Ive used this knife for most cooking for the last decade+. The handle recently started cracking and hurting my hand so we reached out to the company to see where what we could do to get it usable. Turns out with their lifetime warranty, they just replaced the whole knife for us! We had to send in our knife and I thought they would take forever to repair it and return it. Was trying to make do with my other knife when wustof contacted us to tell us to get a new knife instead. So we ordered the exact same knife since it has been my favorite. Always liked the knife and now happy with the company standing behind their warranty! I will buy my other knives from here also.