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The Hast Edition

Hast 8 Inch Modern Chef Knife with Comfort Handle, Best Kitchen Gear Award winner, Japanese Carbon Steel

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4.92,418 reviews

Hast Edition 8" chef knife brings efficiency, creativity, style, and fun to your kitchen. Made of patented Matrix powder steel, it's ultra-sharp, durable, versatile, and easy. It's the winner and top performer of the Good Housekeeping Kitchen Gear Award.

Finish · Minimal Matte

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One seamless piece, soft-edged comfort handle, horizontal-polished finish, just 6 oz. A knife that feels as good as it looks.

Glides through ripe tomatoes without crushing them, slips through onions before your eyes sting. Less effort, more control, a calmer kitchen.

Hardened powder steel keeps the cut crisp meal after meal. A quick 10-second hone every few weeks brings it back to new, no sharpener, no fuss.

One seamless body. No seams or crevices for food to hide. Hand wash and dry, done in seconds.

The perfect upgrade for your home kitchen.

Crisp out of the box, and capable of staying that way through season after season of real cooking. Hast' knives not only perform, they give your kitchen a new sleek look.

The Hast knife on the counter
Effortlessly slicing a tomato

Effortless control on every cut.

A tomato halves under its own weight. An onion falls into translucent ribbons before your eyes have time to sting. No sawing, no pressing, no fighting the food, just a clean line and the quiet feeling that the knife is doing the work for you.

Independently measured 36% above CATRA's highest sharpness standard.

It feels like the knife does the work for you.
Verified review

Sharp today. Sharp next season.

For most home kitchens, a meal a day, the usual prep, the edge holds for a long time before it asks for anything. When you want that flawless, glass-clean cut again, ten seconds on a honing rod brings it right back. We recommend a quick hone every couple of weeks for moderate cooking; daily if you cook like a chef.

Macro detail of the polished blade edge
The Hast knife on the counter in a working kitchen

Made for the way you cook.

A flawless edge, a balance you stop noticing because it just feels right, six ounces of quiet confidence in the hand. The knife you reach for first, the one that turns prep into a part of the meal you actually look forward to.

A finish you won't find
anywhere else.

Most knives come in one look: steel. The Hast Edition arrives in matte Black or Gold, finished with the same horizontal polish as the blade. A knife that earns a spot on the counter, not just in the drawer.

Macro photograph of patented powder steel

A finish made to last,
and to be looked at.

The Edition is forged in Japanese powder steel, hardened to HRC60, denser, finer, slower to dull. Then it's finished by hand in a way that gives the surface a softer, deeper shine than ordinary steel. Quietly premium. Harder to mark. Harder to scratch. The kind of finish you notice without quite knowing why.

Prefer something a touch easier to bring back to a perfect edge at home? Our Selection series uses Japanese high-carbon stainless steel (HRC58), slightly softer, faster to sharpen.

The knife on a marble counter, spotless

Care & Cleaning

Spotless with
a single wipe.

One seamless body. No seams or crevices for food to hide, and far easier to clean than two-piece knives.

01
Rinse
02
Wipe
03
Dry

As featured in

The press has been paying attention.

GQ
A chef's knife that genuinely earns its place on the counter.
Food & Wine
Holds an edge longer than knives twice its price.
Travel + Leisure
Effortless, beautiful, and built to last.

Loved by chefs & home cooks alike

Working chefs and home kitchens made the same call.

Portrait of Takagi Mazuo
Professional chef
It cuts very well, easy to clean, a great plus for home and restaurant.

Takagi Mazuo

Two Michelin stars · Kyoto

Portrait of Richie Lopez
Professional chef
Incredibly sharp and durable. Good for all types of kitchen.

Richie Lopez

YAPA · Los Angeles

Portrait of Gerhard Passrugger
Professional chef
A great knife. Loves the thin blade and the light weight.

Gerhard Passrugger

Grand Hyatt · Hong Kong

Verified home cook

I finally understood what chefs mean about a knife making a difference.

Steven B. · Morristown, NJ

Verified home cook

Upgraded from a basic set. Worth every penny.

Jenna R. · Austin, TX

Verified home cook

I own several chef's knives. I reach for this one every time.

Ian D. · Los Angeles, CA

Awards & recognition

Good Housekeeping Best Kitchen Gear 2021Red Dot Winner 2021Golden Pin Design AwardTravel + Leisure Top Pick 2021CATRA tested

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The Hast Edition

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The knife that ends the dull-blade era in your kitchen.

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