Some of the knive enthusiasts I watch were praising the Shan Zu chinese knives, so I decided to give them a try, after all it’s just 22GBP.
Because it’s a Chinese product, their lines change all the time, and they also sell widely different knives under the same Amazon listing.
I went with nakiri, because I don’t own one yet, and I have plenty of santoku and chef knives already.
First of all, this isn’t a damascus knife. Maybe some of the other lines are, layered steel isn’t so hard to make. But this has clear laser etched pattern.
Which doesn’t mean that the steel is bad. The knife is extremely sharp out of the box, but there’s no indication on what steel was used.
After a week of use, it dulled to the point of not cutting paper. So around 58 hardness, by my experience. Which isn’t bad for the price, something on the level of IKEA 365 knives.
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