The knife is great- the packaging was not good. The knife had cut through the thin plastic holder and throught the 'air bubble' packing and was sticking out of the cardboard of the box - Thus I cut my finger on it just taking it from the delivery man
I would HIGHLY recommend different type of packaging-
VERY SHARP KNIFE--- came right through the cardboard box.
Great Knife for big hands and priced below it's value.:
After having used my previous cheapo knife set to death I decided to buy myself a nice chef knife. Because I'm an Amazon prime member I take advantage of the free shipping and bought 10 knives to pick the one I want to keep. The others I tried were different versions of Wusthof, Victorinox, Henckel, Shun, & Kyocera in either a Chef or Santoku above 7".
After testing them all I decided on this one for a few reasons.
1. Blade- was almost as sharp as knives 4x as much cost. After testing on... more info
Unbalanced, inadequate, and generally cheap:
I ordered two of these as Christmas presents for friends who are starting to learn to cook. The website said these knives were for the serious cook. This is absolutely untrue. The knives are seriously out of balance. It falls immediately knifepoint first even if you hold it at the abosulute forward part of the handle. There isn't a single point of hesitation. A person could get hurt using them. The edge is miniscule. The stainless steel blade is incredibly thin. The handles by contrast are blocky and... more info
Fantastic Kitchen Kinife:
This is one heck of a chef's knife. I recently decided to update my knife collection, and insted of buying one block I wanted to pick out individual knives to match exactly what I wanted to do. My first selection was a good chef's knife, one that could handle most of the serious and daily cutting. I searched around, looking at a bunch of different knives, but decided on this one because I'd heard the manufacturer, Wenger, was the best, and because I liked the size of it. I wasn't sure about the handle at... more info
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