Global 7-Inch Hollow-Ground Santoku  Product Reviews

"Check Consumers Reports - there are better knives. I find the handles slippery and the knives less than sharp. I really regret my purchase"

"this hollowground is great. Global really sends out knives that dont need to be re-sharpenend out of the box. It slices easily through meat and vegetables, even fish bones (when i cut the seabass in half the other day) Hence the name Santoku, It does all of it's 3 jobs very well. I'm waiting to see how sharp it will remain after a few more weeks. I'm not sure how the hollow grounds work, because cutting big pieces of onions and chicken still stick to the blade, but not other things. smaller pieces may not stick but it's a hollow ground santoku dammit! it's supposed to cut everything without sticking!"

"I don't know why the others -- including other hollow-ground santokus -- are still in the house. They don't get any use anymore; this is not an exaggeration. The edge this holds is phenomenal. It requires a touch up in the sharpener far less often and, after weeks at a time of heavy use, it still out-performs anything else freshly sharpened. And no other knife has been this easy to hold onto; the "dimpled" grip simply does not allow for any slipping around. The result of all this is that this ordinary middle-aged, middling cook has seen her knife skills increase to a level I never thought possible. I have always viewed chopping, dicing, slicing, and anything else that required me to pick up a knife as a particular kind of dangerous drudgery. No more. Where formerly I hauled a larger or smaller food processor out to handle things, I now confidently and happily pick up this knife, including for cups and cups at a time of finely diced vegetables. It has literally revolutionized the way I feel about food preparation. I use it seven days a week to prep for at least one meal a day. And the thing is just lovely to look at. It is a beautiful object, one that makes me happy that I have a magnetic bar to display it. One cautionary note: I agree with a previous reviewer that food does not seem much less likely to stick to the hollow-ground blade than to ordinary blade. But I absolutely love this knife and that is why, even with this caveat, it gets five big gold stars from me."

"The knife cuts very well and is just the right length for your average meal prep. The only complaint is the hollow-ground "fluted" blade does little to reduce food sticking to it."