Stratus Culinary Dragon 8" Cook's Knife

I love this knife don't let the 3 stars fool you. The knife is very well balanced and screaming sharp. It's also made out of some of the best kitchen knife steel made so far.So why the 3 stars you ask?The knife in the listing's pictures is a Yaxell Dragon. I received an Apogee Culinary knife(see pictures). I really can't stand when I buy something it not being exactly what the pictures in the listing show. I did not know who Apogee Culinary was ,and thought I got the old bait and switch. The Dragon Kanji on the blade(see pictures again) is a lot larger than the Yaxell version and frankly looks quite ridiculous on the Apogee version. Manufacturer please make it smaller it just looks gaudy that large. The last thing is the handle, it's a little small and fits loose in my hand. It's not a big deal because if they made it bigger it would not fit smaller hands and also would throw off the balance.Overall a really well made knife and would buy again and would recommend to others. But Manufacturer please change the listing to reflect the proper product we will receive. And if I somehow did get a knock off please let me know as soon as possible. Thanks.

Its a very nice knife with good steel. The edge retention is quite good. Keep in mind that this chefs knife has a significant curvature to it and may take an adjustment to your use. I use this in conjunction with the Dragon 10" chefs knife. This is a blade you rock with.

This knife is awesome!!! I have multiple knife brands, and I will give a super honest review.... it’s sharper then an 8’ Shun Chef knife, and possibly very close, or sharper then a Global out of the box. However, my Global knifes are sharper at this point, after running them through the Global Mino Sharpner multiple times!

Definitely more like a deba, rocking motion seems more natural with this knife. Love it non the lessIt's drop cuts like nobody's business, pretty damn sharp out the box.Grind edge isn't perfect, but not terrible.Satisfied and happy, they need to make a case or sheath for it though

Beautiful knife that doesn’t come as The pictures advertise. Doesn’t say Yaxell. Says Apogee Cutlery instead. Makes me feel like I spent my money poorly, especially since I gave this as a gift and did not see that it did not say Yaxell until after it was opened by the gift received. Now he has a two Yaxell knives that don’t have the same name on them. Very disappointing.

Definitely not the knife pictured with the yaxell logo and small dragon kanji. Huge dragon kanji, from apogee. Selling a different knife than pictured is the first sign of a scandalous company. How do I even know if it’s the type of steel they claim if they can’t even send me the knife in the picture!

Great knife, I'm used to having really low quality knives and this is a whole new experience.

Slices everything as if soft butter....wonderful! Best I have ever had.