I wrote Knives Ship Free an email and received a very prompt reply. Here it is:
Looks like you guys were right about the Lamson part. While I like KSF as a company, I may hold off until I see more feedback from other people on these knives.
Im a knife lover and home cook. Ive been lurking on this forum for a while researching a good first gyuto to get for home cooking. Seemed like the CarboNext and Suisin INOX Western were almost universally recommended as good places to start, and I was leaning towards getting a 210 mm...