Calphalon Contemporary 5-Inch Santoku Knife

I wanted to get a santoku, but I am somewhat of an amateur in the kitchen. My boyfriend (an expert cook) has the 7 and 8 inch santoku from Henkels in his knife set, which I thought were way too big for me. I am really happy with this 5 inch. You can cut everything from vegetables to meat with it. He thought the knife would be too small for him, but he loves to use it when he comes over to cook. Its crazy sharp and the slightly rounded edge rocks it really nice over vegetables and pretty much everything else. I love this knife!

Don't get me wrong, this knife isn't all that bad, but it's not all that great either.

If you are looking for a smaller Santoku for a decent price then you might want to check this out, but I ended up taking this one back. I'm the kind of guy that really only uses a couple knifes in the kitchen. I find that the Santoku satisfies just about every need, so I felt buying a set of 15 knives would be a waste of money, as I would only use a couple of them. With that in mind I went to go buy this Calphalon santoku.

First I realized that this knife was too small for me (but this isn't taken into account in this review, that was my own fault). I then proceeded to make a few cuts with this knife to test it out. I grabbed a grapefruit and decided to see how small I could slice it up. The first couple of cuts were beautiful, but I quickly realized that it started to dull out on my as I got towards the end of the grapefruit. I used my sharpening steel to re-align the blade and everything seemed okay again (but you shouldn't need to do that after a single grapefruit!)

I also noticed that this knife stains pretty bad. There are (were) pretty ugly stains on the blade after a single use. I tried washing it (by hand of coarse) and the stains did not go away. The stains looked a lot like finger prints.

I have heard a lot of good things about Calphalon so it's possible that the knife I got was a bad one. I didn't take this chance again, instead I got the Henckels Four Star 7in Santoku. It may be twice the price of the Calphalon, but if you find that you only need a couple knives I believe you should probably get the best knives your wallet will allow. The Henckels Four Star are absolutely amazing by the way!... but that's a different review.

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An excellent product. Small and easy to handle for those small jobs.

Excellent cutting and slicing.

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This knife has very good weight balance and fits in your hand very comfortably.

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We have the longer 7" Santoku by Wustoff and we decided to try this smaller version. It is a great knife with a good edge. We love using it. It is also well made and nicely balanced.

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