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  • Crafted of premium Japanese VG10 37-layer stainless steel for excellent edge retention; features a stunning hammered (tsuchime) finish
  • Rockwell Hardness 61°; blades are hand-ground to approximately 12°
  • Double-bevel edge for both right and left-handed use; black canvas micarta handle with three stainless steel rivets and end cap
  • Blade Length: 8" (200mm), Blade Height: 1.75", Overall Length: 13.4", Spine Thickness at Heel: 2mm, Weight: 7.9 oz. (225g)

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Price checker says it hasn't been this price since 2017. Looks like a solid knife for black friday.

8" Enso Chef's Knife Hammered Damascus Stainless Steel Gyuto [amazon.com] (VG10)
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    Rating: (4.7 out of 5 stars)
    Reviews: 607 Amazon Reviews
    Product Name: Enso Chef's Knife - Made in Japan - HD Series - VG10 Hammered Damascus Stainless Steel Gyuto - 8"
    Manufacturer: Enso
    Model Number: 35600
    Product SKU: B017OIZ00U
    ASIN: B017OIZ00U
    Brand: Enso
    Item Weight: 0.52 Pounds
    Item model number: 35600
    Manufacturer: Enso
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    To each his own, but I would probably buy the amazing Tojiro bread knife ($25), a wider chef knife OR a decent Santoko (like one of the MACs), the terrific Kershaw kitchen shears ($20), skip the paring knife and get a wider, 5" utility knife. I have this Enso 6" utility knife and it is too long and too narrow. Many options for knife blocks, but I prefer under cabinet racks to avoid bacteria in the blocks
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    Great deal. Japanese, VG10, half the price of Shun Premier.
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    It's a great knife. I paid around $100 a couple years ago and still my favorite. I use stone to keep it sharp every few months
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    11-25-2023 at 09:42 AM.
    11-25-2023 at 09:42 AM.
    Great deal. Japanese, VG10, half the price of Shun Premier.
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    11-25-2023 at 03:12 PM.
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    11-25-2023 at 03:13 PM.
    11-25-2023 at 03:13 PM.
    It's a great knife. I paid around $100 a couple years ago and still my favorite. I use stone to keep it sharp every few months
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    11-25-2023 at 03:32 PM.
    11-25-2023 at 03:32 PM.
    thoughts on the block set for essentailly $80 per knife plus the blocks and scissors thrown in?
    https://www.amazon.com/Enso-Knife...to_dp&th=1

    Set Includes
    4" Paring Knife
    6" Utility Knife
    6.5" Santoku Knife
    8" Chef's Knife
    9" Bread Knife
    Stainless Steel Take-Apart Kitchen Shears
    6-slot Dark Ash Slim Knife Block
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    11-25-2023 at 03:43 PM.
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    delete sent in error
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    11-25-2023 at 03:44 PM.
    11-25-2023 at 03:44 PM.
    Quote from phlydude :
    thoughts on the block set for essentailly $80 per knife plus the blocks and scissors thrown in?
    https://www.amazon.com/Enso-Knife...to_dp&th=1

    Set Includes
    4" Paring Knife
    6" Utility Knife
    6.5" Santoku Knife
    8" Chef's Knife
    9" Bread Knife
    Stainless Steel Take-Apart Kitchen Shears
    6-slot Dark Ash Slim Knife Block

    To each his/her own. Just my opinion but the chef's knife is used just like the santoku. The bread knife is a handy stand alone. I never had much use for a paring knife. Since it comes with a 5" or so prep knife, I would use that to sub for the paring knife. I like kitchen shears that have molded plastic handles. They are more comfortable. I would look for individual knives you actually use than a set that has a few you may not use but paid for.
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    11-25-2023 at 03:49 PM.
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    This or Fibrox? First decent chef knife for me.
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    11-25-2023 at 04:11 PM.

    Our community has rated this post as helpful. If you agree, why not thank geezeefosheezee

    11-25-2023 at 04:11 PM.
    Quote from phlydude :
    thoughts on the block set for essentailly $80 per knife plus the blocks and scissors thrown in?
    https://www.amazon.com/Enso-Knife...to_dp&th=1

    Set Includes
    4" Paring Knife
    6" Utility Knife
    6.5" Santoku Knife
    8" Chef's Knife
    9" Bread Knife
    Stainless Steel Take-Apart Kitchen Shears
    6-slot Dark Ash Slim Knife Block
    Many years back I got a great deal on a similar Henkels German block set (here on SD, of course) - some BBB close out for around $150. Absent one of those deals, i typically recommend a much more scaled back approach, as most of these block sets have lots of redundant knives included.

    Your call of course, but you'll come out ahead financially and not really by missing much if you just buy a good chefs knife like this one and then save a bit by going downmarket for any other single knives you need. I use my $20 victornox paring knife just as often as my higher end one and it's great, as an example.
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    11-25-2023 at 04:12 PM.
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    Quote from phlydude :
    thoughts on the block set for essentailly $80 per knife plus the blocks and scissors thrown in?
    https://www.amazon.com/Enso-Knife...to_dp&th=1 [amazon.com]

    Set Includes
    4" Paring Knife
    6" Utility Knife
    6.5" Santoku Knife
    8" Chef's Knife
    9" Bread Knife
    Stainless Steel Take-Apart Kitchen Shears
    6-slot Dark Ash Slim Knife Block
    To each his own, but I would probably buy the amazing Tojiro bread knife ($25), a wider chef knife OR a decent Santoko (like one of the MACs), the terrific Kershaw kitchen shears ($20), skip the paring knife and get a wider, 5" utility knife. I have this Enso 6" utility knife and it is too long and too narrow. Many options for knife blocks, but I prefer under cabinet racks to avoid bacteria in the blocks
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    Quote from gsstrickland :
    This or Fibrox? First decent chef knife for me.
    If it were me this is the one I'd pick. Along with the quality, it's gorgeous - would love the look of this hanging in my kitchen on my knife magnet.
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    11-25-2023 at 04:20 PM.
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    Quote from gsstrickland :
    This or Fibrox? First decent chef knife for me.
    Look at the Mercer lines. Mercer dominates the culinary schools. Great quality, remarkable value. These Ensos are excellent, but fragile and more difficult to sharpen. I've had the Victorinox fibrox chef knife for years and never saw the attraction - awkward and does not keep an edge. I use it as a beater knife, albeit vastly less useful than the equivalent commercial line Dexter
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    To each his own, but I would probably buy the amazing Tojiro bread knife ($25), a wider chef knife OR a decent Santoko (like one of the MACs), the terrific Kershaw kitchen shears ($20), skip the paring knife and get a wider, 5" utility knife. I have this Enso 6" utility knife and it is too long and too narrow. Many options for knife blocks, but I prefer under cabinet racks to avoid bacteria in the blocks

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    Is this Japanese forge or Chinese with Japanese material?
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