Shun Elite 7-Piece Knife Block Set | 
 enlarge | Brand: Shun
Category: Kitchen
List Price: $1,040.00
Buy New: $679.99
You Save: $360.01 (35%)
New (4) Used (1) from $639.00
Rating:  1 reviews
Shipping Weight (lbs): 9
Dimensions (in): 14.5 x 9.1 x 7.8
MPN: SG2003B
Model: SG2003B
UPC: 087171040431
EAN: 0087171040431
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 7-piece Shun Elite set includes 6 tools and bamboo storage block | | • | 3-1/2-inch paring, 4-1/2-inch wide cook's, 8-inch chef's, 9-inch bread, honing steel, kitchen shears | | • | Handcrafted in Japan of incredibly sharp, strong SG-2 steel | | • | Beautiful black PakkaWood handles with decorative designs | | • | Wash by hand; lifetime warranty; gift-boxed |
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Product Description
Shun Elite is an innovative combination of aesthetics and performance in kitchen cutlery. Handcrafted in Seki City, Japan, the center of the ancient samurai tradition, Elite???s stunning design is directly inspired by the artful aesthetics of samurai swords, down to the smallest detail. The blade is made of a unique core of SG2, an exotic powdered steel that???s hardened to 64 Rockwell (compared to the 56-58 Rockwell of European kitchen knives), resulting in an exceedingly sharp and smooth edge. This amazing metal means that Elite knives stay sharp several times longer than comparable stainless cutlery. The knife is then clad with two layers of SUS410???a softer stainless steel that provides strength, flexibility and corrosion protection. The only thing more beautiful than the knife in your kitchen is the way it performs in your hand. Hand wash. Lifetime warranty.Features:3.5" paring, 5" Utility, 8" Chef's, 9" Multi Purpose Bread, 4.5" Chef's Knife and Bamboo Block.SG-2 Powdered Steel.Comfortable Ambidextrous Pakkawood Handles with samurai family crest inlay.NSF approved for professional use.Traditional Japanese styling.Lifetime Warranty.
Amazon.com Review
This elegant seven-piece Shun Elite knife block set comes gift-boxed and ready to impress the discerning chef. The knives in the set consist of a 3-1/2-inch paring, 4-1/2-inch wide cook's, 8-inch chef's, and 9-inch bread. Also included are a honing steel and pair of kitchen shears, all of which fit with slots leftover in the handsome and very sturdy bamboo block. Each Shun Elite knife features a sleek black handle, made of a hardwood-resin fusion known as PakkaWood, which showcases an inlaid traditional Japanese emblem and fine rings of copper and brass near the bolster. A distinctive flourish, called a "hamon," along the edge of each blade recalls the samurai swords once made in Seki City, Japan, where Shun Elites are handcrafted. Shun Elite knives stand out for their incredible sharpness, sharper even than Shun Classics, thanks to the newest powdered steel alloy known as SG-2. The process used to make SG-2 results in a fine-grained, very dense blend of ingredients that creates a smooth-as-silk knife edge. Shun edges are formed to an unusually keen 16 degree angle, which is one reason they're so prized among chefs who value uniformly thin slices, a necessity in Japanese cuisine. Covered by a lifetime warranty, Shun Elite knives should be washed and dried--carefully--by hand. Storing the knives in the bamboo block helps protect the fine blades from nicks. --Ann Bieri
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| Customer Reviews:
I wish I'd boutght these for myself! November 4, 2007
D. Liston (Redmond, WA United States)
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
I purchased these Shun Elite knives as a housewarming present for a friend. Once I got them home I started to have second thoughts about giving them away.
The edges are seriously scary-sharp, and the G2 steel seems to be very close in edge holding to the new supersteel ZDP-189, also a powder steel.
The handles are substantial, perfectly shaped, and provide a nice grip even when coated with slippery liquids.
Inlaid into the handles is a small circular Shun chop which adds a very nice low-key touch to these elegant knives.
Really, if I didn't already own a set of William Henry kitchen knives which cost about twice as much, I would have immediately ordered another set for myself. They are superb knives for the price.
Properly cared for, these should last you a lifetime and give years of service.
The Shun Elite knives cut through things so easily it will make you gasp until you get used to it.
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