Dalstrong "Shogun" series?

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hukdizzle

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Anyone heard of these or used them? I've seen them pop up on Amazon recently with their "Shogun" series which is a VG10 core gyuto and paring knife. The spec sheet is intriguing and the price point isn't bad. It seems like all the reviews on Amazon were done by people who got the knifes for free so i'm a bit skeptical.

Anyone??
 
Those knives are made in China. If you are interested in a Japanese styled (Damascus gyuto) Japanese steel (VG10) cooking knife, you can buy a real one for
not much more. At least you can avoid ending up wondering if it's real VG10. Look at Tojiro and Kanetsune.
 
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Ken,

Totally agreed, I received the paring today and immediately threw it back in the bag and initiated a return on Amazon. Fortunately I was able to cancel the Gyuto before it shipped as well. The "Damascus" was merely etching on the blade and it was extremely dull for supposedly having a "razor" sharp edge. I should have known better but I figured I would be a guinea pig since it was 100% refundable. I will be purchasing comparable Tojiro's from chefknivestogo today.
 
I found this thread after 'Googling' Dalstrong Shogun Series. After reading, I went ahead and purchased the chef knife anyway as they had a 100% money back guarantee so thought what the heck, why not, never heard of them, I'll give them a shot.

Honestly, for the price, I am pleasantly surprised. The knife came out of the box beautifully sharp (much sharper than my Miyabi), and the workmanship is well apparent (nicer than my Tojiro, much nicer. Lots of detail). I went ahead and bought the paring knife and santoku, and I assure you 100% these knives are not etched and are of very good quality.

The detail and design flair remind me of Shuns, although priced much lower. I honestly cannot find fault...maybe in the fact that their line in incomplete which annoys my somewhat as perhaps I have a little OCD wanting closed loops. I do appreciate the sheaths that come with the knives, and the G10 handles and well finished. A little over packaged also perhaps.

I've sharpened it once starting at 100 , 200, 400, 600, 800, 1000 diamond. Then went 1200, 1600 ceramic and elected to finish with a leather strop with 5um paste. It would have been possible to go lower but not needed, the edge is scary sharp.
 
Did you consider that maybe you just received a paring knife that wasn't sharpened? My friend owns the Shogun Series chefs knife and it is sharp. I own the Gladiator Series chef knife, the one I bought could've been sharper, I emailed Dalstrong and they sent me a replacement and I got to keep the one I bought and the replacement was sharper.
 
The Shogun Series chefs has been receiving reviews from people who actually decided to get the knife. All those reviews where people say they received a discount or got it for free was Dalstrong emailing people who do a lot of reviews and offering a discount or free product in exchange in for an honest review. Once Dalstrong got enough reviews to get their knife noticed on amazon, they stopped doing it and now other people on amazon are buying the knife at no discount and giving positive reviews.
 
So out of curiosity and before I found this thread I asked a Dalstrong representative about their products and asked them why I should buy anything from them. Questions like sources for the metals and where the are manufactured. This is what I got back...

"We use materials from different locations depending on the product (for example, our Shogun Series uses steel made in Japan, and our Gladiator Series uses steel made in Germany and handles made of pakkawood from Spain.)** Our knives are assembled by expert blades smiths in**a state-of-the-art facility within YangJing, China (a city renowned for knife crafting for nearly 1500 years). The head foreman of our workshop trained in Japan for over 20 years."*

They answered the next day and told me about there 100% money back guarantee and this that and the otherthing. The thing they didn't answer was the steel for the gladiator series. When they get back to me again I will let yall know. But after talking to them I think might give this fairly new company a shot.
 
hukdizzle said:
Ken,

Totally agreed, I received the paring today and immediately threw it back in the bag and initiated a return on Amazon. Fortunately I was able to cancel the Gyuto before it shipped as well. The "Damascus" was merely etching on the blade and it was extremely dull for supposedly having a "razor" sharp edge. I should have known better but I figured I would be a guinea pig since it was 100% refundable. I will be purchasing comparable Tojiro's from chefknivestogo today.
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I thought the same about the Damascus, it just didn't look right. So i ground the outer surface off with 400 grit till the boundary layer ridge between the Vg10 and softer metal was smooth. All the Damascus layers were still there. It is definitely Damascus.
 
Thank you everybody. Glad I decided to search before buying this. What made me search was that what they describe and the price just did not add up. A knife as good as the description should cost a lot more, a lot more.
 
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