A beautiful knife, we received a Katto Chefs Knife as a wedding present, and my wife was over the moon! She loved the appearance and the feel of it. It's weight and balance are superb. We are not experts but love it and it passed the slicing paper test with ease. I have bought her the Breadknife for Christmas to pair it up, and on the back of an expected big smile on her face and a very nice loyalty scheme I will likely follow up with the sharpening stone (or if a Knife Rack was available in Beech so everything matches), that said a Paring Knife would be lovely too please. Think I have the Katto Bug!