San Kyoto SNK-1114-7 inch, 175mm Santoku Knife

I'm not sure what kind is steel this is, but you need to respect it. I was a bit lazy and got a finger too close. I didn't cut my self, but with no pressure at all I cut my fingernail right off. Clean sharp line too. I have gone on to buy 4 of their knives. I thought my 500 dollar set of knives was special, and although they weren't bad, they don't hold a candle to one of these.

This is quite simply a beautiful knife… the mottled damascus steel pattern on the blade, the gently contoured micarta handle, fit and finish are near perfect as I’ve ever seen on a knife, the point of balance is at the taper just ahead of the bolster, and razor sharp out of the box.Time will tell how the knife performs, maybe, as it’s almost too pretty to use.