Wasabi Black Yanagiba 21.0 cm Blade Length - Polished 6A/1K6 Stainless Steel 58 (±1) HRC - Black Polypropylene Handle - Sushi Knife, Sashimi Knife - Made in Japan

Very good quality

I was a chef for more than twenty years and also owned a company that sharpened other chefs knives. In all that time this remains the sharpest knife I have ever bought. I actually shaved the back of my hand straight out of the packaging. The weight is good and handling exceptional for this style of knife. All that remains is to see how the steel holds up. Time will tell.

The KAI Wasabi Yanagiba is an excellent knife for slicing pretty much anything from salmon to watermelon. Just make sure you buy a suitable guard for it as it is extremely sharp. In fact, the blade is so finely honed that you may not even feel it if you cut yourself! Be very careful indeed with this knife - it is not for amateurs. You won't find a better slicer/carver than this unless you are willing to pay two, three, or even four hundred pounds.

Impec!

Nicht besonders, schnell stumpf

Couteau d’une excellente qualité. Lame très tranchante, coupe nette et précise pour le poisson. Parfait pour le sashimi et le sushi. Très bon rapport qualité-prix. Je recommande vivement.

Arrivato ben confezionato e già un po' affilato (io cmq ho la cote apposta). Mi ci sono già tagliata un dito perché sono goffa, ma a parte questo è un buon coltello, giustamente "sbilanciato" in avanti (quindi in realtà adeguatamente bilanciato per quello che devo farci) ed arriva nella sua confezione trasparente con anche tutte le raccomandazioni. Vi prego di non trattarlo male e tenerlo sempre pulito come spiegano nel manuale. A me sta dando tante soddisfazioni e quando sarò più brava a maneggiarlo lo affilerò e renderà anche di più. Lo uso quotidianamente da un mese circa.

It's a great beginner's knife to practice on your sharpening stones (whetstones). I bought this knife for the explicit purpose of practicing sharpening on whetstone -- and for that matter I bought a cheap set of stones to match this cheap knife! Why? So when I buy the $300 knife and the $100 stone I will not harm either the knife or the stone. And so on, until one upgrades to $1000 knife and .. so on. It's stainless and that means you don't really need to pay attention to it. If you are going buy a real carbon steel yanagiba you BETTER pay attention to that. It will require you to hone it, wash it, dry it, all that without a moment of laziness. You can't toss it in the sink and come back to it later. You can just toss the knife anywhere. You can't treat a $300 or $1000 knife like that. It will hate you. It will hate you so bad it will rust on you, dull on you, and take your money and make you cry. BUT, hey, if you buy this $30 knife to practice, and to get all that neglect out of your system, you will be ready when you finally get that $300+ product that you have always wanted. Make sure you practice 15 degree blade angle on the whetstone. Make sure you validate how well you have done your sharpening on a piece of fish. Stainless is softer steel than carbon steel so you will need to keep this sharpened more regularly which, hey, hones your skills! Carbon steel will stay sharp longer but will rust sooner if not careful so don't let it rust. But carbon steel can be made a lot sharper on a whetstone than stainless steel. But stainless steel gives me that laziness buffer if say I want to eat the fish instead of washing my knife, I can toss this stainless blade aside and eat my meal before I go back to washing it. Or watch some TV then go wash the knife. Or wait until tomorrow. Don't ever do that to a carbon steel blade. So, this blade served the purpose of inexpensive Yanagiba practice -- sharpening and using. It helps you get all your kinks out and train you how to take care of a blade like this. This blade 8.5 inches long and a typical carbon blade yanagiba is 10 inches long or even 12 inches. The longer it is the harder it is to use properly. Remember you can only pull back on the blade as you cut instead of pushing down. You can only cut with one motion with Yanagiba--pulling back from heel to tip. That's why the blade is so long--to give you a long cutting edge for without you slicing back and forth like sawing a piece of meat. I give it 5-stars because I love the purpose it served. The knife itself is not that great of a knife. Again, it's a generic stainless steel blade on generic material without much artisan involvement. Probably machine made from end to end. The knife I got was slightly bent and slightly tilted. But hey, what do you expect out of a $30 machine-made knife vs a $300 (at bare minimum starter basic) carbon steel yanagiba? For a tenth of the cost I got my kinks out. It's worth the 4-5 star rating.