Tsunehisa ZA-18?

[madmotts]

Anyone buy or try out a Tsunehisa ZA-18? Interested in gifting a stainless to a family member. Wondering about sharpening/deburring and edge retention. I know it's probably like vg10...

https://sugicutlery.com/products/tsunehisa-za-18-damascus-gyuto-240-blade-only
hi @JoBone...

 

[JoBone]

These are one of the knives that I have been gifting They are styling, stainless and well made for the cost.

The steel is on par with VG10, but should have a little more durability and strength.

The ZA-18 was specially developed by Osaka Clad Co., Ltd with Aichi Steel Corp to compete or even outperform VG10. It has similar chemical composition to the VG10, but contains higher Carbon (1.20 vs. 1.05), Chromium (18.0 vs. 15.5), Molybdenum (1.5- vs. 1.20) and Cobalt (1.80 vs. 1.50) for added hardness, durability and corrosion resistance.

 

[madmotts]

All right i'm game.