Review: Misen Chef's Knife

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Despite solid out-of-the-box performance (and extremely favorable reviews of prototype models) the steel quality, particularly its hardness, is nowhere near what Misen claims it is. Shown to a master bladesmith who ran extensive tests on it, he compared the quality of the Misen's steel not with a knife that cost $140, but that of one he bought for $12 at Walmart.