High quality stone. Well packaged with tips on stone use/maintenance. Arrived in a timely manner as do all orders from Paul’s Finest. Very satisfied!

This " japanese knife " has a " very sharp " blade and is very useful for any kind of " cut ", but the blade's " back-end " is Cut at " 90 Degrees " which is mostly " risky " ( dangerous ? ) for possible finger's injury : blade's back would be best to be " round-grinded " to be more " secure " and pleasant to use !

It's a nice stone that leaves a near perfect mirror finish. Seems to be very hard, perfect final stone for straight razors

Very very good results with these stones. Storage is easy because of how thin they are. Service is absolutely outstanding. Products come very quickly.

As always from Pauls finest
Top quality tools and fast delivery !!
Beautiful all around utility kitchen knive

I love my new Sakai Takayuki. It's my first Japanese knife, I had a Germany made knife before that I loved but I wanted to also own a Japanese knife. Its a very different feel. I'm still getting use to it. its more stiff on the hand to handle and for sure much sharper.. but its unbelievably fun to cut. I'm just excited to use it more and start getting use to the grip! For sure strongly recommend if you are comfortable with cutting. I'm giving my German knife to my wife since is starting to enjoy dealing with more professional knives and I'm keeping the Sakai Takayuki for myself. As always, I ask Paul first about his recommendations before I buy any new knife. Everyone should do the same, he's really fast to respond and he will make sure you get the best knife for your need/budget.

I have purchased two of these Wusthof Classic 5.5 inch serrated utility knives for gifts. They seem to think they are terrific. May have to get one for myself.

what more to say its great the finish is nice , it slices it dices its a knife ") its sharp

This is a superb knife, whose only downsize (and a minor one, it is) is the slightly cramped space under the handle, due to the relatively shallow depth of the blade on this knife, as you might find that your knuckles brush the cutting board occasionally. Otherwise, a great blade.

Ordering/website was smooth, Arrived quickly.

I’ve really been really enjoying using it, though it’s my first good knife so I have no frame of reference for comparison to other quality blades

I use this stone and the 12k when refreshing a razor’s edge, and plan to use it after setting the bevel on a 1k and 5k stone. Love that it’s splash and go and I don’t need to soak it.