J.A. Henckels International 13545-131 Statement Prep Knife, 5.5"

Superb knife.. quite a pleasure to use it. I only wish they provided or sold a cover for the knife too

We bought this for a 10 year old learning to cook. It is not as good as our best Wusthof and Henckles but very good for the price, super sharp and good balance for me and the 10 yr old. The only slight flaw is that because it is stamped not forged , where the handle and the heel of the blade meet there is no real bolster like there is on a forged knife and that leaves a very sharp corner that is not normally sharp. I just smoothed the corner with a diamond stone

Bought for vegetable prep

Very sharp and good balance in your hand. Good for those kitchen tasks which are more detail oriented than you would need a larger chef knife for.. i.e. tomatoes, fruits, and veggies of tomato size or smaller.

The title sums it up. It's not the best stamped knife, but I feel it's the best zwilling offers. Sure you can get better performance from zwilling. But imo there's a large gap in zwilling of full bolster knives I won't even consider. A gap spanning all the way to zwilling pro.I feel like these are some of the best budget knives out there. The major thing they lack is comfort which is just some elbow grease away!

This knife would have gotten 5 stars, but the top of the handle is flat and the weight/balance of the knife sometimes makes it roll upside down . -So it sits there poised to cut your hand if you’re not paying very careful attention. I was cutting mangoes and set the knife down to scoop the mango pieces into the bowl. My knuckles hit the knife as it was on its back. I was curious and checked all my other knives and the surface of tops of the handles are all rounded so this won’t happen.