DALSTRONG Hybrid Cleaver & Chef Knife - 8 inch - Phantom Series - 'The Crixus' - Japanese High-Carbon AUS8 Steel Kitchen Knife - Pakkawood Handle - Cooking Knife - Meat Cleaver Knife - Sheath Included

When I first received the knife it was beautifully packaged, a sign that a company takes care of their products. As I opened it, I saw a beautiful polished knife. Pulling it out I almost didn't want to use such a work of art, but as a chef my need to cut came over me. It performed as perfectly as it looked! I'm writing this because I have used the knife everyday for the last two months. A chef's true test of your #1 tool in the kitchen comes after you used your knife so long it's almost a part of you. I used it today to cut 5 onions, no big task. I reached into my knife role I instantly went for my Dalstrong shogun 9.5 inch chef knife realizing I've used this knife more in the past 2 months than any other knife. I took my time cutting them just to reminisce. I am truly still impressed by this knife. It has been through many catering events, long days of prep, and line work and to be honest I wouldn't want any other tool in the kitchen by my side. The edge retention is outstanding, the handle comfortable, and the weight is amazing when your in a kitchen for hours! I want to thank Dalstrong for making a fantastic knife and having a solid customer service, you cannot go wrong with this knife. If you choose to give a knife from Dalstrong a try they will make sure every question and matter is taken care of as if you are family truly a amazing company! As a chef I back their knives 100%. My only credentials to people I don't know is after 200 plus hours with this knife it still has impressed me and kept me excited cutting onions (not a easy task for a chef that cuts bags of onions everyday). In conclusion I am a customer for life and will get their complete shogun phantom and gladiator series in time just because of the performance of the first knife I got from them. I truly hope you take the time to read this and give a great company a try. Thank you.

>>>It was an alright knife while it lasted. Sharp. It did rust rather quickly though so I was constantly working on trying to maintain it and keep it in good shape. I bought it back in January of 2019. I stopped using it about a month ago in july 2019. Regardless of my efforts the knife somehow chipped? I've had the cheeap 8 dollar knives from Walmart for over two years and I have not been kind to those at all because they were cheap. They are still going strong. This one I only ever used for veggies ad breads. So I really dont understand how a knife that costs almost 10 times the ones I have from wamart cannot even make it a full year. I wish I could be one of the people who gave 5 stars and got value for their money. I guess I was just unlucky this time. But for how much it costs, I will not be gambling on it again just in hopes that I'll get lucky.<<< >>>UPDATE: they sent us a replacement shortly after our review and it's been in excellent condition, I've been using it every day since! Same care routine as with the last one. I even bought one for my mom she absolutely love sit. Neither of us had problems this time around so the first one must have been a special case. Great knife, long lasting. Really thankful the company sent us a replacement so we could have this experience and build that trust with this product. If you're unsure, it is very much worth it!

Edited (5/5): Nancy from Dalstrong reached out to me after my previous review saying that I had received a defective knife. Whether or not this is true I have no way of confirming. But I know metal is finicky and making knives is probably really hard so having some variation in the end product is not inconceivable. She offered to send me another one, which arrived last week. I compared the two knives and on the surface they seem identical. The edge looks to be the same to the naked eye (as expected), although the weight did feel a bit better on the new one (maybe just in my mind?). I don't have any metallurgical testing capabilities in my kitchen so I have to believe the metal is the same grade of steel they say it is (although my old one has a tiny rust spot already). Ok so I am pretty skeptical at this point but as soon as I tested the new knife - WOW. The difference is night and day. Now I can actually cut through ripe tomatoes like butter and make paper thin slices. I don't want it to seem like I was bribed in any way but I am genuinely blown away - both by the quality of the new knife and the great customer service Dalstrong has shown. Honestly, I wasn't expecting anyone to reach out to me and fix the negative experience I had previously. Thanks so much to Nancy and Dalstrong! Would definitely recommend this product now! Previous (2/5): I received my knife last week and have been doing a lot of cutting with it and I have to say I'm a little disappointed. First of all the sheath that I got is a little hard to open. The round clasps are a slightly off-set from where they should be so you have to try pretty hard to open it. As you can imagine, this is dangerous with a knife inside and I cut myself when I first got it open. I haven't tried putting it back in the sheath since. The rest of the packaging is nice as others have noted. As for the knife itself, I have to say it's just ok. Maybe mine wasn't sharpened as well as it should have been. I am probably going to sharpen it on my own. I understand that the mark of a good knife is less about how sharp it is and more about how long it can hold its edge so on that front I have yet to see how it does. But I at least expect the knife to come well sharpened brand new. When I compare this to an older Cutco Santoku, I have to say the Cutco actually does better. The weight is ok; not as heavy as a German knife or sure and some force is still required to cut really hard/frozen things. Overall, I'm not blown away; perhaps my expectations were too high. My opinion may change over time as I continue to use it more and I will update it then.

Dopo qualche mese di utilizzo devo dire che, seguendo attentamente le istruzioni di utilizzo e il buon senso in generale dell'utilizzo delle lame (non sono uno Chef), devo dire che questo coltello ha in pieno soddisfatto le mie aspettative...consigliato

this knife is great to use and looks quality.highly reccomended

Excellent knife for the price, it looks great and works well. Comes with a neat little case.

Really great knife and comfortable. Knifes will inevitably get dull through use so I would invest in a good sharpening stone to go with it. And with some care it will last you a very long time.

I brought this knife for my son's birthday in Sept 2020 and the handle has now cracked/split. He was very pleased with knife but the handle should not crack in this short time. The knife is always kept in the protective sheath and stored in the box it came in and always hand washed..