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Shun Cutlery Kanso Hollow Ground Nakiri Knife 6.5", Ideal Chopping Knife for Vegetables and All-Purpose Chef Knife, Professional Nakiri Knife, Handcrafted Japanese Kitchen Knife,Silver

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Brand Shun
Color Silver
Handle Material Tagayasan(Wenge)
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  • VEGETABLE KNIFE: A traditional Japanese-style vegetable knife, the Shun Kanso 6.5-inch Hollow Ground Nakiri Knife is a favorite of professional chefs and cooking enthusiasts for preparing fruits and vegetables.
  • STRAIGHT BLADE: The straight blade, edge, and spine make this Japanese knife perfect for simple push cuts. The blunt end makes it extra safe to use and hollow-ground indentations help food release from the blade.
  • HIGH-QUALITY CONSTRUCTION: Constructed from AUS10A high-carbon stainless steel refined with Vanadium, this cooking knife is strong, corrosion resistant, wear resistant, and razor sharp.
  • BEAUTIFUL, DURABLE HANDLE: Made with contoured tagayasan, known as "iron sword wood," the full-tang handle construction is dense, durable, beautiful and offers a secure grip with precision balance. Includes Sheath.
  • 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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Craftsmanship
3.9 3.9

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“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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Kanso is a design principle based on Zen philosophy. It means "simplicity" but it is a simplicity that is achieved by concentrating solely on what is most essential. When it comes to Shun's Kanso cutlery, essential means high-performance steel, a razor sharp edge, perfect balance, and precision cutting control.

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Tagayasan Wood Handle

Known as "iron sword wood" - the Kanso line features a Tagayasan Wood handle that is notable for its denseness, durability, and simple beauty while providing easy cutting control. The handle is also angled for a comfortable chef's grip and precision cutting.

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Product Description

Add one of our most popular vegetable and fruit prep knives to your collection with the Shun Cutler Kanso 6.5" Hollow Ground Nakiri Knife. With its straight blade, edge, and spine, this Japanese nakiri vegetable knife is ideal for simple push cuts – making it perfect for everything from stir fry to salads. It's also a great all-purpose chef knife. The end of the blade is blunt so it's extra safe to use and hollow-ground indentations help food release more easily. Constructed with AUS10A high-carbon stainless steel and reinforced with vanadium, this nakiri knife is strong, corrosion resistant, and wear resistant with a razor-sharp 16-degree edge. The full-tang handle is made with beautiful and durable contoured tagayasan wood, known as "iron sword wood," and offers a secure grip, excellent control, and precision balance.

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Customer Ratings
Easy to hold
4.3
4.8
5.0
Ergonomic
4.3
4.4
4.8
Craftsmanship
3.9
4.2
4.2
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Steel
Alloy Steel
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6.5 inches
5.5 inches
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6.5 inches
6 inches
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blade color
Silver
Silver
Silver
Silver
Silver
Steel
handle material
Tagayasan(Wenge)
Pakkawood
Stainless Steel
Stainless Steel
Wood
Tagayasan(Wenge)
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Forged
Full Tang
Forged
Forged
Stamped
dishwasher safe

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4.7 out of 5 stars
4.7 out of 5
160 global ratings

Customers say

Customers like the sharpness, quality and value of the kitchen knife. They mention that it's well balanced, super sharp and a fantastic chopping knife for vegetables. Opinions are mixed on the handle.

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11 customers mention8 positive3 negative

Customers like the sharpness of the kitchen knife. They mention it's well balanced, and super sharp. Some say that the knife came dull in the box and struggled to cut even tomatoes. Overall, most are happy with the quality and performance of this versatile and great addition to their kitchen knives.

"Sharp, great knife for the money" Read more

"This is a great addition to our kitchen knives. Super sharp. Great value for the price." Read more

"...the Shun is the first knife I have ever bought that seemed not super sharp out of the box." Read more

"...Light weight and versatile a great add to the collection...." Read more

5 customers mention5 positive0 negative

Customers are satisfied with the quality of the kitchen knife. They mention that it is unique looking, has nice construction, and is very sharp.

"...But not this one. This is a wonderful product, I like Saskuki Masters and Artisan also...." Read more

"...of the kanso knives, they are really unique looking and are really nice quality...." Read more

"...The quality of the blade and the durability of the handle are impressive." Read more

"Nice construction, good stuff great edge" Read more

3 customers mention3 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the value of the kitchen knife. They mention it has amazing value.

"Sharp, great knife for the money" Read more

"...Super sharp. Great value for the price." Read more

"Good knife for the cost..." Read more

5 customers mention3 positive2 negative

Customers are mixed about the handle of the kitchen knife. Some mention it has a great design, while others say it feels like a cheap wooden handle from a dollar store knife.

"...I like the style of the kanso knives, they are really unique looking and are really nice quality...." Read more

"Edit: after a year or two, I love this knife. The handle is still sub-par, but overall this is my favorite knife...." Read more

"Nice, but needed sharpening out of the box...." Read more

"...The handle is really cheap looking, but if you treat it with tung oil you can really improve its waterproofing and longevity substantially...." Read more

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