8" MIYABI Mizu SG2 Micro-Carbide Powder Stainless Steel Chef's Knife Expired

Great deal OP, but think you might be burying the lead a bit... C&M offers a 15% discount for signing up for their email. So, just use one of your burner email accounts, and buy direct from C&M and this is only about $127.50.

I personally own this knife btw (bought on some crazy FP Deal from Macy's almost 2 yrs ago). For those that may not know, the Miyabi line is made by a Henckels of Germany subsidiary in Japan. There's a YouTube video of this factory... some Japanese YouTube guy does a "life of a ____ in Japan" video series and he covered the life of an office worker at the Henkels/Miyabi factory in Japan. The attention to detail will blow you away. As I recall, there were only about 3 people in their entire factory that were certified to do the final sharpening of their highest end knives, and even the office workers all trained on knife sharpening (including the woman the video followed). If I find the video, I'll link it, later. (EDIT: search YouTube for "Day in the life of a Japanese knife maker" by Paolo fromTOKYO)

Finally, German knives like Wusthof and Henckels are absolutely excellent, but it is true that Japanese blades tend to have higher Rockwell hardness numbers and high end Japanese knives are just sharper than their German counterparts (eg, Shun, Miyabi, MAC, Global), but some of the nicest and sharpest knives I've bought from C&M have been their Enso and Yaxell Japanese knife lines. Just note, that if you live in a household of only adults and you and your spouse are the only ones that handle the knives - then Japanese knives may be for you. If however, you have children in your home, and they use your good knives... then you might want to steer clear of the Japanese knives which do not take well to mishandling (given their higher steel hardness, they get super sharp, but are prone to blade chipping... much more so than the lower hardness German brands).

All of the above said, with the 15% email discount from C&M, this is an outstanding deal on a high end (and beautifully finished) Miyabi Chef Knife.

Like anything of value, knives (Japanese or German) need to be taken care of properly. The lower Rockwell.score of German knives means it'll need more frequent sharpening and resharpening.

Your comment is just like a German knife: dull and unimaginative.

There was a popup at the bottom for 15% off for new customers on their website. Count me in.

$127.46 is a nice deal for an 8" SG2 chef's knife