Huusk Japan Chef Knife, 8 Inch Gyuto Knife Professional Japanese Chef Knife, Hand Forged High Carbon Steel Sharp Cooking Knife, Ergonomic Rosewood Handle, for Meat, Fish, Vegetables, Gift for Dad

Excellent knife, very sharp and good quality.

Great

Great!

Excelent cuality for the price.

Great knife. Perfect for shaving the skin off fruits and vegetables

My son likes this knife.

I bought this knife as a Christmas gift. The person recieveing it had read about it and was so excited to get a japanese cooking knife. He unwrapped his present, and was thrilled from seeing it. The knife slid out of the box, dropped onto the floor, and snapped in half. What a piece of junk!!!! Do not buy this garbage.... After inspection the tang is quarter of an inch wide and barely in a cheap handle. Not too mention with it being that brittle, it is heat tempered wrong and will never hold an edge. The is a CASH GRAB!!!!

I bought the 6.7" cleaver. The cleaver cuts well , and it is nicely profiled. Unlike a Chinese cleaver or a Japanese nakiri, which both have a blunt end, this Huusk cleaver has a slightly pointed tip, which makes it easier to make delicate cuts.It came moderately sharp. The factory edge is at 18 degrees per side or 36 degrees combined. The steel feels soft. I tried to touch up the edge with a honing steel, but it immediately produced a persistent burr that made the knife feel much duller than before. After stropping on a leather strop loaded with aluminum oxide white rouge, the edge became very sharp and could slide paper with ease.I'm unsure if it's really carbon steel like it says in the product description, because I don't see any staining or rusting after use. It's probably made of stainless steel. It's stamped out of metal sheets and ground to produce the tapered edge profile. It is not a forged knife. The black color on the blade looks like it's made of thick black paint to imitate the look of black scale resulting from genuine forging. The fit and finish is mediocre. The lacquer finish on the handle is rough, and the brass spacers are not flush with the wood.Despite the "Japan" label prominently printed under the Huusk brand name, I'm highly doubtful that this knife was actually made in Japan. It has all the traits of a Chinese-made knife. When a product goes out of its way to tell you "Japan" and uses Japanese buildings in the advertisement to impress you, you should question whether it's genuinely Japanese-made, as opposed to only a Japanese-style knife that was actually made in China.Although the knife works well, I am inclined to give it only 3 stars because there are several areas of deceptive claims: highly doubtful it's made in Japan (probably made in China), not made of carbon steel but rather made of stainless steel, the black forging scales are painted on and are not genuine forging marks. Fit and finish of the handle is very subpar.