The Best Knife, period!
The Shun 7inch Santoku is THE best knife, bar none. This thing has a hefty but comfortable feel to it. It cuts everything like butter. We carved our Thanksgiving turkey this year with it and we are saying goodbye to our electrice knife forever. The Shun knives blow Henkels and Wuesthoffs away. And I really believe that this Santoku is the best knife that Shun makes. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!
Excellent Knife
I love my Shun knife. A little expensive but definitely worth it. Make sure you save the box that it comes with because you can use it to mail your knife to the manufacturer for your free sharpening. Life time guarantee!
becareful, don't submerge the knife for too long in water
If you submerge the knife in the water overnight, the cutting edge will be damaged. The rust will eat away the VG10 steel core and you may have to remove a lot of material to put the edge back. I got this problem with my knife when I accidentally left it in the sink overnight. The best way is to wash by hand and dry it right away. Wushthof won't have this problem but the edge won't be as hard as VG10. Personally, I don't see much of the different on the edge retention between the two.
Buy this knife
Alright. First read all the other reviews and see what they think. Chances are, they're right.
I've been looking for a knife like this all my life.
I like the thinness of American knives like Chicago Cutlery (the original Walnut, not the cheap ones they sell now), but am envious of the heft of the German knives (I had a full set of Henckels Professionals).
The problem? The thin knives are too light, the heavy ones are too thick.
Now, we have the best of both worlds with Shun.
Wait, I know what you're saying. They're too expensive. No. Listen: if you pick and choose, you can get a lifetime of cutlery pleasure out of just a few samples.
Great Knife
So, I've been in food for my entire life, and at 15 i started full time work in a kitchen. At first I used the typical industrial knives i.e. Dexter Ruseel and Forschner, that we had in the restaurant. I loved these knoves but knew I wanted my own. So being a dishwasher and prep guy, I did not have much to sprend on knies but made a hodge-podge set of knives. MY first santoku was a Wusthof Gourmet 7-in. hollow ground, which was terrific for forty dollars. But that knife has been blown away by this Shun. So when I recieved the knife, i had also ordered two more and a new knife case and began to put my knives in. In the second minute of having the knife, my finger recieved a nice nick. The knife was so sharp that when my finger moved as I put another ... Read More
