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Shun Premier Knives
The Shun Premier Knife Collection features a striking hand-hammered appearance (Tsuchime) that is a great melding of form and function. The mottled surface provides air pockets to reduce drag when cutting and helps to keep starchy foods from sticking to the blade. The signature Shun emblem is emblazoned on the blade and on the end of the handle. The handle is a dark, walnut PakkaWood; A resin impregnated wood that is impervious to water and will not shrink. Each Shun Premier knife has a VG10 core, with 16 layers of Damascus on each side, for a total of 33 layers. The edges are razor sharp and very thin, as you would expect from Shun. Lifetime guaranteed.
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Shun Premier 4-inch Paring Knife
he Shun Premier 4-inch Paring Knife is a versatile and essential tool designed for tasks that require precision and control. Its small, sharp blade allows you to work closely with food, making it the ideal knife for a wide range of detailed kitchen preparations. This knife provides the maneuverability needed for in-hand work, like peeling and coring, as well as fine detail work on a cutting board. The hand-hammered finish on the blade helps reduce drag, allowing food to release more easily during slicing. The handle is shaped to fit comfortably in your hand, providing a secure grip for safe and accurate cutting. This knife is particularly well-suited for tasks such as: Peeling: Removing the skin from fruits and vegetables like apples, potatoes, and kiwis. Trimming: Cutting away unwanted parts, such as strawberry hulls, potato eyes, or excess fat from meat. Mincing: Finely chopping small ingredients like garlic, shallots, and fresh herbs. Detail Work: Deveining shrimp, scoring meats, or creating decorative cuts and garnishes. Learn MoreRegular Price: $149.95
Special Price $119.95
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Shun Premier 6.5-inch Utility Knife
The Shun Premier 6.5-inch Utility Knife is a versatile, all-purpose blade designed to handle a wide variety of kitchen tasks. Sized between a paring knife and a chef's knife, it is more nimble than a larger knife for trimming and slicing, while offering more length than a paring knife for cutting larger items. This knife is perfectly suited for situations where a chef's knife feels too large. The hand-hammered finish on the blade helps reduce drag, allowing food to release more easily. Its straight blade makes it proficient at slicing, and the pointed tip is useful for detail work. The handle is shaped to provide a comfortable and secure grip for precise control. This knife is particularly well-suited for tasks such as: Slicing: Cutting through sandwiches, meats, and cheeses. Trimming: Preparing vegetables like asparagus, green beans, or broccoli. Cutting Produce: Slicing mid-sized fruits and vegetables like tomatoes, shallots, and citrus. General Prep: Handling everyday tasks that require more length than a paring knife. Learn MoreRegular Price: $159.95
Special Price $127.95
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Shun Premier 6.5-inch Serrated Utility Knife
The Shun Premier 6.5-inch Serrated Utility Knife is a specialized tool designed to slice cleanly through foods with delicate or waxy skins without tearing the soft interior. Its unique, low-frequency serrations are wider than those on a typical bread knife, creating less friction and resulting in a cleaner, smoother cut. This knife is the perfect solution for tasks where a straight-edged blade might slip or crush the food. The blade length offers excellent control for slicing a variety of small-to-medium-sized items. The hand-hammered finish helps reduce drag, and the handle is shaped for a comfortable, secure grip, ensuring precise and effortless performance. This knife is particularly well-suited for tasks such as: Slicing Tomatoes: Cutting through the skin cleanly without crushing the flesh. Cutting Citrus: Effortlessly slicing through the waxy rinds of lemons, limes, and oranges. Slicing Sausages: Getting a clean cut through firm casings. Working with Bread: Ideal for slicing bagels, buns, and small loaves of bread. General Utility: Any task where a gentle "sawing" motion is beneficial. Learn MoreRegular Price: $169.95
Special Price $135.95
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Shun Premier 6 in. Fillet Knife
The Shun Premier 6-inch Gokujo is a highly specialized and versatile tool designed for precision work with fish and meat. The name "Gokujo" translates to "supreme," reflecting the blade's unique hybrid design that functions as both a traditional boning knife and a flexible fillet knife. The blade features a stiff spine near the handle, providing the leverage needed to cut through cartilage and work cleanly around the bones of beef, pork, or poultry. As it tapers toward the tip, it becomes progressively more flexible, offering the delicate control required to glide between the skin and flesh of a fish, ensuring you get perfect fillets with minimal waste. At the heart of the Gokujo is a core of Shun's proprietary VG-MAX "super steel," renowned for its ability to take and maintain an incredibly sharp 16° edge while resisting corrosion and wear. This high-performance core is protected by 68 layers of Damascus cladding, which not only adds to the blade's strength and durability but also creates a unique, rippling pattern. The signature tsuchime (hand-hammered) finish on the upper part of the blade serves both an aesthetic and a functional purpose. The hammered indentations create small air pockets, which reduce drag and help the knife glide smoothly through food, preventing fat or delicate fish skin from sticking. For optimal control, the knife is fitted with a contoured, walnut-finished PakkaWood® handle. This durable and moisture-resistant material provides a comfortable and secure grip, which is essential for detailed and precise cutting tasks. Handcrafted in Seki, Japan, the Shun Premier Gokujo is a masterfully engineered instrument for the discerning cook. Learn MoreRegular Price: $189.95
Special Price $151.95
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Shun Premier 5.5-inch Santoku Knife
The Shun Premier 5.5-inch Santoku offers the renowned versatility of a Santoku in a more compact and nimble size. Perfect for those with smaller hands or who find a larger chef's knife unwieldy, this knife excels at a wide array of small to medium-sized prep tasks. Like its larger counterparts, "Santoku" translates to "three virtues," signifying its proficiency in slicing, dicing, and mincing. Its shorter blade length provides exceptional control and maneuverability, making it ideal for precise cuts. The hand-hammered finish on the blade creates small air pockets, which help reduce drag and allow food to release more easily during chopping. This is a fantastic all-purpose knife when you don't need the length of a full-sized Santoku or chef's knife. This knife is particularly well-suited for tasks such as: Dicing: Preparing smaller vegetables like shallots, garlic, and mushrooms. Slicing: Making clean cuts through herbs, small fruits, and boneless proteins. Mincing: Finely chopping ginger, herbs, and other aromatics. Precise Cuts: Trimming vegetables or creating fine garnishes where control is key. Learn MoreRegular Price: $199.95
Special Price $159.95
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Shun Premier 6-inch Chef's Knife
The Shun Premier 6-inch Chef's Knife offers the classic versatility of a chef's knife in a more compact and agile size. An essential for any kitchen, this all-purpose blade is designed to handle a wide variety of cutting tasks, from slicing and dicing to chopping and mincing. Its smaller size makes it exceptionally nimble and easy to control, perfect for those with smaller hands or for when a larger 8- or 10-inch chef's knife feels unwieldy. The blade has a slight curve, or "belly," which allows it to be gently "rocked" through fresh herbs or spices to produce a fine mince. The hand-hammered finish not only looks beautiful but also helps reduce drag, allowing food to release more easily from the blade. This is the perfect choice for an all-around utility chef's knife that provides both power and precision. This knife is particularly well-suited for tasks such as: Dicing: Preparing onions, celery, and other vegetables. Chopping: Handling a variety of fruits and vegetables. Slicing: Cutting boneless meats, poultry, and fish. Mincing: Finely chopping garlic, herbs, and ginger. Learn MoreRegular Price: $199.95
Special Price $159.95
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Shun Premier 5.5-inch Nakiri Knife
The Shun Premier 5.5-inch Nakiri is a traditional Japanese vegetable knife designed for clean, efficient, and beautiful vegetable preparation. The name "Nakiri" translates to "leaf cutter," reflecting its purpose. The blade features a straight edge and a squared-off tip, a shape designed to make full contact with the cutting board in a simple push-cut motion, ensuring that vegetables are cut completely through without needing to be pulled or torn apart. This design is ideal for creating extremely thin, uniform slices and makes quick work of everything from leafy greens to root vegetables. The hand-hammered finish reduces drag and helps food release from the blade, while the wide, flat surface is perfect for scooping and transferring chopped ingredients. It is the ultimate tool for anyone who loves preparing vegetables. This knife is particularly well-suited for tasks such as: Slicing: Creating paper-thin slices of cucumber, zucchini, or onions. Chopping: Effortlessly chopping through dense vegetables like carrots, celery, and potatoes. Mincing: Finely mincing garlic and herbs with a simple up-and-down motion. Julienning: Making precise, uniform vegetable strips for salads and stir-fries. Shredding: Quickly shredding lettuce and cabbage. Learn MoreRegular Price: $204.95
Special Price $163.95
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Shun Premier 6.5-inch Master Utility Knife
The Shun Premier 6.5-inch Master Utility Knife is a highly versatile and agile all-purpose blade, designed to be the go-to tool for a multitude of everyday kitchen tasks. It is perfectly sized to handle the jobs that are too large for a paring knife but for which a full-sized chef's knife feels unwieldy. It is a true master of "in-between" tasks. This knife's straight, razor-sharp edge is perfect for everything from slicing sandwiches and trimming vegetables to portioning smaller cuts of meat. Its nimbleness and control make it feel like a natural extension of your hand. The hand-hammered finish not only adds to its beauty but also helps reduce drag, allowing food to release easily from the blade. This knife is particularly well-suited for tasks such as: Slicing: Cutting through sandwiches, meats, cheeses, and mid-sized vegetables. Trimming: Preparing vegetables like asparagus, green beans, or broccoli florets. Cutting Produce: Slicing shallots, tomatoes, and citrus with precision. General Prep: Handling everyday tasks that require more length than a paring knife. Learn MoreRegular Price: $204.95
Special Price $163.95
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Shun Premier 7-inch Gyuto Knife
The Shun Premier 7-inch Gyuto is the Japanese equivalent of the classic Western chef's knife, designed as a versatile, all-purpose tool for any kitchen. The name "Gyuto" translates to "beef sword," but its capabilities extend to nearly every type of food preparation, from slicing fish and poultry to chopping vegetables. Compared to a traditional Western chef's knife, the Gyuto often features a slightly thinner blade and is typically lighter, making it feel exceptionally agile and precise in the hand. The blade has a gentle curve, or "belly," that allows it to be smoothly rocked for mincing herbs, while the pointed tip is perfect for detail work. The hand-hammered finish reduces drag and helps food release from the blade. This 7-inch version is a perfect mid-size option, offering great control without the length of a larger blade. This knife is particularly well-suited for tasks such as: Slicing: Making clean cuts through boneless meats, poultry, and fish. Dicing: Preparing uniform cuts of onions, celery, and other vegetables. Mincing: Using a rocking motion to finely chop garlic, ginger, and fresh herbs. Chopping: Handling a wide variety of fruits and vegetables. Detail Work: Using the sharp tip for tasks like scoring meat. Learn MoreRegular Price: $209.95
Special Price $167.95
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Shun Premier 7-inch Santoku Knife
The Shun Premier 7-inch Santoku is a beautiful and highly versatile all-purpose kitchen knife. A Japanese take on the classic chef's knife, the word "Santoku" means "three virtues," referring to its ability to expertly handle slicing, dicing, and mincing. Its blade has a straighter edge than a traditional chef's knife and a curved tip, making it well-suited for a wide range of cutting tasks. The slightly shorter, wider blade makes the Santoku feel nimble and easy to control. The hand-hammered finish creates small air pockets that help reduce drag, allowing food to release more easily from the blade. This knife is a true workhorse, capable of handling everything from fine mincing to slicing large vegetables. This knife is particularly well-suited for tasks such as: Dicing: Preparing onions, celery, and carrots for stocks and sauces. Slicing: Making clean, thin slices of vegetables, fish, and boneless meats. Mincing: Finely chopping garlic, herbs, and ginger. Creating Julienne Strips: Easily creating thin, uniform strips of vegetables. Scooping: Using the wide blade to transfer chopped ingredients from the cutting board. Learn MoreRegular Price: $219.95
Special Price $175.95
