Great feel in the hand
Now I'm no world famous chef but I do enjoy cooking for my family. Here's been my experience so fair with this chef knife..... Item arrived as described and in a timely manner. Now out of the nice giftbox package the knife feels nice in the hand, contour, shaping, design of the handle would be the highlight of this knife for me. The weight and balance is also a positive but then again this applies to everyone differently. I did notice a minor cosmetic flaw and it's shown in the pic.<br /> For basic cutting of say peppers or mushrooms I had no problems, even carving some ham it sliced through nicely. But hey this is a new knife and it better be sharp.<br />So for the black non stick coating on the blade I found that this was a false and most likely the down fall of my review, well I was chopping onions I found they stuck to the blade more then if I used a none coated knife. And then I had a intersting experience well cutting slices of cheese from a 5 pound loaf. This knife was horrible for this task, I found that more force was needed to cut down on the cheese with more effort of trying to get a uniformed cut. The black coating acted more like glue and in the end of a cut you could see the smearing of cheese on the side of the knife. In the end I had to resort to using a older knife to finish cutting cheese.... Now sure some could say &#34; but that's not a proper cheese knife or the wrong tool for the job &#34;. Well sure but this is my kitchen.<br />But before I go further I've only had this knife a few days and a longer time frame with something of this nature is needed. Yes it's sharp this week but how about a month from now? Not everyone has a knife sharpener nor even want to bother with the task of sharpening.<br />Custom blend of materials for this knife to keep a sharper edge? I thought the forging process was just as important for a sharp knife.  Yes it sounds great on paper but again this comes down to time and trial.<br />I'll be happy to revisit and refresh this review after a little more time.<br /><br />*I bought this product at a discount, for my honest written review
Rating: 3 stars