Protects the blade and your fingers :D

Nice and simple, finer than most of the usual stropers

The engram service is highly recommendable if you want to personalize a knife. I did one Mac from their kids line for my daughter and the result is excellent. The text is easy to read, without being too deep to hold food particles. The positioning is exactly where I requested and the selected font size is perfect.
As a recommendation, maybe a text box should appear during purchase, whenever this service is selected, so the buyer can specify the positioning right there and then.

I have bought many more expensive knives but this was one of the ones I liked the most in terms of quality. The workmanship and sharpening are very good. The sharpedge is very good as always with the gift of saya and its packaging.

Knife is awesome, super appreciate as gift. The pattern of blade is beatiful and all quality is at highest level.

All perfect sharpest knife i ever had!

The knife I was most undecided about was due to its 35mm blade height: once used, however, I think I will never put it down again!
Just its blade height makes it perfect fit in my hand both as a petty for small jobs, and as a utility knife for medium-sized preparations, and also excellent for small chicken butchering task! Good finish like in other Kumokage series on the blade, the spine and choil!

The knife performs very well, and for the price and razor sharpness, it is definitely worth purchasing.

This knife was a real surprise: I knew the brand, but on more expensive lines!
This Kumokage series has a truly excellent quality/performance/price ratio! Super handy and very sharp knife, perfectly finished choil and spine, only slightly delicate the "lacquered forced patina" on one side of the blade, which started to go away after washing the blade a couple of times whit soap and hot water, other side is perfect, but I don't think this is a "factory problem"! For the Staff and service more than 10 stars as usual!

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I've had and used this knife for nearly 6 months now and thought I'd leave my thoughts...

First up, there were one or 2 issues with delivery...as I recall, some of the import information wasn't quite right and it was delayed or returned. This was a bit frustrating at the time but these things happen and Urban was great at responding and I trusted him throughout the process as he kept me up to date.

As for the knife...its a beast! It is heavy though and at first it took a bit of adjusting to as I'd neither had a knife this long or heavy, although primarily, I'd specifically wanted a longer knife as most professional chefs suggest it is the way to go.

I'm not a professional chef but do own an ever growing number quality Japanese knives for home cooking (currently more a dozen over the years and holding around 10 now).

It was the knife of the month at the time and I paid circa €162.

Whilst it is the knife I reach for to do larger dinners and bigger preparations, my time with it is shared with other knifes. That said, it is still sharp and I'd expect to consider putting it on a stone in the next 3 to 6 months to sharpen it again.

It looks superb and feels great in the hand. Fit and finish could have been better but nothing looks too odd at the price point.

Overall, I'd recommend it but the length and weight might not suit everyone or every situation, especially for a first time buyer.

Everything I bought was perfect!!! Great job!

I have many of this model! I buy them because they are a nice gift to give to friends who become passionate once they try my knives and because they have an excellent quality/price ratio. We always take it on holiday or wherever we need to cook, without having the more valuable and expensive ones that could get ruined or lost during travel. It does everything without any fear, like the Fiat Panda ;-)