Out of the box it was pretty much flawless, not too loose, not too tight, no rattle, no blade play.
And it stayed that way.
Fit and finish is flawless.
The knife is very light and pretty thin. It disappears in my pocket, I even forget it's here.
Ergonomics are really nice and the handle supports a lot of different types of grip while being really comfortable. It's not the bulkiest handle, but it's more than enough and is pretty comfortable.
Performance:
This thing is a real slicer. It passes through anything with minimal effort. It's really a joy to use.
K390 steel is really hard to dull. And I really mean it.
It took me several days of use, and I even looked for excuses to use it, so it was used more than what I'd usually use a knife in that period. And it took several days to take factory edge from shaving to barely shaving. And we all know that factory edges hold up less than edges you put on by hand.
About a minute or 2 on #600 diamond and it was shaving nicely again, and then quick stropping with diamond paste and it was popping hairs again. So it takes an edge really easy in my experience, with no issues with burr.
I however feel the urge to sharpen it all the time as I just can't believe there's a steel that stays sharp that long after such use.
Corrosion resistance is acceptable, it's really hot and I sweat like crazy and it still has no rust spots. I do oil it before carrying it though.
I used it in the kitchen too.
I used it to cut lots of pork, then onion, tomatooes and on other ocassion to make fruit salad.
It does develop patina fairly easily
Pic of patina on the link.
And it stayed that way.
Fit and finish is flawless.
The knife is very light and pretty thin. It disappears in my pocket, I even forget it's here.
Ergonomics are really nice and the handle supports a lot of different types of grip while being really comfortable. It's not the bulkiest handle, but it's more than enough and is pretty comfortable.
Performance:
This thing is a real slicer. It passes through anything with minimal effort. It's really a joy to use.
K390 steel is really hard to dull. And I really mean it.
It took me several days of use, and I even looked for excuses to use it, so it was used more than what I'd usually use a knife in that period. And it took several days to take factory edge from shaving to barely shaving. And we all know that factory edges hold up less than edges you put on by hand.
About a minute or 2 on #600 diamond and it was shaving nicely again, and then quick stropping with diamond paste and it was popping hairs again. So it takes an edge really easy in my experience, with no issues with burr.
I however feel the urge to sharpen it all the time as I just can't believe there's a steel that stays sharp that long after such use.
Corrosion resistance is acceptable, it's really hot and I sweat like crazy and it still has no rust spots. I do oil it before carrying it though.
I used it in the kitchen too.
I used it to cut lots of pork, then onion, tomatooes and on other ocassion to make fruit salad.
It does develop patina fairly easily
Pic of patina on the link.
