It’s said that this knife is made from the stream of sparks and flames surrounding a resurrecting phoenix, with the 8 inch chef’s knife featuring a custom Phoenix Damascus VG10 blade, with phoenix flames trapped within the steel itself.
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Just to dispel the illusion re: price for good, see my other comment here. Similar knives to this without the branding frippery (but still with the decorative pattern welded blade made of the same material) are worth about $70, retail.
This is undoubtedly a novelty piece, and not a high quality knife.
That’s not to say “low quality” knives are necessarily useless. Many millions of people successfully cut food in their kitchens every day with dollar store level cutlery that would make any professional chef eat his toque before touching any of them. But that doesn’t excuse this one costing $280, or having dumb design decisions baked right into it…
Oh but I agree that the price isn’t right, even factoring in the ‘specially made for Cover merchandise’ can’t justify a 4X increase.