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Cutlery Classic 3 Piece Starter Set, Includes 8" Chef's, 3.5" Paring, 6" Utility Knife, Handcrafted Japanese Kitchen Knives, 3 sizes

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Brand Shun
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Handle Material Wood
Blade Edge Chef's Knife

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  • EVERYTHING YOU NEED: The Shun Classic 3-Piece Starter Set comes with all the essentials you need to get a good start on your cooking knife collection.
  • SET INCLUDES: This professional knife set includes the Classic 8-inch Chef's Knife, 3.5-inch Paring Knife, and 6-inch Utility Knife.
  • HIGH-QUALITY CONSTRUCTION: Constructed with Shun's proprietary VG-MAX cutting core and clad in 68 layers of stainless Damascus, Classic knives are corrosion and stain resistant with a strong, razor-sharp edge.
  • COMFORTABLE HANDLE: The D-shaped, ebony-finished Pakkawood handles are 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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blade edge
Chef's Knife
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Plain
Plain
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blade material
Stainless Steel
Alloy Steel
Stainless Steel
Stainless Steel
Steel
Alloy Steel
blade length
8 inches
8 inches
7 inches
5.5 inches
6 inches
blade color
Silver
Steel
Silver
Silver
Silver
handle material
Stainless
Tagayasan(Wenge)
Plastic
Walnut color PakkaWood®
Walnut color PakkaWood®
Ebony color PakkaWood®
construction type
Forged
Forged
Forged
Forged
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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 Classic

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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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Shun Cutlery Classic 3 Piece Starter Set, Includes 8" Chef's, 3.5" Paring, 6" Utility Knife, Handcrafted Japanese Kitchen Knives, 3 sizes


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The Shun Cutlery Classic 3-Piece Starter Set is the perfect start to your cooking knife collection. This set includes the Classic 8-inch Chef's Knife, 3.5-inch Paring Knife, and 6-inch Utility Knife. Shun's Classic Knives are constructed from the proprietary VG-MAX cutting core with 68 layers of Damascus cladding for a strong, razor-sharp 16-degree cutting edge that's corrosion, wear and stain resistant. Their D-shaped, ebony-finished Pakkawood handles are durable, beautiful, and comfortable for both left- and right-handed users. 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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Cuts with excellent precision, but breaks the blade....
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Cuts with excellent precision, but breaks the blade....
I've used Shun knives for close to a decade in various kitchens for work. I decided to buy a start set for at home. They all performed great until about a month in of ownership. Note that I've only hand washed them, cut on wood cutting boards, and only honed (never sharpened). The 8-inch chef's knife developed a half inch chip (see picture). In the picture, you'll also see a $20 Chicago Cutlery knife that has gone through the dishwasher hundreds of times and doesn't have so much a ding on it.I'm starting to wonder what kind of quality a $180 knife really gets you.....
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