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Here's a good one. And google knife diagram to see the names of different parts of a knife.
I would stay away from this knife as the marketing description was written by a guy who has no idea what he is talking about.
" 33-layers of VG-10 damascus " no it isn't. The wave pattern is created by 32 layers of softer steel that "protects" the usually harder but rust prone "core" steel, thus 32+1 = 33. In most cases VG10 is already considered stainless and doesn't need protection so any damascus "clad" VG10 is more for aesthetics, not that there's a problem with that though.
" full-tang construction" no it isn't. Full tang means the metal of the blade extends all the way into the bottom of the handle, which is sandwiched by two pieces of material, usually wood, and then the entire thing sanded down. The traditional Japanese style as seen here, the blade ends in a small "rat tail" metal extension, that is then glued and hammered into a handle with a hole drilled in it. Not that any method is superior or inferior, the description is just wrong.
I stopped reading here, but another point is the pictures shown are not the angles a knifemaker would show as it doesn't show off anything, and a knifemaker would also know that a discerning knife buyer doesn't get much info from these shots.
I hope this was helpful. By all means these could be decent knives but all evidence is pointing towards a different direction. At this price there are plenty better knives by Japanese companies that care and have been around for decades.
Jim