BLADESMITH Sang Dao, Thin Cleaver, Chinese Chef Slicer Knife 9.4", Wide blade kitchen knife, especially for slicing

Very nice addition to my kitchen. I find myself using this quite often now for cutting up veggies for casseroles and stir fry. The large blade is handy for scooping the veggies up after cutting to place them in a bowl. It also makes a pretty good pizza cutter. The blade is thin and sturdy. It also takes a decent edge as I had to sharpen it just a bit when I received it. Overall, I am very happy with this and glad I got it.

I bought the 9 inch slicing cleaver, seen in my attached photo right in the middle of my magnetic rack, so you can get a sense of how large the blade is. It's not just long, it's also tall, which I found necessary for larger vegetables like Napa cabbage or cauliflower. This knife isn't particularly heavy, but it's proportions mean you will notice how much blade you have in front of your hand. The grip is sturdy, the spine of the knife isn't perfectly rounded but comfy enough. If you decided to take a sanding block or Dremel to the spine, you could crown it easily to get a very comfortable pinch grip, but again, it's not bad out of the box. The edge is very sharp, but in what is a repeated idea here, sharp for this price point isn't alarmingly sharp. It will easily slice cabbage, with a few knocks on the spine, you'll split a cauliflower or butternut squash with the out of the box edge, but if you spent a half hour on a stone or ran this across a belt grinder, you'll be shaving meat for hot pots or producing tomato slices so thin a stiff fart will blow them off your cutting board. It won't hold that edge forever because it's a twenty dollar knife. It's quite reasonable with regular honing though, and given it's size, this is not an every day utility knife, so the edge retention is not so much an issue. You're not cutting a cake slice or trimming a bad spot off a green pepper with this huge monster. I have a fondness for the Chinese chef knives and have several in my collection, this huge monster was the cheapest of them, and the one I reach for the least often. But when I need it, it's just essential, and it works like a charm. Could not recommend more highly for those who dispatch larger veggies often enough to want something to do it easily. It's not a top dollar carbon steel edge that can cut a soul from a passing fly, so if that's your idea for this knife, pass on it. It's not perfect. But it absolutely does what I need it to do, with a very reasonable level of maintenance to do it. Do NOT come with a sheath or blade guard if that's something you want either.

Great. Sharp blade. Nice handle good work horse in kitchen

great knife....like that it's stainless...easy to care for...very thin and sharp...very large....good price

I’m impressed with this knife so far. I will update this post if that changes.

Great Value/Price

Great vegetable slicer (cai dao), large but thin. Not for bones, but slices and chops veggies and boneless meat very well.

I am giving this knife (9.4 inch) five star considering the price and performance, have had this knife for about 3 weeks. About 400g in weight. Felt a tad heavy initially, my wrist got used to it after a few days of use. For most people the 8.5 inch knife might be a better size/weight.Quite sharp and keeps its edge after quite well after 3 weeks of daily heavy use. After the initial period, I and impressed by the steel quality and hardness.The thin blade, makes cutting vegetable a breeze. It's just thick enough to have almost no flex. Don't use for cutting bones or hard objects.The handle and bolster are fitted well and very comfortable.Only knit is the finish of the choil and spine of the blade. I had to use some fine sand paper to smooth it out.I am not deducting a star, considering the cost of the knife.