Love the handle shape and blade rocker. Compared side by side with a slightly cheaper Shun and I much preferred the Miyabi from the handle to the rocker and the blade material. This is a very nice knife and complements my Wusthöf knife set very well. I like the combination of German and Japanese style knives. I will say the steeper blade angle and thinner material makes this an insanely sharp knife. While a sharp knife is safer than a dull knife due to control I will warn that both my wife and I have cut ourselves and I have never cut myself on my Wusthöfs. Both cuts were almost paper cut like so not a big deal. We both did it by running our finger down the side of the blade to get veggies unstuck so beware of that. Now I only run my finger perpendicular to the blade.