Mercer Culinary M20608 Genesis 8-Inch Chef's Knife,Black

Great knife, comfortable to hold and slice for long periods of time.

After reading several cutlery reviews, I chose this brand. The handle has some weight to it and has a good balance. Very sharp, I would buy other versions of this brand.

I'm a serious home cook and have my expensive go-to chef's knife. I bought this for travel as I'm on the road a lot and like to do my own cooking when possible. It was recommended on one of my favorite cooking websites as their budget choice and I concur. It's an excellent knife. I've also given it as a wedding gift a few times.

I am very impressed with the Mercer Culinary Genesis 8-Inch Forged Chef's Knife. It is, as a type, very similar to the Wüsthof Classic 8" Chef's Knife and the Henckels International Classic 8" Chef's Knife, both of which cost more, much more in the case of the Wüsthof.The Mercer Culinary Genesis Chef's Knife is a delightful kitchen tool, well balanced, made in Taiwan from high-carbon, German cutlery steel. This seems to be the method these days with Chinese and Asian knives: made in China or Taiwan to cut costs from imported high end German steel. The knife is definitely sharp right out of the box. Although I don't know for sure I would guess that it uses a standard 20 degree bevel rather than the 15 degree Japanese style that has become fashionable for super sharpness. For home cooking it should hold its edge for quite some time between stropping or sharpening.I especially like the feel and grip of the Santoprene handle. Of course synthetic materials like Santoprene always raise a small worry about long term wear and durability. But I have had Henckels knives with wooden handles that splintered after a few years and also Chinese knives with ABS handles that shattered or separated. So it's mostly a matter of quality and the Mercer impresses that no corners were cut in its manufacture. The bolster on the Mercer Culinary Genesis is, for me, especially well proportioned and makes it easy to grip the knife properly. The knife has a full tang that runs the length of the handle, something that many cut rate but otherwise good looking Chinese knives do not have. Be especially careful of such Chinese made knives that have ABS handles with faux rivets and no visible tang on the top or bottom.Mercer Culinary is not a brand well known to most consumers. Mercer knives are sold mostly to culinary professionals and food service businesses through restaurant stores and other commercial outlets. But in the industry Mercer Culinary knives are one of the go to brands for dependable high quality long wearing knives to be used in daily food service and food industry work that in one day probably does more work than the average home cook would do in a year. The Mercer Culinary Genesis 8-Inch Forged Chef's Knife can typically be had for about $30.00-45.00 whereas the Wüsthof Classic 8" usually goes for about $130-155.00. The Mercer Culinary Genesis 8-Inch Forged Chef's Knife is a solid, dependable, sharp high quality chef's tool at a very affordable price. RECOMMENDED.

best knife I've been using so far

Great knife and made and Balanced. I have 3 now .

Amazing piece for the price. Love this blade. Tomato’s beware. Slice them thinnnnn.

This knife is of very good quality, very sharp. works great. recommend.