If you are looking for a work horse gyuto than you really don’t need to look any more. The Kanehiro is simply an awesome knife. Great steel (AS) clad in stainless,a bit of a belly so it’s good for rocking but still very good at chopping. The edge retention is very good,even with a high polish it can still take a beating and come back for more. All around a great knife. And the usual great service from Mark.

Beautiful knife. A true classic. The video of it being sharpened is perfect. Note the bandaged index finger. Nuff said?

first off chefknivestogo has the fastest service of any company i have ever ordered from for anything,i placed my order on saturday and had my knife wednesday,anyways the knife AWESOME there is nothing else you can really say about it very light for the size and scary sharp. i own many different knives,shun 8" chef knife (great knife),i also own a few german steel knives (junk),after buying my shun i was already kinda hooked on japanese knives from that but after this one i will ONLY buy japanese knives the quality is just way better than anything else out there,i have put this knife through alot from cutting meats,fruits,vegetables,and even slicing bread yes slicing bread and yes i have a bread knife but this slices bread pretty good for being a straight blade

Impressive work horse gyuto in AS steel. Razor sharp out of the box,and holds an edge extremely well. Have run it over a 1k and 2k Shapton glass stone,and found it unusually easy to sharpen for steel that has this kind of staying power. Probably a "best buy" in Japanese gyutos.