What does this mean?Pros & Cons
Pros
The overall sizing and ergonomics are great for my larger hands. The handles of these are much better than the more elegant looking two piece riveted handles. The handle is sturdy and has a decent grip edge to it.
They are razor sharp and only time will tell how well they maintain an edge. My gut feeling is that they are very good. High carbon steel, made in taiwan.
Knife goes through squishy fruit like a laser beam - no pressing required. We use this paring knife 95% of the time compared to the cooks knife because it's just so handy and sharp. Blade is slightly thicker than my other all-purpose knife so i rarely... Read More
Maintains the sharpness of my knives and it’s easy to use. Of course sharpening every so often. It is easily and by far the sharpest knife i have ever used.
Cons
The blade shows areas of chipping and would not have expected this for a knife that is only 18 months old. This steel is far too smooth. Returned on day of purchase.
Highlights
Quality
This is a very reasonably priced knife to improve much in the quality you have to spend twice as much
They are both quality items well made and finished
The zwilling is two or three times the price of this but they are of comparable quality considered as knives
He was happy with the price of the knife as he found more expensive somewhere else but since it goes blunt quite quick hes happ... Read More
Price
It is beyond my expectation especially for this price really good for value
As others have said excellent rapport between quality and price
The mercer is about half the price of the zwilling
Competitiveness
These knives have the same spec genesis model as the best wusthof equivalent
I recently bought the mercer similar 16cm chef knife for a different household
We bought some simple plastic handled tramontina carbon steel knives recently
This size is not what professional cooks prefer but for someone cooking in a home environment for a small number of people it w... Read More
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- This product had a total of 12,527 reviews as of our last analysis date on Sep 25 2022.
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The granton edge doesnt add much as food will still stick to the blade just not as bad
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Apparently german carbon steel forged in china
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But i have the feeling he would still go for a frenchgermanbritish knife if buying again for work
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My partner bought this for the kitchen at his work place after a couple of uses he has said its started to lose its sharpness
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The zwilling is two or three times the price of this but they are of comparable quality considered as knives
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I would be guided by what you know fits better in the hand
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But as said above this is largely about taste
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