Recep

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This knife is my first proper Japanese chefs knife, and the culmination of countless hours of research. Having used it for around 2 months now, I am pleased to say I am extremely satisfied with the quality, design and sharpness - a happy start an potentially extensive collection. Given my inexperience with sharpening I was actually a little worried about starting on a blade with Kurouchi, but have not had any issues after taking it to the whetstone (I practice with the other knives at home first). Its sharpness out of the box was short of its potential, but now feels like vegetables like lettuce part before the blade touches them. This is also the first blade I've used with a Wa handle, and was pleasantly surprised to find how comfortable it is. Perhaps because of how the knife sits in the hand, I need to remark: The European chefs knife we have is 210mm, and I felt this will be a good size to start with the Japanese knife, but I also see how I didn't need to worry about going to 240mm. This knife comes with +1 to Dexterity. Also, it feels like vegetables (like carrots) chopped with this knife end up being juicier, hmmm. Owning this knife is a great pleasure - my wife and I argue over who will do the chopping for our meals now, as we both want to use the knife as much as possible

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