Traditional Japanese Professional Santoku Kitchen Chef Knife – Premium 7-inch High Carbon Stainless Steel Ultra Sharp Knife with High Corrosive Resistance in a Double Bevel Edge, Best Home Kitchen

High quality, great price...the only knife I use other than a paring knife.

Super super sharp knife. Great kitchen addition for my cooking needs

Nice weight really good for hours of work

The product comes in a very nice box suitable for gifting. Everything about this knife -- the look, the feel, the heft, the materials -- say "this is the good stuff." In the Samurai movies, when they are sharpening their swords, they drop a piece of silk onto the blade. When the silk splits cleanly just from falling on the blade, they're done. I didn't have any silk handy, but I suspect if I had tried it, it would have worked. This knife is sharp. I'll bet I'm the only one doing a review of this knife that studied metallurgy for four years. That allows me to tell you that this blade is made of martensitic stainless steel with a chromium content of about 13%. Martensitic refers to the crystalline structure of the steel. Steel can take on a lot of different characteristics depending on what is in it and how it is cooled. You get Martensite by fast-quenching very hot steel in cold water. It is the hardest form of steel. You want this in a knife because it will hold its sharpness longer and better than softer or tougher steels. All up, this is a fine instrument, well made, by people who know what they are doing.

Is a Chinese knife with Japanese letters on it. Arrives sharp, but the blade is not good quality.

First thing is the beautiful box this "Traditional Japanese Professional Santoku Kitchen Chef Knife" comes in. I'm already smiling before I even see the knife! Opening it up gives me my first look at what is also a very beautiful knife, with its gorgeous rosewood handle and etched inscription on the flat of the blade. The description calls this a full tang knife, it's actually a through-tang, not a full tang. You can see in one of my pictures where the tang comes out at the back of the handle and has been flattened off, so you can tell that it is a true through-tang, which is a great design in itself. It's absolutely razor sharp right out of the box too. Personally, I'd call this a good buy at the $43 price tag that's currently on it but, with the $20 coupon they have on the page right now, that's an outstanding deal! The one thing that throws me a little is that this "traditional Japanese" knife is made in China. Huh? I'm very happy with this knife regardless and would definitely recommend giving it a try in your kitchen!

This knife is now my favorite knife, you have seen those commercials where they slice tomatoes so thin you can see through them? This knife does that and more, plus it's beautiful It has cut through everything I have used it one, from meats to veggies, and it cuts smoothly with barely any effort and has maintained it's sharpness through it all The only thing I don't like is the round handle, I prefer a more ergonomic shape that is easier to grip with weak hands, but even so I will continue to use this knife as my primary knife because everything else about it is so outstanding I am very happy with this knife and you will too

Not as sharp when you first buy it but after you sharpen it with a whetstone, it becomes so much better. Knife very practical and good size.