A good chef’s knife is a central player in your kitchen lineup. Most chefs will tell you that you should have a Western blade for methodical chopping and a Japanese-style knife for more delicate prep.

In this episode, we examine one of America's most popular chef's knives and explore the host's reasons for disliking it. The video includes the following tests: 0:00 – Introduction 2:01 – Hardness Tes ...