Great knife!

After purchasing a similar knife with a wooden handle, I opted to gift this knife to my sister (it has a solid handle - much better). She LOVES it! Even her husband used it and was impressed with it as well.

Perfect "Manly" Size Knife

I got this longer knife for my husband to use and he has really liked using it. First time in 30 years we have actually had good sharp knives, and we are excited to cook every day with all our new tool. This is another great value with the quality much higher than expected for the price.

This is a great knife for slicing, chopping, and cutting!

An Allround Knife

This is the second time I have purchased this knife. This time it is a gift to a friend. I love this item. It fits my hand and stays sharp. Shipping time was very fast..

Excellent knife for a reasonable price

So far with this knife I have carved an entire ham, thinly sliced beef roasts for french dip sandwiches, chopped, sliced, and diced almost everything under the sun. And STILL haven't had to sharpen it! I've had it for about a month now and couldn't be more pleased with it. If you're looking for a well made, reasonably priced Santoku knife then look no further.

Blade gets dull fast

The first several days using this knife were terrific. I followed instructions for care and use very carefully, never letting the blade sit in water, and cleaning it at once and re-racking it into my knife block. But, the blade does get dull fast. I am disappointed due to the over inflated hype about this knife, and the cost. Not a good buy in my opinion. I am going to check out ceramic knives next to see if they hold an edge better than steel.

We have been using the 5" Santoku knife for about 2 years. It has great balance and keeps an edge better than any knife in my collection. I am fussy about my blade tools and have spent countless hours and dollars learning how to sharpen well and with what type of equipment. The 5" is REALLY good. Based on the great experience with the 5", we bought the 7". The balance is good, but not as good as the 5". A bit heavy in the blade end and just a bit too heavy overall. Apart from that - great knife.

Dollars for Donuts, buy it.

Coming from the Wustoff (sp?) Classic Santoku, the round handle took some adapting. Also, the cutting edge is longer and more curved than we are used to. But for $30? Totally worth it. Works well for mincing and slicing. Once it's in your hand for a minute you won't care about the shape of the handle or the shape of the blade. The target audience (my Mother In Law) loves it and is happy to replace her concave-edged 8" chef's with this quite nice knife. Have not used this one enough to need real sharpening, but it steels up nicely.

This is the 7 in Santoku Knife

This is a well balanced and very sharp knife. This is a great knife for the price. I have several different kind and makes of knives. This one is by far my favorite knife. I would recommend this to anyone. Thanks for a quality knife. L Logan