To negotiate the best possible price for our customers, we agree to hide prices prior to logging in.
926 requests
Product Description
A sharp knife in the kitchen is essential for safety and efficiency. These kitchen knives from Masazumi feature blades made from three layers of stainless steel Read More
I do not have this knife but do have many hand made Japanese knives, and considering the price of these knives it is not important whether the hammering is by hand or machine or even a monkey from a local zoo if the knives are sharp and nice to handle it is a good deal. The reviews indicate they are sharp and nice to handle so as mentioned a good deal in my eyes
These looks pretty awful, IMO. Attempting to imitate traditional Japanese knife-making hammering, this company decided to use a perforator measured so that the hole puncher didn't go through.
Thats not hammered... thats a punch, some poor person has to stand at a work bench and dent a sharper knife than he has at home so that whomever buys these can see fake craftsmanship. Well done consumer class.
Might have been mentioned, but not damascus, real or fake. Laminate steel, one steel on each side with a different steel in the core and it's edge so they are not folded together.
Also the line near the edge would be from differential hardening using clay to make a very hard edge and softer spine. Not sure if this is actually differentially heat treated or not though.
I have a number of Shun knives like this, and was looking for a smaller knife and I saw this drop and figured for the price even if it was only OK it would still be better than the crap you can get locally. The blade itself is on par with my Shuns after a few weeks of use. I am not a fan of the aesthetics of the hammered Damascus part, looks cheap and crappy compared to my Shuns.
For the price - would I buy it again. Yes.
If I wanted something to go with my Shuns, it'd buy a Shun.