Yoshihiro VG10 46 Layers Hammered Damascus Santoku Japanese Multipurpose Chef Knife (Ambrosia Handle)

Beautiful knife. As with all of the Yoshihiro knives I have, it is very well made and quite sharp from the factory. A little polishing on a 8000 grit diamond steel plate made it razor sharp. One of the prettiest damask knives I have seen. I passed it on to my daughter who works in a professional kitchen since I have replaced it with Yoshihiro carbon steel knives. The stainless steel knives are much better than anything common knife or even the German SS knives. However I like the extreme hardness of the high carbon steels even though it is just for fun, since this knife will hold a great edge. I highly recommend all of the Yoshihiro products. Amazon sells almost the complete line. I have also bought from them directly with no problems.

The knife is fairly light and well balanced, easy to hold (Japanese rosewood handle), and is a great weapon in the kitchen. I tested the sharpness on a piece of paper - I was easily able to curve the cut in a loop back to the original cutting point, so it passed the test wonderfully.I bought it as a wedding gift for a friend who loves Japanese knives, he was very happy with it. Just bought it again as a 2nd present for another Japanese knife aficionado! :-)

Been a chef for about 9 years self tought cutting skills this knife is definitely pretty sharp I will say the handle feels really cheap and feels like it's not a full tang it makes the whole knife feel cheap but I only started using this knife so after a bit more time I'll update

The media could not be loaded. One of the best knives I have owned. It is one of my go to knives (other one being a Bob Kramer High Carbon Steel Chef's Knife). I won't compare them, because they are very different, but while handling this one, I never felt that I need something better or different.As soon as you take it out from the saya, it's beautiful to the eyes. It's razor sharp, and holds that edge for a really long time. I cannot tell you how good the handle feels in the hands.For the price, it's a great buy.

Gave this to my son as a present. Wanted him to feel a quality knife before he picked his chef knife out. Great for everything other than bone cutting.

This knife looks great and arrived nice and sharp. Can't go wrong

Pretty knife very thin , fit and finish was so-so, not worth $150

I work in a restaurant five days a week and I have a set of knives I take to work with me, but I wanted a nice knife to use at my house.This knife is extremely sharp out of the box, its very light, well balanced, I really like using it every opportunity I have, its a very nice knife just to look at. Comes with free saya!!I'm only giving it four stars because the handle does seem to splinter just a little bit, I could see over time its possible for the handle to splinter really bad, however.. I am pretty sure this can be fixed by sealing the handle with wax or something now before it splinters to the point I cant do anything about it.