This knife is beautiful from the Damascus finish to the birchwood handle. You can tell that the level of quality is exceptionally high for them. In addition to the visual appearance, this knife cuts like butter through anything. Out of the box sharpness was very good and with a few strokes on a leather strop, it was razor sharp. This birchwood line has the perfect amount of Damascus layers and doesn’t feel like you’re pushing a wedge through your food. Overall very happy with the knife and this will be my go to in my knife drawer.