GadgetmanNo offense, but I know professional chefs using these hard daily. They have zero complaints, and actually claim the exact opposite (that their edge retention is so good it's hard to believe). My personal hands-on experience agrees.
Are you certain you were given legitimate merchandise? From your report, frankly, I suspect what you were given may well have been counterfeit knockoffs or badly mistreated.
Are you certain you were given legitimate merchandise? From your report, frankly, I suspect what you were given may well have been counterfeit knockoffs or badly mistreated.
A good resource on those;
http://forums.egullet.org/topic/26036-knife-maintenance-and-sharpening/