One knife does eighty per cent of the work; this is that knife · review
The cheapest chef’s knife in the catalogue, and it arrives with a blade guard — which is the accessory a knife in a drawer actually needs.
The bottom line Nothing about the steel is published, which is the honest summary. The included guard is worth more than it costs.
A 20 cm stainless chef’s knife with an ergonomic handle and a blade guard in the box.
The steel grade, the hardness, the tang. Those three decide how a knife behaves over years, and this listing gives none of them. That is normal at this price and it is worth saying plainly rather than filling the gap with adjectives.
Included, and it is the accessory that keeps a knife usable in a drawer. Most knives sold at ten times this price arrive without one.
As a first knife, or as the one that gets used for awkward jobs so a better blade does not. It will need sharpening more often than the knives above it in this hub.
On sale from 10 € to 39 € on the German, French, Italian and Spanish Amazon stores at the time of checking.
Listed but with no offer on the British Amazon store — the reference exists there and nobody is currently selling it.
Not found on the American Amazon store, where the buy link falls back to a local search rather than to a page that does not exist.
Prices and availability are what Keepa reported on the date this page was updated; both move.
Prices quoted in this text were read on 3 September 2026. The live price is at the top of the page.
| Blade length | 20 cm |
|---|---|
| Material | Stainless steel |
| Handle | Ergonomic |
| Included | Blade guard |
| Stated use | General kitchen work, meat and sausage |
| Amazon reference | B0D739NJJL (same reference on 5 Amazon marketplaces) |
| EAN | 5905644482135 |
It means you cannot predict how long the edge lasts. A knife with no published steel is not necessarily bad — it is unspecified, and at this price that is the trade.
Because a knife in a drawer with other metal is a knife being damaged, and a hand reaching in among loose blades is how people get cut.
20 cm blade · German knife steel · acacia wood handle · ergonomic
A 20 cm blade in German knife steel with an acacia wood handle — the only knife in this hub with a wooden grip at this price.
Best for: Someone who wants the feel of wood and will wash the knife by hand.
≈ 23 €
20 cm blade · X30Cr14 chrome-vanadium hardened steel · full tang · balanced
A 20 cm knife that names its steel — X30Cr14 chrome-vanadium — and states a full tang running to the end of the handle, which is more than most knives at this price publish.
Best for: Someone who wants a knife that is easy to bring back on a steel.
≈ 18 €
20 cm blade · FRIODUR ice-hardened special steel · deep bolster · made in Germany · seamless handle
A German-made 20 cm knife with Zwilling’s FRIODUR ice-hardening, a deep bolster and a seamless handle join — the construction that keeps water out of the handle.
Best for: A knife bought once, for a kitchen that cooks daily.
≈ 50 €
Prices quoted in these summaries are dated readings. The live price is shown next to each product.
