Yoshihiro VG-10 46 Layers Hammered Damascus Santoku Japanese Multipurpose Knife

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.

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.

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 Update: 3 months in and still pretty good I have sharpened it a couple of times but mostly using a steel rod to hone my edge unfortunately my knife went threw a little abuse from people at work and suffered small chips around the edge .. but nothing I can't sharpen out! Update: 11 months in and still a great knife

Grate knife

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! :-)

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

I bought this as a gift to my boyfriend and he absolutely loves it. I actually have used it several times and it comes very sharp! The handle is absolutely beautiful and the blade is stunning!

You will not be disappointed with this knife

My uncle bought this knife for my birthday and i choose this btw, anyway this knife is starting to mid rage point for high-end knife like this japanese santoku. Nothing much to say its japanese knife and real deal company