HOSHANHO Damascus Nakiri Knife 6.5 Inch, Super Sharp Damascus 10Cr15CoMoV Japanese Kitchen Knife, Cleaver and Vegetable Knife with Ergonomic Olive Wood Handle

The HOSHANHO 6.5 inch Damascus Nakiri Knife was purchased last week as our first speciality dedicated vegetable knife and our first Japanese style knife. We were delighted by the quality packaging and build quality of the knife. Selection criteria included high quality VG-10 steel, size, appearance, and price and the excellent video by "HSH-DE" who demonstrated on a cabbage and an onion. Also liked the flexibility of a santoku and nakari in one. Also worth mentioning is the shape of the wood handle is perfect for both right and left hand use. Over the weekend we used it on 2 seasonal vegtables, butternut squash and white cabbage. First, the hard butternut squash was cut into 1 inch cubes for roasting and the sharpness, secure hand grip, and scalloped santoku style blade sides to prevent sticking made this usually difficult chore a breeze. She said "wonderful!" Secondly I made a large batch of confetti coleslaw using the white cabbage. Easily sliced the quartered cabbage into thin ribbons and then used the knife as a chopper for the cross-cuts. We were both impressed with how easily this very sharp knife chops for perfect gourmet sizing. I said "amazing". Bottom line: an easy to use vegtable prep knife with great feel and balance. Outstanding for chopping. A joy to use. A "cut-proof" glove is recommended due to the sharpness. The actual weight we measured on 2 digital scales is 8.5 ounces which is great for everything including chopping.

This is a great pairing knife. The handle is perfect to hold, feels great even when wet. Blade seems to be sharp and cuts smooth.

A present for my son in law. He is ecstatic to get a quality chef knife. It’s easily sharpened and holes in an edge. Well balanced.

I received my Chef, Nakiri, and Fillet Damascus knives today, and the Damascus Paring knife is on its way. These knives look really nice and they were on sale. I'm replacing my dollar knives, but I don't need professional chef knives. The Hoshanho knives seem to be a good choice. I like the way they feel and they look really nice too. I'm worried about the blade chipping, but I'll be careful. The blades are thick and have a nice finish. Update: I just received the paring knife (same style). It looks and feels great! Since I have the Chef's knife and the paring knife, I guess I won't need to get the utility knife. I'm happy with my purchase. Mostly because they look and feel really nice.

This is a decent knife - it is very sharp and cuts well. It has been about 3 months and is still quite sharp. It cuts everything very well, vegetables, slice meat well, and chops good.

This knife is amazing. Perfect heft. Keen blade, which keeps its edge. Good balance. I love using it.

As advertised. Great for slicing our homemade bread. Looks great. Very happy with this purchase.

This is hard steel. It is effective for many demanding uses. Being hard, it makes short. work of big raw onions and carrots. But it also had the extra sharpness to handle delicate, thin cutting of raw meats and fish. Also effective on close work mincing of garlic and ginger. I use an 8000 grit water stone to maintain top sharpness after heavy duty. Other than that I just give it a good stropping with a diamond honing fluid. A blade like this deserves some extra close attention to keep it in peak condition. You do not want to let steel this hard go dull when a light but regular touch up works so well. Its medium size makes it the knife I reach for first for most tasks. Although it can perform on both big and small size tasks. The handle is comfortable and requires but occasional oiling to keep up.