Survey of 14 November 2026
Kitchen knives, measured.
We record what shops actually list: price, blade length, core steel, layer count. 6,741 damascus kitchen knives from 119 brands, across three markets. No sponsored rankings, no guesses, just the figures and where they come from.
6741listings
119brands
3markets
12knife types
Hover the knifeTipThe front third. It does the fine work: scoring, trimming, the first cut into an onion.
Median prices today
Median listed price per knife type. First column is the US market; France and Germany follow for comparison. n = listings surveyed across all markets.
| Type | Median US | Median FR | Median DE | n |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damascus chef knife | $206 | €189 | €200 | 1690 |
| Damascus santoku | $200 | €150 | €159 | 893 |
| Damascus nakiri | $190 | €143 | €169 | 537 |
| Damascus utility knife | $160 | €128 | €139 | 727 |
| Damascus paring knife | $89 | €90 | €98 | 316 |
| Damascus slicing knife | $299 | €242 | €214 | 400 |
| Damascus bread knife | $107 | €121 | €124 | 238 |
| Damascus kiritsuke | $259 | €149 | €149 | 326 |
| Damascus bunka | $249 | €181 | €225 | 190 |
| Damascus cleaver | $140 | €119 | €173 | 155 |
| Damascus boning knife | $94 | €84 | €89 | 157 |
| Damascus knife set | $265 | €273 | €249 | 970 |
How to read it
A damascus pattern tells you nothing about how a knife cuts. The steel at the core does, and so does the price a shop asks for it. Those are the two things most listings bury and the two things we put first.
Every page shows the median, the spread, and each listing behind them. Where a seller does not name the core steel, we write “not stated” instead of guessing.
Explore
Price index
Prices by knife type
12 knife types
median, spread, every listing
↗Core steelsmedian, spread, every listing
What the core is made of
7 steels
composition, hardness, what they cost
↗Brandscomposition, hardness, what they cost
Who names their steel
119 brands
prices and how much each one discloses
↗Databaseprices and how much each one discloses
Every knife, filterable
6,741 listings
filter by steel, type, price
↗Rankingsfilter by steel, type, price
Best for the price
one ranking per knife type
score out of 100, rules published
↗Guidesscore out of 100, rules published
Choose, check, sharpen
written from the survey
two interactive diagrams
↗Tooltwo interactive diagrams
Compare side by side
two to four knives
price against the median
↗price against the median