My experience working as a professional chef shines through in this Evolution chef's knife. My design is effective and feels great in the hand. The blade has a strong distal taper for balance and excellent edge geometry for perfect cutting. The steel, CPM S30V is considered by many to be the ideal steel for chef's knives. It is extremely hard and takes on a superior razor edge and holds it. Beautiful stabilized curly koa makes this line definitely at home in your modern kitchen.