Chef Knife, Black Forged Japanese Kitchen Knife with High Carbon Stainless Steel and Full Tang Pakkawood Handle, Christmas Gift with Premium Box (8.27 Inch Kiritsuke Knife)

I'm a professional chef. I've been cooking for 20 years. Look most of the time I just need a reliable knife right. But the cost :( the arguments are endless ger over japanese 20 degrees vs 15, high carbon vs stainless, Rockwell rating...... at the end of the day what I need is a knife I can sharpen and is inexpensive enough so that when the guy next to me uses it when my back is turned and hits a bone and chips it or if I drop it and it breaks I don't want to loose sleep over it. So what price range would u say that lends me ?I'm not kidding buying good knives to use in a commercial kitchen is a gamble at best and regardless of price when they brake part of your soul dies just a smidgen:((((((( lolMost people would say 100 bucks for a hundred bucks if I could find the right knife I'm sold but still even today that's a good bit of money man. Now here's the problemYou want a cheep japanese style knife you like the look you like the feel and for the price you settle for a chinese knock off they are hit or miss sometimes you get good steel sometimes not what ever for 50 bucks even if it breaks there's some other kind on Amazon right.I donno who these guys are maybe they are a small forge in Japan trying to break into the market basically the knife is 98% finished i simply doesn't have a finish polish. BTW THIS IS PERFECT 100% in a week my knife would look like this out of the box little hazy not mirror polish maybe a few grind mars from the stone. For a commercial use that's just the reality. And you kniw what this knife is still handsome. In a major way it's like a cacophony of things a blacksmith might use to keep the msrp down. The finish and the final work with the edge geometry and slitly thicker spine. It's a work horse and let me tell you as a chef when you hear this blade SING!! For the first time you too will crack a creepy smile LOLThat's the thing right it's a real japanese blade the differance from a Chinese or German blade is something many could debate for days but for me how I check a blade is by running on a sharpening steel LISTEN TO THE SOUND songs are nice but a masterpiece you can feel in your bones. Buy one only then will you know what I mean.

Look at the pics carefully. This is a big and heavy knife with a huge handle. I got the 8.27" and it seems that instead of keeping the same handle size as the 7", they enlarged it as well.. But quality and sharpness are excellent. Good value for money. Luxurious packaging. I'm enjoying it!

Just got it a few days ago. It is really sharp knife I have ever got. The handle is comfortable. It looks really hand made in Japan.

Great price! Very good quality

Very sharp

Just received this knife and I am impressed with the quality. Be very careful it is extremely sharp. I cut my finger washing it.

Razor sharp, absolutely beautiful, great balance, full tang and made in Japan.

The knife is ok, not super sharp, bad handle,N no way this knife is made in Japan. It china made but label Japan …the stamp on the cover is China …n city n country made is ChinaToo many scam saying Japan …