Not a bad product -- having given one a whirl, I can say that it's nicely sharp when new and that the fit and finish are excellent -- the knife looks and feels good.
Huge BUT though -- I don't know why you'd drop three figures of $ on a knife with a full-length bolster. That's a terrible design and it's near-shameful that a company like henckels is still using it years after the japanese showed how unnecessary it was, serving only to get in the way of sharpening and cut down the blade's useful lifespan. And having done a little bit of research, I cannot find information about the steel used for this blade anywhere. It's obviously high-carbon stainless, but I can't find a single detail about composition or rockwell hardness. That's pretty shady. And probably because much cheaper knives are being made of steel of the same quality.
The bottom line is that though this is not a bad knife -- a heck of a lot better than what most people have in their kitchens -- there are comparable knives selling for much less and much better knives selling for the same price (or even less - MACs and Tojiros come to mind).Get more detail about J.A. Henckels Twin Five Star 8-Inch High Carbon Stainless-Steel Chef's Knife.
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