I have been looking for smaller japanese knives for my collection and I found this one, really beautiful and just had to get it. I was not dissapointed, this is a really nice knife. First off, the blade is beautiful in itself. Very sharp, slices without effort and very nice to hold in the hand. The design is amazing and the handle is so beautiful too. Hard to show how nice this one is with just pics, so I did a short video to show. No cons, very impressive knife, where I am very happy with the purchase.