"Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
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> "Charles Gifford" > wrote in message
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> I haven't used either one
> > since I got my santuko. Really super knife!
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> > Charliam
> By it's nature, is the santuko a lighter-weight knife?

My Wusthof "Classic" santuko is not a light weight knife. It is quite hefty
feeling with excellent ballance. The blade is actually quite thick. The edge
with the giant scallops is very sharp. I am sure that there are others here
who can explain the engeneering of the design, but I can say that it slices
things amazingly well.

Charliam

> The non-big-name
> brands ones that I have held have seemed to light and thin for the body
> size. They're been balanced, but didn't feel right in my hand--they felt
> like they would be dangerous because the blade was thin and the whole
knife
> lighter weight. For instance, I really love my 8-inch Chef's knife as
there
> is weight that I can feel pressing against the heel of my hand, but the
> blade is heavy enough, thick enough, that it feels right. It doesn't feel
> like it would snap or skid sideways and the santuko knives that I hefted
> did.
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