Messermeister Meridian Elite 8” Traditional Chef’s Knife - Fine German Steel Alloy Blade - Rust Resistant & Easy to Maintain

This item was originally $150, but I caught it on sale for $108. It was a steal! This knife is perfect for everyday kitchen use. It maintains a fantastic edge and cuts like a dream. I bought the 8 inch version of this knife and it's perfect fit. I'm just an everyday at home cook that was looking for a quality, durable, and well performing knife to make my experience in the kitchen better. Messermeister has done a fantastic job with this piece. I could go on and on. I will be purchasing more of their products for sure! I totally recommending this for the stay at home chef, as well as the everyday professional Chef.

This has become my every day cooking knife. I own several high end chefs knives but this one is the one I use for most things, Sure I use my shuns for fish and pork but this one is for practically everything else. It is comfortable to use, is nicely durable(my uncle banged the tip when he was cutting a turkey but that was user error and it cleaned up. User tip don't be a dummy and cut turkey inside the roasting tray, metal doesn't get along with metal ya dummies!.) The scales look great and it has a nice weight to it.

My wife and I cook nearly every night and having good tools is really important to us. I have several high end and hand made kitchen knives and this is always the one I reach for first. It isn’t the absolute sharpest but it’s far more durable than my Japanese stuff. And though it’s not the most beautiful it’s the most forgiving. It’s a wonderfully balanced knife and the shape and weight means that its up to every task I’ve put against it. While there may be more specialized options if you are only going to have one good knife in your kitchen this would be my vote.

I do a lot of prep work in the kitchen and this knife has been a welcome help. It wasn't quite razor sharp ootb, but it was close. Still sharp enough to slice an overripe tomato. After slicing a bushel of bell peppers, I could easily return it to it's initial sharpness with just a few swipes over the honing steel. Very comfortable knife for either pinch grip or racquet grip: no sharp edges except the one that's supposed to be sharp. The partial bolster is great for a pinch grip. It feels very well made, solid. Would recommend to a friend, coworker.

Great great great knife! Comes super sharp, stays sharp for a long time. Comfortable in the hand, perfect weight for me (I like something with some heft, in like traditional Japanese knives), and great construction.

Really nice knife. The 10” is super well balanced and well weighted. I work in a kitchen and this knife is a good workhorse with both prep and line work. Takes an edge well. Keeps an edge well. I find myself doing a maintenance sharpening every week and a half or so with frequent honing. At a week and a half it’s still cutting a tomato with no problems though. I might just be a bit OCD about my edges.I wish the knife had a bit more belly to it but that’s something I’ll get used to. I also rounded off the spine a bit near the handle as I found the sharp angle would hurt my claw hand about 30# into chopping onions.

This is a fantastic knife. Over the years I've had many top quality knives, the last being a J. A. Henckel. That was a heavy knife and never seemed to stay sharp. I just got this and I am blown away by it. It fits my hand perfectly and is well balanced. It made slicing meat and chopping vegetables a breeze. And it is razor sharp. Totally worth the money.

The is the first real chef's knife I have owned and I wish I would have purchased this years ago.I love the solid and heavy feel of this knife and I now find cutting jobs some much easier. The ultimate test was slicing very ripe tomatoes. In the past I would end up with a mushy pile of tomato but with this knife I was able to cleanly slice the tomato into nice thin slices.