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Shun Cutlery Classic Chef's Knife 10”, Long, Light Kitchen Knife, Ideal for All-Around Food Preparation, Authentic, Handcrafted Japanese Knife, Professional Chef Knife,Black

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Handle Material Ebony color PakkaWood®
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  • JAPANESE CHEF'S KNIFE: The Shun 10-inch Classic Chef's knife is the perfect all-purpose kitchen knife. It's ideal for preparing fruit, vegetables, meat and more.
  • LONG 10-INCH KNIFE: This Japanese kitchen knife is perfect for people who prefer a longer chef's knife. It provides additional cutting leverage and allows you to cut more ingredients with fewer strokes.
  • HIGH-QUALITY CONSTRUCTION: Constructed with Shun's proprietary VG-MAX cutting core and clad in 68 layers of stainless Damascus, this chef knife is corrosion and stain resistant with a strong, razor-sharp edge.
  • COMFORTABLE HANDLE: The D-shaped, ebony-finished Pakkawood handle is durable, beautiful, doesn't harbor bacteria, and comfortable to use for both left- and right-handed users.
  • TRADITIONAL, ARTISAN CUTLERY: Inspired by the traditions of ancient Japan, Shun knives are handcrafted by highly skilled artisans to produce blades of unparalleled quality and beauty.

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Shun

“Shun” (shoon) is a concept at the very heart of Japanese cuisine. In Japanese, shun is the word used to describe local, seasonal food when it is at the peak of its flavor and freshness—at the peak of its perfection.

Shun Cutlery is known for its exquisite beauty and ultra-premium performance. Yet as beautiful as Shun is on the outside, and as beautifully as it performs in your kitchen, its true beauty may be in what you don’t see.

Handcrafted in Japan

Shun is dedicated to maintaining this ancient tradition by continuing to handcraft each knife in our Seki City facilities. Each piece of this fine kitchen cutlery takes at least 100 individual steps to complete. While we maintain these ancient traditions of handcrafted quality, we also take advantage of thoroughly modern, premium materials and state-of-the-art technology to provide that traditional quality to millions of professional chefs and avid home cooks throughout the world.

Knife Steel is Essential

Heat treatment—an invisible, yet vital, process. This exacting process is fundamentally important to ensuring that your Shun provides lasting value. In heat treatment, the metal is heated and cooled to change its microstructure, bringing out its very best properties. With precise heat treatment, blade steel becomes finer grained, making it stronger and harder so blades can be thinner, sharper, and give you a longer-lasting edge. Shun’s experts are, quite simply, masters of the heat treatment process.

Quality and Performance

Shun is the exact moment when a fruit has reached its ideal ripeness, when a vegetable is at its very best, or when meat is at its most flavorful. Home cooks and professional chefs alike celebrate shun in their kitchens, eagerly awaiting each season’s bounty and serving every ingredient in its proper time.

Shun Cutlery proudly takes its name from this Japanese culinary tradition of eating the freshest food at the perfect moment. We took this name to honor this seasonal, mindful way of eating and as a mark of our dedication to making kitchen cutlery that is always at the peak of its perfection, too.

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Shun Classics are the original Shuns, the first Japanese-style knives to be made available to a wider audience in North America. Instead of heavy ponderous blades, Shun Classic blades are lighter with razor-sharp edges and crafted from advanced steel. Rather than weighty, Western handles, Shun Classic offers the graceful control of a traditional Japanese handle.

With Shun Classic, you'll discover a wide selection of traditional blade shapes as well as unique shapes - so you can always find the right handcrafted knife for every kitchen task.

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Pakkawood Handle

These traditional Japanese-style handles have a slight ridge on the right side, which fits into the curl of the fingers for a comfortable and secure grip. Viewed end-on, the shape resembles the capital letter "D". Pakkawood is waterproof, incredibly durable, and won't harbor bacteria.

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Add THE must-have all-around food prep knife to your collection with the Shun Cutlery 10-inch Classic Chef's Knife. This Japanese knife is perfect for people who prefer a longer chef's knife. It provides greater cutting leverage and enables you to cut more product with fewer strokes. The blade is also thinner than most western chef knives so it's lighter and less tiring to use despite its length. The Classic Chef's Knife is constructed with Shun's proprietary VG-Max cutting core with 68 layers of stainless Damascus cladding for a strong, corrosion-resistant, stain-resistant, razor-sharp 16-degree edge that glides through food. The D-shaped, ebony-finished Pakkawood handle is durable, beautiful, comfortable for both left- and right-handed users, and doesn't harbor bacteria. In Japan, the blade is more than a tool – it's a tradition. Housed in Seki City, the heart of the Japanese cutlery industry, Shun Fine Cutlery is dedicated to maintaining this ancient tradition. Each knife is handcrafted by highly skilled artisans to produce blades of unparalleled quality and beauty. We also leverage modern, premium materials and state-of-the-art technology to provide Shun quality to millions of professional chefs and avid home cooks throughout the world.

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4.6 out of 5 stars
4.6 out of 5
413 global ratings

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Customers like the sharpness, quality and appearance of the kitchen knife. For example, they mention it's amazing, well designed and well worth the price. That said, they also like the size, ease of use, and speed. One downside is the durability, with customers complaining about the blade chipping.

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62 customers mention59 positive3 negative

Customers are satisfied with the sharpness of the kitchen knife. They mention that it is the sharpest they own, it is easy to sharpen to razor sharp, and it cuts like butter. Some say that the knives are extremely personal and you should handle them with care.

"...Out of the box, this knife is literally razer sharp and comes with a factory default 16 degree angle...." Read more

"I am a fan of Shun knife. The knife is extremely sharp. I am happy that I could purchase the 10” for the same price as 8”...." Read more

"...As far as sharpness the Shun is sharper and cuts a little better when compared to the other knifes...." Read more

"...The blade is thin and cuts well, effortlessly chopping greens, rehydrated mushrooms, and squash. 10" is a BIG blade...." Read more

28 customers mention22 positive6 negative

Customers are impressed with the quality and beauty of the kitchen knife. They say it's a good quality sharp knife, sturdy, and well designed. Customers also say it looks beautiful and will last a lifetime. They mention that it'll be a great work horse knife and is well balanced.

"...If all you are interested in is having a good quality sharp knife the Wusthof is a better value for your money...." Read more

"...As others had noted, the knives are CRAZY SHARP, and using them is efforless and fun if you don't get reckless." Read more

"...(perfect size for an everyday knife, great weight, good quality for the chefs in your life who appreciate good knives)..." Read more

"...But we were so pleasantly surprised and ultimately impressed with the quality and beauty of the knife. Will be ordering again in the future." Read more

21 customers mention19 positive2 negative

Customers are satisfied with the appearance of the kitchen knife. They mention that it's not only beautiful, but also nicely designed and proportioned. Some say that the knife is not too heavy.

"...The blades are beautiful and among the sharpest you can find anywhere. If you have the means I recommend them, you won't be disappointed." Read more

"...Appearance: (Shun - Big advantage)The Shun looks like a work of art, it has a WOW factor that the other knifes lack...." Read more

"...But I'm sure the real reason it was done this way is is, it looks cool...." Read more

"...The knife looks great and is fairly water resistant, however, if exposed to moisture for long periods of time, it will have rust spots...." Read more

10 customers mention7 positive3 negative

Customers like the value of the kitchen knife. They mention that it is well worth the price, and that the bottom line is functionality and value.

"...For me, the bottom line is functionality and value...." Read more

"...Well worth the cost; I'll be replacing all my generic 50 year old inherited knives with Shun." Read more

"...Yes it's expensive but well worth the price the way this bad boy cuts through vegetables like butter." Read more

"...These are expensive knives, and compared to Calphalons, overpriced. The blades are beautiful and among the sharpest you can find anywhere...." Read more

6 customers mention6 positive0 negative

Customers are satisfied with the size of the kitchen knife. They mention it's a perfect size for their large hands, and is well proportioned.

"...'re used to chef's knives from other manufacturers, this size should feel the most familiar...." Read more

"While the knife itself is excellent (perfect size for an everyday knife, great weight, good quality for the chefs in your life who appreciate good..." Read more

"Fine balance and size for my rather large hand. I have an eight inch chef's knife that is a little too small...." Read more

"Perfect length once you are used to cutting with your 7" shun chef knife." Read more

5 customers mention5 positive0 negative

Customers find the kitchen knife very comfortable to hold and use. They also say the handle feels great and fits the right hand well.

"...The handle is scalloped near the tang, and feels good in your hand when you use the "chef's pinch grip" technique at the base of the blade...." Read more

"...that's comfotable after long extended periods of use and fits the right hand well. They do offer left hand varieties as well...." Read more

"This has become my main work horse. The handle feels great even though I'm a lefty and the blade holds its edge really well...." Read more

"...or not as I prefer contoured handles, but this knife is very comfortable to hold and use...." Read more

5 customers mention5 positive0 negative

Customers find the kitchen knife quick and easy to use. They say the blade makes quick easy work of steaks, is comfortable to handle, and is made of a hardwood that's quick.

"...and I appreciated that a 10" knife can still be so light weight and quick for this kind of work...." Read more

"...I just find it a blast to use. If all you are interested in is having a good quality sharp knife the Wusthof is a better value for your money...." Read more

"...The handle is made out of a hardwood that's comfotable after long extended periods of use and fits the right hand well...." Read more

"So easy to use. Great handling and cuts like a DREAM!" Read more

9 customers mention0 positive9 negative

Customers are dissatisfied with the durability of the kitchen knife. They mention that the blade has chipped in several locations, the edge is vulnerable to chipping, and the steel is soft. Some customers also mention that it gets dented and chips easily.

"The knife is razor sharp, but because of this, leaves the edge vulnerable to chipping if not mindful of the items being cut...." Read more

"...the tip of the knife was in my finger, also, noticed a chip about halfway down the blade about 1/16 inch deep, and the very tip of the knife was..." Read more

"...But after only about two weeks I noticed the edge of the blade was becoming dented and even chipping in some places. The edge seemed quite brittle...." Read more

"...The blade has chipped in several locations and we just don't use it anymore(Too much work to contact Shun again)...." Read more

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Are you sitting comfortably? then I shall begin. Once upon a time a happy accident involving my faithful old work horse kitchen devil knife and too much dishwasher salt not being rinsed out of my machine "forced" me to purchase a new knife and I thought I would take the plunge and get a decent knife and after lots of reading and watching of reviews I settled on the Kai Shun classic having received good reviews, pretty looks and price point. And what did I get, I got a beautiful looking knife that I immediately sliced into my finger first time using it (so sharp that it did not feel it till I sliced a lemon open). I have only had it a wee while and so far I am totally loving it and can see how people can get addicted to collecting Japanese chef knives I am already dreaming of owning a artisan made knife or two (not that I will be getting one soon).

Now I warn you I am in no way a professional chef and just enjoy making good food at home so all these views are from an amateurs point of view. Jumping from a small kitchen devil chef knife to a full sized 25cm chefs knife has taken some getting used to but once you are used to it the knife is amazingly versatile for its size (much to do with its sharpness if I think about it). It is razor sharp straight out of the box and ready to go after just a little wipe down with a damp soapy cloth. I find that the fact that the narrow spine makes slicing things so much easier (never realised how much my old knife stuck till now) and once used to the size the knife feels natural in my hand. The various grips of the knife again are comfortable and my pinch grip feels more secure when slicing and dicing. I have not had cause to mince herbs with it yet so no idea how that performs but there is a good curve and it is a basic grip so I can not see that being a problem.

A few bits of advice that I am finding useful is to keep a damp cloth to hand and between individual ingredients give it a quick wipe and dry, hone regularly (dependant on how much heavy usage to how often) apparently with a leather strop block, in fact research knife daily maintenance and sharpening. If you have a glass cutting board bin it, in fact if you have a glass cutting board with any knife bin the board immediately, and mostly if you are not used to a large knife sharp enough to use Rambo style on stubble take your time learning to use it.

As you can probably tell I am very happy with my new weapon of culinary destruction and can not wait to get a few more.
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