HAST 8 Inch Chef Knife, Ultra Sharp, Japanese Kitchen Knife, Carbon Stainless Steel, Lightweight, Ergonomic & Award-Winning Japanese Knife, Professional stainless steel knife

The Hast chef's knife is beautiful, strong, sharp, and thin. The minimalist design is also practical, as it does not trap bits of food. It is quite clearly full tang. It is also very strong (Japanese carbon steel) sharp and precisely honed.I have a pretty serious set of knives, after having my Chef daughter advised me on taking my kitchen up a notch, telling me what she looks for in various products, and which might work best for me (without her level of knowledge or skill) and I added select pieces based on her advice. I replaced several of my knives with knives more suited to how I work. Most of the new knives have ergonomic handles, as I do not use a pinch grip. The Hast knives have ergonokmic handles, and are have a more natural grip for someone like myself, who grew up cooking in Western tradition. (By contrast many Asian knives have hexagonal handles and are used with a pinch grip). I reach for the Hast, in particular, when I want very thin slices, because it's thin blade doesn't put pressure on, or deform, what I am cutting. You can get paper thin slices with the Hast.Hast's chef's knife has an ergonomic handle which is easy and comfortable to hold. It is well balanced, and it's smooth one-piece, bolsterless design makes clean up a breeze, and contributes to food safety, since there is no place for food to get stuck.It is also fairly light weight so you do not get hand fatigue when using it for large prep jobs (like Thanksgiving).I also have their bread knife, and use it when I want wafer thin slices of dense pumpernickel.I really like Hast knives, and use them almost daily..even though I have some other very good knives.

This is a great quality knife. It has a good weight to it as well. Well balanced. It’s very sharp. Very sleek design. Looks nice. Easy to clean. I highly recommend this if you’re looking for a good quality knife.