imarku Handmade Serbian Chef Knife - Damascus Butcher Knife for Professional Cooking

Darcel Myer: Everything I’ve gotten from Amazon has been great

United States on Mar 31, 2023

Makilo: Was a little disappointed when this arrived. Not as good looking as in the pics. The handle material and tang were not flush w the tang sticking put a bit beyond the handle material. No reason for that to fit that way in this day and age. Advertised as good at cutting meats and vegetables. Adequate for meat. My santoku knife does a better job at dressing meat and cutting vegetables. Not particularly sharp. I tried to slice an onion but the bevel just makes the knife slide down along the face of the onion rather than slicing into the onion. Maybe if it was described as just a cleaver I might have been more accepting of it but this will not make my knife rotation. And I already have a standard cleaver that cuts better. I'd put this in the category of novelty. Maybe w the right bevel work it could become more useful

United States on Jan 01, 2023

Mikel Berry: The media could not be loaded.  I am becoming a real 'fan boy' of Imarku products. I mean, just look at how sharp this cleaver is! Really? Right out of the box! This was a gift to my son-in-law, who does a LOT of cooking, grilling and Texas style smoking. I teased him with it for a bit, and just let him drool. When I finally gave it to him, he was like a fat kid in a candy store! This Japanese style cleaver/knife is fantastic. Made in the traditional fashion of folding the steel over and over in the forging process, it is incredibly hard. And, using the single bevel edge that is also a Japanese tradition for the sharpest edge, Imarku has provided a knife to be treasured and cared for. Bernard (my son-in-law) really loves this knife. So much so, that he has taken it to a professional knife sharpener for the final stage in creating that ungodly edge on it that can cut a green coconut in half in mid-air. I'm actually regretting giving this knife to him. I'm jealous now and will have to get another for myself. FIVE RAZOR SHARP STARS!

United States on Jan 18, 2021

Richard KissickRichard Kissick: The media could not be loaded.  I have been hunting more, and I finally wanted a butcher knife, and I know the Japanese knives are really good, where I found this one, just a beautiful knife and had to give it a try. I was not dissapointed, this one cuts wonderfully, so sharp, and just heavy enough and well balanced too. The wood handle, blade, rivits, all are smooth as can be, just a good quality well made knife. Love the sheith for it, where it is very well made too and a real nice thickness of leather. Blade comes with a protective rubber for it too, very nice, where getting cut by this would be no fun. No cons, works perfectly where I am very happy with the purchase.

United States on Jan 10, 2021

Customer SupportCustomer Support: Once you experience these premium cutteries, you could never go back. That’s why I say this little butcher knife is surprisingly good!

I’ve been looking for a heavy weight cleaver type for a while - my goto brand Shun does not really have that option. The main purpose for this knife is to butterfly large whole fish, so it can go through bones. Also occasionally splitting whole bbq chicken or Chinese style crispy pork.

This one totally gets the job done. Plus, as you can tell, the aesthetic side does match to my shun collection.

Highly recommended for anyone who need to swing this type of heavier knife.

United States on Dec 04, 2020