Product Description: Finding inspiration in Japanese sword-making techniques, this long, slender blade features a curved cutting edge for consistently beautiful slicing. Ultra-tough VG-1 Japanese steel is elegantly clad with an impressive 33 layers, providing ultimate sharpness and edge retention. Lifetime warranty.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Awesome
I have been cooking for many years and am currently a chef. These are the best knives I have ever used.
Rating: - Great Knife
This is a really nice knife... and beautiful. It is really sharp, but the handle is what sets it apart from my other knives. I have small hands, so some handles can be too big for me, but this handle's tapering shape seems like it would fit well for many hand sizes.
Rating: - My First Quality Knife
I only started learning to cook seriously this year and immediately bought new cookware and appliances. I ignored knives because I thought a knife is a knife is a knife. Boy was I wrong! I got this knife upon the recommendation of a friend to buy just one good knife to see the difference. After handling quite a few different knives, this one felt the most comfortable in my hand. The handle is very ergonomic and has no bumps or protrusions that would force your hand to be in only one place or cause blisters when cooking for a crowd. I got the slicer because it was on sale.
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Rating: - NICE
I've only started cooking real food (translation: not ramen or mac and cheese) in the last 9-12 months, but I've bought quite a few knives, none of which I really liked, untill this beauty. The first thing I cut with it was green grapes for part of a salad. When I say hair thin, I really mean hair thin. It is sooo easy to work with and well balanced. It probably sounds stupid talking about the balance of a knife, but I like my fingers, I use my fingers to pick up things and to notify people in traffic what I think of them, so a heavy clumsy knife combined with very amature cutting/chopping/slicing ... Read More
