Mercer Culinary Züm Forged Chef's Knife, 8 Inch,Black

I have several other bring brand knives and I can’t exaggerate enough how impressive this knife is just out of the box. The initial bevel of the knife is phenomenal and gives a good avenue to sharpen when eventually needed. It’s good steel that holds and edge but still is easy to sharpen and wear down. The weight of the knife is perfectly balanced with a pinch grip (center of gravity is just at the NSF symbol and allows a great sense of weight). The 10inch length allows for easy of anything in the kitchen without feeling overbearing due to the extreme length and weight that normally comes with knives this long. It’s lightweight feeling and the handle being shorter and thinner allows your hand to get a good grip when using a pinch grip. Overall it’s really just a great knife, great value, and is easily the knife I recommend to buy for an all purpose workhorse.

One of my favorite knife i use it pretty much everyday very sharp recommend

I've used one just like this professionally and sharpened every week and it still has tons life when i use at home i sharpen it once a year or so very easy to sharpen and holds good edge top choice very comfortable to use very good steel holds an edge never rusts and easy to sharpen what more could one want

The knife itself is a good all purpose knife for those looking for a workhorse in restaurant kitchens. The OEM packaging was heavily damaged so my knife came scratched but the edge was still perfect. Didn't send it back because its gonna get scratched anyways at work. Just know the OEM packaging will not protect it during shipping and mine was shipped in an nonpadded envelope. Would have gotten five stars otherwise.

Bought this for our son who loves to cook. It is on par with our Wüsthof Classic as far as blade thickness, weight, and balance, but for a far better price. The grip is comfortable, it comes very sharp out of the box, and gets used by us as much as our Wüsthof. I think it's an attractive knife that should give our son years of service in the kitchen.

Very Good knife I love I recommend this product Thank you amazon & the Seller

This is a really great European-style forged chefs knife, and remarkably good quality for the price. I find it every bit as useful as the Henckels 5-star that I also have in my knife collection. As with any good chef's knife, it needs periodic sharpening, so have some good sharpening stones and a strop on hand. (I always recommend a strop over a sharpening steel, btw.)

I bought a couple of the 8” chef knives for 2 of my shift leaders that didn’t have their own after they held down the kitchen by themselves on a busy Halloween night. I liked how it felt in my hand when it arrived so I bought one for myself. Mercer’s are good enough when you use a rod and stone regularly and don’t want to worry about bringing your Wusthoff to work every day for light prep work. Fast forward 2 years, I started a new job and had to trim whole briskets and slice it after cook so I stepped up from the 8” to the 10”. 10” version was even better. The dang new guy says it’s dull half the time (Dangit, Emerson!) but the kitchen manager that has a Global likes to use this Mercer when they cut ribeye and says it just glides through it. If there’s any issue at all, you’re probably doing something wrong.

Bought this for my mum, she liked this very much. Sharp knife and effortless cuts.

Even though its made in Taiwan, the knife is beautifully made and razor sharp out of the box. Easy to sharpen and holds an edge well. It has become my favourite knife working in a professional kitchen.

Very good and robust product. Easy to sharped and hone/strop. Would recommend 10/10

This knife is next level for the cost. I love the weight and the feel and the size. I am going to buy another new one for future use, it's that good.

Este cuchillo es de la calidad más baja que he comprado. El precio es alto para algo tan barato. Al primer día de uso el cuchillo se Mello de la hoja con solo cortar un hueso de pollo algo que realizó a diario con algunos de mis otros cuchillos. Por accidente un compañero dejó caer mi cuchillo desde un medio metro. El mango se despostillo. El material es de muy baja calidad.