F208-1

Just buy it! At the price listed, it's well worth the purchase , sharp, thin, not wobbly, and I bought the 9"er' ! Super balanced for such a large blade ( lengthwise, it's not too tall of a blade )You'll see once delivered, SHI BA ZI is a solid company

I have not identified a single bad thing about this caidao. Excellent cleaver considering its quality, sharpness, ease of use, resistance and price. Obviously this cleaver is relatively cheap but the quality is way over what I was expecting. I still haven’t bought a CCK, which is largely considered the standard for Chinese cleavers, so I can’t compare the two, but I cannot imagine how so much incredibly amazing the CCK would have to be to cost 3 times more than this one. I love my caidao and I use it all the time.

The good: It's a workhorse and a joy to chop with! It was very sharp out of the box, and the price is right.The less good: The wooden handle looked dry/needed conditioning, but this was easily fixed with some butcher's block oil.The not so good: Over the past 10 months it t has developed some slight rust marks on the back side of the blade. It should be easy to remove, but I take good care of this knife and always dry it after use, so I was surprised to see it rust starting to appear.

Great product for a great price!

Beautiful knife, has that sound, ting, that comes from a good heat treatment and is super sharp out of the box

Bought this for my grandson. It is a very nice knife. He was so excited.

First of all, I tend to give more criticism than compliments because I want the things I own to be perfect for the job, no necessarily need to be expensive. I own a Shun vegetable cleaver and found some drawbacks that really annoy me. First of all Shun is too brittle for everyday use due to the steel hardness it has. Also the polished surface makes vegetable like potatoes very hard to be separated from the knife. Thirdly, the aggressive curve on Shun is designed so that you need to rock it back and forth to cut vegetable but in Chinese style knife technique, vertical strokes is the dominant style since it has superior speed and control, but it requires the knife has a very flat edge so an array of vegetable can be cut evenly and cleanly. With all that experience I had from my $200 Shun, I decided that I should give this knife try. Guess what? The drawbacks that Shun has are completely absent on this Shi Ba Zi Zuo knife. Before I bought this knife I was concerned about the sharpness of this knife comparing to Shun given that most people tend to believe that Shun and other top brands have the sharpest knifes. It turned out that I’m totally wrong. This knife is very sharp right out of the box and it can slice printing paper that I hold in the air into thin and delicate stripes. I feel the sharpness of this knife is very comparable to my Shun out of the box. Another thing I want to share with you guys is that, HRC hardness can elevate the price of a knife quickly, but it is not what you really need. I was convinced that the harder steel will retain sharpness longer. But my Shun had a nick in the blade within a week of normal and careful use. The harder the steel the more brittle it is. You are buying a knife to cut vegetable not carving your name on the glass. The steel on this knife is perfect for daily use and the most importantly it’s much much easier to sharpen. I don’t need to worry about breaking the edge any more and I feel comfortable smashing garlic like a pro Chinese chef without worrying if I can accidentally break the edge. Several strokes on the whetstone it’s sharp like new again. The size of this knife is on the larger side comparing to western and Japanese made Chinese vegetable cleavers. But this is what professional chefs prefer and it starts to grow on me. It’s so easy to process a lot of vegetable in a efficient and precise manner and it can transfer a lot of processed vegetable to the plate in a single move. The balance is great. The handle is solid and feels nice. Can’t ask for more. The brand is also well known in China and it has a good reputation to produce quality knives. You won’t regret buying this knife. Oh, most of the review complains about the sticker. Use alcohol prep pads or paper towel with cleaning grade alcohol to wipe it off with some pressure. All the residue will be completely gone. The GooGone liquid does not work. You are welcome.

Super sharp out of the box, and when you consider the price it's a slam dunk. Highly recommend having some kind of magnetic storage - it's quite large, so probably won't fit into any knife block and throwing it into a drawer will be hard on the edge. The size is an important part of the design - you can hold the food crab-style in one hand, and the broad blade will stay in contact with your knuckles while you chop.