SHAN ZU Chef Knife 8 Inch Japanese Steel Damascus Kitchen Knife, Professional Kitchen Knives Sharp High Carbon Super Steel Kitchen Utility Knife

I originally saw this knife featured on Ballistic BBQ and decided to give it a try — and I’m glad I did. The SHAN ZU 8" Damascus chef knife is outstanding. Right out of the box it’s razor sharp, and the cutting performance is smooth and precise. Whether I’m slicing meat, chopping vegetables, or doing finer prep work, it just glides through everything. What really impressed me: Extremely sharp edge with excellent control Beautiful Damascus finish — looks as good as it performs Comfortable, well-balanced feel in hand Feels like a much more expensive knife After using this, my older knives just don’t compare anymore. I’ve already started looking at replacing the rest of my set with SHAN ZU. If you’re on the fence, don’t be — this is a fantastic knife for the price and performance. Highly recommended.

This knife cuts meat like butter. It is very sharp. Comfortable in your hand, looks great. Worth the money.

Very sharp out of the box, held its edge for general kitchen use so far, quiet heavy, but balanced, comfortable handles,very clean effortless cuts on tomatoes,easily dices onions,cubing beef for caseroles,casseroles, chopping carrots, that's been the basic use thus far, I have not cleaned it in a dishwasher only hand washed so far so can't say how that would if at all effect the knife, would reccomend, certainly for the average home cook anyway.

Nice and sharp! Easily handled and feels good for rocking in your hand. Perfect weight. I have small hands and was fearful it would be too heavy or big but is just the right weight and handles nicely.

Excellent value for the money. Good weigh, very sharp. I prefer it to other more expensive knives I own.

Grabbed this on sale. It arrived very sharp, and the Damascus look (assuming it's real) is very, very cool. The handle is a bit light, I prefer a weightier knife but it's not too bad. The box/case is also a nice one. It arrived extremely sharp, but it's gotten a little dull over time. We aren't the greatest at taking care of knives in general, but this seemed to happen quicker than other chefs knives that we've tried out. Could be user error, could just be the quality.

Way better knife than you think. Sharp like a Sword and professional quality. Would buy again.

My Nakiri knife was the first I have ordered from SHAN ZU and it quickly became my favorite knife to cook with. After a month I decided that we needed their full knife set to replace our 10yr old set. Got the 16 piece set and love it... sharp and durable. Here comes my side opinion on some of the reviews where people are just not too smart. I have read of people giving like 1 star or whatever because they order one of these other 'extra' blades and complain that there is no place to put it in the block. - Come on... 16 blade block was DESIGNED.... you guessed it... for 16 blades that come with the 'kit'. Anyhow... this is where I laugh at folks that expect everything to be just 'a given'.... NOPE. Try thinking outside of the block. I have 2 extra knives and just used a simple trick to put them on the block. MAGNETS ! Yup... so simple and works great with the block. Got this knife on one side, and the new cleaver on other side. If you didn't know better, this would appear to be how it was meant to be. Works perfect for us and magnets do not scratch the knife when you pull them off, and the way I put them on, you are not going to get cut unless you are careless. (one reviewer complained that most people don't store knives in boxes and was worried that his wife would cut herself if it was in a drawer) Anyhow... you can find the Super Strong Neodymium Disc Magnets for $10. Do NOT use the weak adhesive discs that come with them, will fall off in a week or less. I used 16 pack, 3M VHB 5952 Foam Tape, Double-Sided Heavy Duty Mounting Tape for $6 and they have stayed put for over a year. - Also.. use 2 per blade, knifes are beefy and just one magnet will let the blade bow to gravity's will. Hope this all helps... love these knives and with good care, they will last a real long time. Oh yeah... last thing, when you get one or more of these, hold it blade up and then drop a piece of paper down on it. You will be happy to see what happens. (No it won't cut the entire paper, but half way works for me on an out of box knife)

Pour utilisation en cuisine avec une bonne prise en main et d'une très belle confection , une pièce à détenir et plaisir à s'en servir .

Fantastisches Preis-Leistungsverhältnis. Es sieht nicht nur sehr schön aus, sondern liegt auch gut in der Hand. Außerdem schneidet es einwandfrei.

De är värda sina pengar.Men se till i början,för jag fick gå till apoteket och köpa plåster.Så lätta men vassa knivar.

Worth the price. Looks amazing and really sharp

Great knife! I've been a cook for over thirty years and always had a knife service so never felt the need to buy my own, until recent change in work I wanted to get my own as nobody seems to take care of a knife edge where I'm working now. Well the price was very reasonable, the weight feels nice , the handle is very comfortable (my hands are average size), looks and feels great. Cuts very well I have used it in a professional setting for two weeks and still is holding its edge. Will purchase from this seller again. If you are on the fence about buying this knife I suggest looking at some from a restaurant supply company, they are ridiculously expensive and likely the same quality, would highly recommend this company.