Opelware 8 inches Chef Knife Stainless Steel Multipurpose Professional Sharp Kitchen Knife with Pakka Wood Forged Handle

I've cooked for a living for over 12 years. So I know the value of a good knife, balanced and sharp knife. During one of my last moves I lost my set of Wusthof knives and have been using a 10 inch chief and 10 inch sandwich knife from Chicago Cuterly as my daily go to knives; not good. So this will be used quit often. For $40 the knife is simply amazing, the weight and balance are near perfect. It feels great in my hand! I've had the knife for less than 24 hours, so I have NO idea how the steel will hold up over time. I can only tell you that if I were holding this knife in a retail store I would expect it to cost about $100-$120.

This is my first review and this item really deserves it. It was actually super good and sharp, lasted months. Was good for cutting almost about anything. I REALLY recommend it and I am even thinking of buying another for my mother. Amazing product super happy with the price. 10/10

For the price (about $5 is what I paid), this is a great knife. It came sharpened, and works well with the sharpeners I have too. There's a good weight to it, although it could be a little heavier on the blade end. The packaging is very impressive as well (if that matters to you).Overall, I did not expect to get a good knife for $5, but not only is this usable, it's one of the better knives I have in my kitchen.

I'd read somewhere you had to spend upwards of $50 to get a decent chef's knife. Nay nay. I'm into cooking and needed a knife to cube up big cuts of meat and slice/dice veggies. This works very well, takes and keeps a nice sharp edge. I do not put it in the dishwasher, as it's so easy to clean and I don't want to take a chance on messing up the very attractive wood handle.

I bought these few days ago and i must say i am very happy with the quality and the price of these opelware chef knifes, beautiful looks and well designed it feels so comfortable when holding,

This knife arrived today. It is solid, well made and clearly is worth the price. And it is made out of a very good and durable type of stainless steel that is used in knives costing many times as much. If you are looking for a good, daily use knife, I wouldn't hesitate a moment to buy this knife.

Put a lot of sharpening work into it, and you can get a good performing knife. First, its pretty thick at the edge. And the tip..little distal taper. The knife needs a good thinning. The grind is very assymetric.. the left side bevel appears to be about 16 degrees. But the right bevel is really, really obtuse. Maybe 30 degrees or more. Its a fair amount of work to get it down to 15 - lots of metal to remove because of the overall edge thickness.. Steel seems what it should be - probably HRC 56 or 57. Should have better edge retention than many of the 420J2 $10 knives...

It's actually, great. I spent 120$ on another Damascus steel knife and it sits in the block. This one was under 20$ and makes a perfect 'sching' sound every time I pull it out. It's sharp as all get out, staight from the box. The handle is silky smooth and the balance is center. Just a good knife.Well done China