A perfect 8 inch chef knife. The Knife arrived on time and well-packaged with top notch packaging and beatiful box, i looked for a good knife for my kitchen a few months, my friend recommend this knife. Very nice balance and the handle is a comfortable fit for my hand. Regarding to the blade, they said German steel 5Cr15 was used, that explained why it works really sharp, i sliced mango, tomatoes and pineapple, i will try more vegetables next week. i will make a 5 stars review and would like to recommend to anyone.