Dalstrong Tourne Peeling Paring Knife - 3 inch Bird's Beak - Shogun Series ELITE - Damascus - Japanese Super Steel - Vacuum Treated - Sheath Included

I purchased this knife as an anniversary gift for my wife. While hard to shop for, I got the idea that giving her a decent all-around kitchen knife would be a good move, since she does a considerable amount of cooking, and moreover does a tremendous amount of produce preparation for canning/pickling during the harvest season. Our former kitchen knives were of average quality, wedding gifts from Target, that did not have very good edge retention. Plus, after a decade of pounding they are beginning to rust, despite reasonable care. I’m not a fully-apprenticed French sous-chef or anything, so I neither demand nor expect premier quality in my kitchen tools; functionally average tools did the job for a decade. However, in conjuring a gift idea, I decided to make the move to “buy it for life” kitchen wares, as eating things will likely figure largely into the remainder of my lifespan, and I’m a sucker for well-made things that exude the fineness in craftsmanship missing from most mass-produced, discardable, latter-day wares. In researching kitchen knives, I quickly discovered that fetish and professional preference figure largely into one’s “choice” for brand. Moreover, the idiosyncrasies of blade geometry, steel composition, and intended use needed to be accounted for. Figuring this all out became somewhat time consuming, albeit interesting. Several videos on Japanese knife manufacture caught my attention, and I went from there. Through Amazon, I narrowed down a list of reasonable choices by brand. Major criteria were reputation, price, and edge retention. Admittedly, I didn’t buy 5 knives and return 4 once I had found “the one”. Based on an amalgam of Amazon reviews, and reviews culled form elsewhere on the internet, I felt very comfortable giving Dalstrong a try. I chose to go with the paring knife first, as I felt it would be the most useful based on my wife’s kitchen knifing habits. It was delivered quickly, packaged well, and contained many “bonus” goodies in the box, which was neat. As for the knife itself, I found it to appear well made, and was balanced well. I slaughtered some cucumbers with it, and spent some time chopping them in various ways to get a feel for it. No question, extremely sharp! The balance felt good. Overall aesthetic is appealing. Sitting on the counter, it looks like a well-made thing. Since most of my other kitchen stuff is crap, it was a stunning contrast. I was contacted by the company to write this review, and I am happy to do so. 99% of the other stuff I buy will likely not last a decade, especially with regular use. I anticipate this knife will, if well maintained, and sharpened occasionally. My intention is to continue with Dalstrong for “buy it for life” kitchen knives. I’m convinced of their quality, and I believe I got my money’s worth.

I was looking for a high quality paring knife when I came across the Dalstrong Shogun Series line. Seeing all the 5-star rave reviews of their other products and the detail provided on their website, I decided to pull the trigger. When the box arrived I was blown away by the packaging, you can tell the company really cares about the quality, craftsmanship and detail of its knives as illustrated by the presentation alone. Simply prenominal. These are PERFECT for gift giving and give the impression of something many many times more expensive. I especially liked the included items inside, such as the keychain and booklet. Ok, so the knife itself: As stated in the title, it is simply exceptional. It is unbelievably sharp out of the box, with a beautiful finish, engravings on the blade and on the rear of the handle. It’s forged with 66 layers surrounding the core with a beautiful pattern Dalstrong call’s “Tsunami Rose” that looks stunning. It is a real head turner in the kitchen. The handle is made of G10 which apparently is an incredibly tough material used by the military and designed for adverse conditions (aka me trying to cook in my kitchen). It provides a firm, solid grip. Full tang, triple riveted, highly polished and smooth, it just looks exceptionally well put together. The knife feels great to hold, solid, beautiful, and razor sharp. I’ve used it for a variety of tasks including peeling potatoes, cutting chives and tried my hand at some citrus garnishing (don’t ask how it looked though). I just love it, it is so dang sharp and effective. I only wish it had a sheath like the larger chef knife. Compared to other knives I’ve tried, including high end Shun’s and Henckels, the Dalstrong is a ‘cut above’ in terms of value, presentation and form. I don’t know how they do it but these other companies need to step up their game. Overall if you are in the market (or if looking for a gift) you CANNOT go wrong with this. It is exceptional in every way, and given how much a paring knife is used in the kitchen (all the time!), worth every penny (and then some!). Bravo Dalstrong, I can’t wait to use some of their other knives as well! I will update this as I use it over time and add some better in process pictures (hard to take pictures while cooking and being safe!)

A falta de uso, parece un cuchillo excelente. No viene afilado para rasurar, pero con un repaso por piedras al agua y asentador de cuero corta que se las trae

Ik had deze mes tijdens een aanbieding gekocht. Product is zoals beschreven, wel zag ik dat iemand had geschreven dat dit niet zo zou zijn, maar dit is uiteraard niet waar. De mes is vrij scherp geleverd en de kwaliteit van metaal lijkt goed. Natuurlijk ziet het er ook mooi uit, maar ik kan niet valideren of dit echt zo is "geslagen" of dat iemand na productie dit als print eroverheen heeft ''geverfd".

What a great knife 👌 Fit and finish is superb and damask layers are great , finding the serrated blade much easier on small items and great as a soft fruit slicer would highly recommend this for any chef / kitchen As with all dalstrong knives the incuded sayers are great if you want to carry knifes around say camping etc /self catering hold nothing worse than a blunt knife when away !! Steel holds a great edge and super sharp out of the box 📦 which I must say packaging superb

I only discovered Dalstrong last month, after 20 years of using cheaper knives. I had looked at a variety of quality knives online and was very taken by the look and style of the Shogun Series of knives. Having had my regular pairing knife for years, it’s age was starting to show, we didn’t realise how much until I bought this one. It’s slices through onions and tomatoes etc. like a dream and made peeling oranges so much easier, it’s small, but comfortable to hold and it is very well balanced. This was the third knife I bought from this series and I just love them all. It’s an essential tool for any kitchen and the packaging is superb. Now I will add I am not a chef, but I love cooking, so am prepared to pay the extra for quality. I’m about to buy my fifth knife from the series. To top it off Dalstrong’s customer Service is outstanding, I can’t praise them enough and no I’m not getting paid to say that. Any questions and are responded to in an extremely timely manner, and they are very courteous.

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