The upper knife is the brand new. The lower one went through one year heavy abuse including dishwasher, a big no-no for quality knives. Still, despite some faded out engraving and scratches the knife is as good as new. Long and thin blade is a pleasure to use. Balance is superb. The knife can easily replace chef knife or fillet knife for multitude of tasks. Out of the box the … [Read more...] about Zwilling Twin Cuisine Slicing Knife, 200 mm
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Japanese Seto Petty Knife, Damascus Forged Steel, 33 layers
The Seto petty knife is a great utility knife, a pretty much universal in the kitchen - whether for cutting or peeling vegetables or breaking down whole chicken. As long as you are not trying to chop bones the Sato petty knife is up to almost any task. The knife is 6 inch (150 mm) long and 1.25 inch (30 mm) wide at the blade base. The handle is red sandalwood. Hammered … [Read more...] about Japanese Seto Petty Knife, Damascus Forged Steel, 33 layers
Yaxell Ran 5-inch Santoku Knife, VG10 stainless steel, 69 layered Damascus
The Yaxell Ran 5-inch Santoku was razor sharp out of the box. The knife is the piece of art with exquisite Damascus pattern, light weight and well balanced. It cuts veggies like butter, in paper thin slices. The blade is 5 inch long (125 mm) and 1.5 inch wide (40 mm) at the blade base. Edge retention is fantastic, just a few strokes of F. Dick 11-inch Multicut Steel keep the … [Read more...] about Yaxell Ran 5-inch Santoku Knife, VG10 stainless steel, 69 layered Damascus
Wakoli 1DM-SAN-MIK Santoku Damascus Knife, Japanese Damascus Steel VG-10, Mikata Handle
The Wakoli santoku knife is marketed by Oleio GmbH, Germany. In all likeliness it's a Chinese or Taiwanese made knife presumably of Japanese Damascus steel VG-10 (69 layers). I say presumably about VG-10 because in my experience Chinese and Taiwanese companies manufacturing private labels quite often fail to produce Takefu certificates. Quite often Chinese and Taiwanese … [Read more...] about Wakoli 1DM-SAN-MIK Santoku Damascus Knife, Japanese Damascus Steel VG-10, Mikata Handle