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Cold Steel Japanese VG-10 Damascus 3-PC Kitchen Knife Set $916.65
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This Cold Steel three piece Japanese knife set is positioned as a handsome Seki City, Japan made VG10 Damascus trio, with praise for the steel, the hammered look, and the handforged build. The set is also seen as a strange value point, since VG10 Damascus is described as mostly cosmetic at this price and the trio is compared unfavorably with cheaper Shun and Miyabi options. The unusual mix of santoku, gyuto, and petty, along with the dark burl handles and blade pattern, makes the appeal narrow. A better fit for buyers who care about the look and origin as much as the cutting performance.
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The set is widely viewed as expensive for a working knife trio: VG-10 Damascus adds cosmetics more than performance, and comparable Japanese sets are cited at roughly half the price. It may make sense only if you specifically want the Seki City hand-forged look and are paying for aesthetics as much as cutting performance.
Yes. They are described as handforged in Seki City, Japan, which is a legitimate knife-making region, though that alone does not settle whether the $916 price is justified.
VG-10 is a solid semi-stainless steel, but the Damascus pattern is described as mainly cosmetic rather than a performance upgrade. At this price, a harder carbon-steel core would be preferred for a thinner, sharper working edge.
Some Japanese lines use an offset bevel, which can make sharpening more complex and can bias the blade the wrong way for left-handed users. A normal hand-sharpened edge is still possible, but the bevel design can make professional sharpening harder.
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1.) Sharpening is way more complex and easy to screw up. Even finding a professional to sharpen it will be more difficult.
2.) For a left handed user, it will be biased in the wrong direction and make things worse.
Not an issue for me since all my knives have been hand sharpened by me and my, "Yeah, that looks about like 15 degrees" tolerance with sharpening stones. Perhaps sharpening in the style you state is difficult, but the knives will take a normal edge without issue.
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