Scanpan have done it again! Scanpan the cookware innovators have come up with a unique way of making sure each and every knife you buy it up the highest quality and standards. The biggest danger with even the best brand of knives on the market is occasionally a particular knife is produced with either distempered or softened steel. If you have ever bought one of these knives, and it happens to every brand on the market, you will find the knife dulls quickly, is difficult to re-sharpen and performs poorly in nearly all situations.