip is beautiful and this part of the knife does compare well against the more expensive knives from Germany and Japan.The performance is excellent and it is our preferred knife when chopping medium to small sized items. We have several Zwilling Pro line knives and it compares well against those knives. Since it is new, it seems to cut and chop better, but time will tell.As a comparison to see if the quality warranted the higher price. We also bought (and returned) a Miyabi Hibana Rocking Santoku to compare. While this knife was beautiful and well balanced, we found the blade very thin and made us nervous to use it for anything needing some effort to cut.So happy with this knife we bought the 7" Santoku to replace the Miyabi!
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Very nice and holds its edge
This is a very nice knife. It looks really very nice and it holds its edge...Remember that it is a 15 degree blade so keeping it sharp will require some skill and/or the right tools. But, if you are spending the money on a knife like this you likely already know.The blade looks so nice... I bought it as a Christmas gift, it came beautifully packaged, just as ALL Japanese products are... now I'm debating whether I should get one for ourselves.
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surprisingly awesome
I was surprised at how much i love this knife. After using a wusthoff santoku for the last 10 years, I noticed that my index finger would get irritated where it touched the top of the blade at the front of the handle. The tapered design of this knife completely got rid of that and it is heavier and better balanced than my wusthoff. The knife has almost a chrome look to it and the benefit of that is that food doesn't stick to it, at all. I used to have to peel tomatoes off of my old one and this one has no problem with them. I'm buying a couple more for gifts for my family.
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