re: Any of you baws have a nice kitchen knife?

Tojiro DP series will give you good quality Japanese steel with a more utilitarian and cheaper construction than the Shuns. They make them Damascus or San mai. I have a Miyabi, Tojiro, and Shun and they are all VG10 core material and all perform and sharpen about the same.

I asked this question on a Kitchen Knife forum several years ago and at the time I had several people point me to this knife as the best knife money can but for less then $200. It's not going to win a beauty contest as it's very rustic but a lot of working professionals use it because it is incredibly well constructed and will withstand the abuse of a working chef. This same forum pointed me to the Tojiro DP instead of Shun/Miyabi and the Tojiros have been fantastic.

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