I’ve really fallen in love with this knife. The first thing I noticed was how light and nimble it feels in the hand, but what has impressed me most is the precision. After cutting the two sides off a peach, I can easily glide the knife along the pit and take off a single clean strip of fruit. It’s that kind of control that makes it such a pleasure to use.
It slides effortlessly through onions, cabbage, greens—honestly, just about everything I’ve put in front of it. Prep work feels less like pushing a knife through food and more like simply guiding the blade. It has also done an excellent job of retaining its edge.
Just as important has been the experience of buying it from Uptown Cutlery. Uptown is a wealth of knowledge, and there’s a genuine enthusiasm for sharing that knowledge rather than simply selling you a knife. That makes a specialty shop like this particularly valuable.
This was my first really good Japanese kitchen knife, and now I understand what all the fuss is about. Highly recommended.
Sizable but precise blade and long handle, great for my larger hands.