Deba-Style Flexible Thai Knife (#171), Kiwi

This thin, inexpensive knife has become one of the most used knives I own, beating out my Zwillgs, Kitchen Aid, Cuisinart, etc...yes the very tip is easily bent, but this thing takes such a sharp edge so easily with just a few strokes on a white Arkansas stone that slicing through tomatoes is almost surgical.The shape of the blade also works well with my style of dicing or chopping veggies, and the angled tip makes scraping small portions of these chopped or diced veggies from the cuttng board into the recipe much easier than the French Chef or Santoku pattern blades.When this wears out or breaks there will be another ordered to replace it, I really like this knife.About the only complaint I could make a s that I wish the handle was a little bit bigger to help accommodate my XXL hands, but that's a minor quibble.Update:I have had this knife for over three and a half years now and it has remained my number one knife for meal prep. It easily takes an incredibly sharp edge and slices clean (and thin if I want) everything from chicken breasts to carrots.I still highly recommend this knife.

I bought this knife as a cheap replacement knife in case I ever needed it to lend to someone or had an extra person in the kitchen doing work. Not trusting them with one of my $100 MAC knives, this would be a 6-7 dollar knife that they could break without it being a big deal.Wow, I was impressed, the knife is amazingly light, lighter than my MAC and it may be actually sharper. I did an onion cutting test and this Kiwi knife actually cut through the onions with more ease. I think the reason may be due to how the blade edge is curved inward so less pressure is required, but that testifies how sharp it is. It has a slight curve for rocking and a pointed tip if you need to slice with precision.I doubt this knife will hold the same edge for as long as one of my MAC knives, but this is hands down the best 6-7 dollars I've spent on a kitchen knife. For anyone who is looking for a good kitchen knife, I will recommend this one first. Throw away your packaged knife sets with blocks or those dull Victorinoxes. This knife, a bread knife and a paring knife is all you need!

this knife is cheap, in both ways.it is super super super thin, which could be a bonus, it's thin enough to be a boning/filet knife. it comes really super sharp out of the packaging.it was sharp enough for paper and to shave. (i always test all my knives with the shave test)i tried to sharpen it further, i decreased the bevel a bit and used my sharpening station on it, and finally stropping it, it was of course better, but the factory edge is still very sharp.it's almost as sharp as the shuns i have out of the box, so i would only get this knife if you wanted a good reference knife to see how bad your or others knives are.like if you visit someones home and you notice that their knives are woefully dull, you can buy this cheap sharp knife and show them how sharp knives are supposed to be w/o spending shun money.as far as using it, it's not that comfortable to hold, i don't like the type of wood on the knife, but it's not bad, i'll break down a chicken (which is why it's a deba knife) in the next few days and see how it is.

I've worked kitchens for years and have used all sorts of knives, from high end to low end. One coworker turned me onto these babies, and I have used them exclusively since. They may not be the perfect knife for EVERY job, but for a reliable, inexpensive utility knife, these work very well. Easy to keep sharp, easy to handle, and because they are so inexpensive, I don't have to worry about coworkers mishandling them. This factor alone, not having anxiety about my knife in the kitchen, made the switch worth it for me.I would highly recommend this knife for home cooks and for professional cooks that want to have some knives at work they don't need to worry about.

It’s so cheap I decided to give it a try. I have knives ranging from $75 to $500 and at this price, I was just curious since the reviews were so good.Here is what I found:(1) It’s a really sharp blade and for this cost, if you need a sharp knife, you can’t do much better. Even if it dulls after awhile, you can still buy 10 of these for the cost of one knife that will also require resharpening.(2) The handle is garbage. At this price point, it’s unfair to expect a lot but even a plastic handle would be better than this splintery, rough thing. Every time it gets wet, it gets worse. You might want to spend some time sanding and maybe sealing — which may or may not work.(3) Pro: It’s so light!! But also con: it’s SO light that it’s imbalanced and not very sturdy in the hand. It’s so light that my hand and brain don’t really register that I’m holding a sharp knife, and when slicing fast, it’s dangerous.(4) But at this $10, give or take, price point, I can’t say it’s a bad buy. I find I still reach for it occasionally for small tasks like slicing one cucumber or other cutting an apple. It’s not what I grab when I’m slicing and dicing many things but it’s actually nice of have for some food prep that requires something bigger than a paring knife.But I’ll repeat: That handle is unforgivable.