About a decade ago I looked into this. I had a Shun Santoku (VG10), but my brother wanted to get me a nice knife as a wedding gift. I did a little research on t

About a decade ago I looked into this. I had a Shun Santoku (VG10), but my brother wanted to get me a nice knife as a wedding gift. I did a little research on the knife forums (very interesting world, I could see spending a lot of money on a combination of metallurgical tech and art if you get sucked into that). Exotic stainless (e.g. powdered steel) sounded like it would be challenging for an amateur to sharpen, and I wasn't sure I could be trusted to take proper care of a carbon blade, so I hedged and went with a semi-stainless (SKD) 240mm Yoshikane wa-Gyuto. I kinda wish it had a little more belly, but it's sharp, cuts well, and is easy to sharpen.