I bought this knife especially for slicing sourdough bread that we make. I expected the knife to be very sharp, and was not disappointed. In addition, I really like the stiffness of the blade and the way it handles crustier breads. Like the other knives we have that have a non-symmetrical cutting edge, this tends to want to slice or pull to the left when cutting down through the loaf. Just takes a bit firmer grasp on the knife handle to compensate. I would definitely purchase this knife again.
This knife cuts through crusty bread with ease. Sourdough, French bread, baguette, rye or whatever. I love all of them, but hated slicing it with my old bread knife. It’s actually kind of fun slicing it with this bead knife! Really. I’m so glad I invested in this!
This is a very nice bread knife. My wife bakes round loaves of bread that are not easy to cut with an 8" bread knife; so far this one is handling the chore very well. Our old one is also still great, an 8" Zwilling that is at least 30 years old.