Premium 10" Professional Chef Knife - High Carbon Stainless Steel Kitchen Knife for Slicing, Dicing & Chopping - Perfect for Home Cooks & Professional Chefs - Ideal for Meat, Vegetables & Fruits

Always used global knives just needed to replace an old oneI've owned this knife for 3 years. It's one of two knives I own that I do virtually all my cooking with, the other being a paring knife. A friend of mine who was a line cook recommended it. He would always tell me that having a good knife and a good pan was necessary if you wanted to get good, consistent results out of cooking. I'd bummed around with a succession of $20 throwaways from Target until I finally bit the bullet and dropped some cash on a knife. This is a whole nother beast, and absolutely worth it. It seems to be made from a single piece of metal. If there's a weld, they've completely hidden it and machined the blade extremely well. The seemingly-one-piece-all-metal-stainless-construction makes it pretty much indestructible, and easy to clean. It has never rusted, and believe me I've tried. The most I've managed to do is get it to discolor a bit.This knife is very big, at least for me being a total novice home cook. It's also pretty darn heavy, and I'm not a small guy. That's a great thing ultimately, but at first I found it awkward to handle. After a few months I got used to it, and I don't think I'd trade this knife in for any other. Still, considering a shorter variant might not be a bad idea, especially if you're on the smaller side.It's still with me today, and still looks pretty much new. I do need to get it resharpened, but it's had the factory edge this whole time. I hone it every time I cook with a fine hone, which has done a remarkable job keeping the edge sharp.The Global G-16 is an extremely versatile knife due to it's length, blade shape, and weight. It's very well balanced, the weight feels perfectly distributed.This is unquestionably one of the best knives you can get in this price range.This is my go-to knife for almost everything. It's excellent for chopping and slicing vegetables, herbs, greens, and meat.Due to it's thin blade profile and edge, the G-16 is not particularly great for extremely thick or hard things like butternut squash or chicken bones. For those tasks I prefer a thicker knife with more heft to it, or a cleaver.I have owned this knife for more than 3 years and have used it almost every day since I got it. I also own its little brother, the 8" G-2 I love this knife. Before going into detail, it is important to clarify the primary difference between Japanese and German knives in my kitchen. Japanese knives are extremely hard and brittle - allowing the knife to become razor sharp. German knives are softer, but tougher - allowing the knife to cut through tough foods.That said, this knife has a place in my kitchen as the go-to knife for cutting up raw beef and chicken, all soft fruit and vegetables, herbs and such.What I don't use this knife for is tough fibrous foods like raw potatoes - the knife feels too light weight and does not allow me to have the control over the knife that I would prefer - I reserve my Wusthof knife for those situations.All in all, this is an excellent knife that fits in really well in our collection of knives that are chosen for a purpose - we have knives that excel at carving meat, at dicing veg, butchering beef, cutting tomatoes, ect ect. This can be your go-to knife for everything, but if you can only afford one knife, I would suggest an 8-inch chef's knife unless you are a very large person with huge hands.The blade angle and razor sharpness of the Global knives make them my favorite go to for cutting anything plant based.This is a big knife. It's not like it doesn't say 10" right in the description, but darn, this is a big knife. Cut myself on day 1 while cleaning it after first use. Well balanced. Long. Kinda slippery, but good looking. Wish i would have gotten a shorter version.The G-2 is the standard Chef's/Cook's, but it's too short for some tasks. The 27cm G-17 can seem a bit unwieldily and mismatched to smaller chopping jobs. The G-16 is just right. It slides through sweet potatoes or jicama rather than needing to chop through like with a shorter blade. It's long enough to take down a butternut squash. The extra length lets you keep good tip contact with the board while getting enough height to brunoise an onion with a simple rocking motion. It covers the full width of most cutting boards. Because it's Global, it's super sharp. Whoever thinks they have to use a serrated blade to slice tomatoes hasn't used this knife. Don't even get me started on the balance... perfection! I love, love, LOVE this blade!!I was a Henckels fan, but am now fully converted.Love this knife. The other Global knives are flexible and sharp but as a rule too light for a chef's knife. This one and the paring knife are the only ones I use every dayThis, simply put, is the greatest knife I've had the pleasure of using. It surpasses my Global G1, which it was bought to replace, and I'm thoroughly pleased with it in every aspect, including the price which is still far lower than elsewhere. For just over £100, I doubt it can be beaten. Clearly though the price warrants it's use in a professional capacity or by a very keen amateur with a considerable amount of disposable cash for this sort of purchase.If you can justify the price you will not be disappointed.Good quality, wasn't sharp doeDicono che i coltelli della Global siano tra i migliori del mondo.Non ho grande esperienza con altre marche, ma questo è senza dubbio il miglior coltello che abbia mai avuto!Certo nella misura di 24 centimetri non è un coltello tuttofare, a me serviva molto grande.L' affilatura è a livello di un rasoio, molto duratura e si riesce facilmente a rinnovarla.E' molto leggero per le sue dimensioni. Quando si taglia la carne si ha la sensazione che sia "lui" a fare tutto, voi impostate solo la direzione del taglio il resto è conseguenza del suo peso.Lavato sempre sotto acqua corrente, mai in lavastoviglie, è ancora come nuovo a distanza di un anno!Ha un costo elevato, ma è un prodotto che dura una vita intera....Consigliato per tagli superiori!Que se puede decir de una de las mejores marcas de cuchillos? Precio algo elevado pero la calidad hay que pagarla. Tienes cuchillo para muchos muchos años.The knife is easy to use and well made. Delivery was faster than expected and we were very pleased.