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Pros & Cons

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Pros

Seki ae-5101 has more of a western chef's knife profile than the tojiro f-808. Selection includes single composition stainless steel and very economical non-stainless high carbon hekijyu/aoihisashi steel blades. Shun sora 3-layer san mai knives are 42...  Read More

Similar constructed 3-layer clad seki magoroku knives have the designation cl.

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Quality


So far i have been able to keep it sharp with just a strop block and green polish


Shun sora 3layer san mai knives are 420j stainless steel clad over a vg10 core


Extremely shaving sharp right out of the box


The lower numbered cl series knives use high carbon nonstainless steel for the core

Price


I bought this knife for work as it is inexpensive and instead of sending it off to be fixed or sharpened i could just replace it via amazon

Competitiveness


You are probably familiar with kai usa knives which include shun komachi wasabi and kershaw knives


If you havent heard of kai seki magoroku knives thats because kai japan does not market these knives in the usa though they are...  Read More

Overview

  • How are reviewers describing this item?
    stainless, sharp, western, cl and japanese.
  • Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is high deception involved.
  • Our engine has analyzed and discovered that 58.3% of the reviews are reliable.
  • This product had a total of 27 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jan 23 2024.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I didnt buy this knife from amazon but from a local retailer


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    If you are someone who sharpens on stones you can make this thing a razor blade


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    It wont hold its edge the longest but if you hone it and strop it the edge can be brought back fairly easily


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Aus10 wont chip as easily as vg10 and feels less dainty as a blade


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I bought this knife for work as it is inexpensive and instead of sending it off to be fixed or sharpened i could just replace it via amazon


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Yes the blade is thin but one should know that when buying a japanese knife that isnt even advertised as western style even though it does share some superficial features like the handle


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I am very disappointed amazon


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Extremely shaving sharp right out of the box

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