As you use your knife, the razor-sharp edge naturally bends over just a tiny bit as the edge contacts the cutting board. Eventually, this means the sharp edge is no longer making direct contact with the food. The knife feels dull. The Shun Combination Honing Steel is the solution. It gently realigns the edge of your blade, bringing the “sharp” back. It offers two honing surfaces: a smooth one for weekly honing and a micro-ribbed one for monthly honing—depending on your usage, of course. A built-in angle guide makes it easy to hone your Shuns with ease and precision. The steel-grey handle looks beautiful with the rest of your knives.
Hone regularly to maintain the sharpness of your knife
Built-in angle guide makes precision honing easy
Stainless steel with smooth and micro ribbed sides
Handle: Steel
Rod length: 9 in. (22.9 cm)
Kazahana features razor-sharp blades made from high-carbon AUS10A stainless steel, renowned for its edge retention, strength, and corrosion resistance. The satin blade finish reduces friction and helps food release cleanly from the blade—making slicing smoother, prep faster, and cleanup easier. Every cut is clean and controlled, enhancing your efficiency and enjoyment in the kitchen.
A nakiri is a Japanese-style vegetable knife. Once you get the Shun Classic Nakiri in your hands, you will see why both professional chefs and good cooks around the world choose this beautiful and extremely useful tool whenever they have fruits or vegetables to prepare. With its straight blade, edge, and spine, the nakiri is used with a simple push cut. You will love the clean, swift work it makes of vegetables of all kinds. For daily salad preparation or slicing vegetables for stir-fry, it cannot be beat. Finely dicing onions is fast, easy, and with the Shun Classic Nakiri's blunt end, safer, too.
A Japanese-style knife ideal for preparing vegetables and a full range of other foods
Proprietary VG-MAX cutting core is wear and corrosion resistant, strong, and very fine-grained to enable a razor-sharp, long-lasting 16° edge each side
34 layers of stainless Damascus cladding each side (68 total); support the core, add stain resistance, and help food release from the blade
D-shaped ebony-finished Pakkawood handles are comfortable for both left- and right-handed users; durable, beautiful, and won't harbor bacteria
Full composite tang for light weight and perfect balance
Handcrafted in Japan
Kazahana features razor-sharp blades made from high-carbon AUS10A stainless steel, renowned for its edge retention, strength, and corrosion resistance. The satin blade finish reduces friction and helps food release cleanly from the blade—making slicing smoother, prep faster, and cleanup easier. Every cut is clean and controlled, enhancing your efficiency and enjoyment in the kitchen.
Kazahana features razor-sharp blades made from high-carbon AUS10A stainless steel, renowned for its edge retention, strength, and corrosion resistance. The satin blade finish reduces friction and helps food release cleanly from the blade—making slicing smoother, prep faster, and cleanup easier. Every cut is clean and controlled, enhancing your efficiency and enjoyment in the kitchen.
After a chef's knife and a paring knife, some cooks say that the knife they most can't live without is their bread knife. It's a crime to ruin a fresh loaf of bread by smashing it beneath the blade of a dull knife. The wide, “low frequency" serrations on the Shun Classic Bread Knife are not only razor-sharp, but they do a much better job slicing any type of bread than a straight-edged knife. The undulating serrations provide the power you need to gently saw through a crusty loaf without tearing the tender interior. And it works equally well on very soft breads and even pastries.
Slice tender or crusty breads with no ripping, squashing, or tearing
Proprietary VG-MAX cutting core is wear and corrosion resistant, strong, and very fine-grained to enable a razor-sharp, long-lasting, single-bevel 16° edge
34 layers of stainless Damascus cladding each side (68 total); support the core, add stain resistance, and help food release from the blade
D-shaped ebony-finished Pakkawood handles are comfortable for both left- and right-handed users; durable, beautiful, and won't harbor bacteria
Full composite tang for light weight and perfect balance
Handcrafted in Japan
Kazahana features razor-sharp blades made from high-carbon AUS10A stainless steel, renowned for its edge retention, strength, and corrosion resistance. The satin blade finish reduces friction and helps food release cleanly from the blade—making slicing smoother, prep faster, and cleanup easier. Every cut is clean and controlled, enhancing your efficiency and enjoyment in the kitchen.
The first thing you notice about the nakiri is its unique blade shape. With its squared-off tip and straight cutting edge, it is a very eye-catching blade. In Japan, a nakiri is a vegetable knife and this beautiful kitchen knife is designed to handle a full range of vegetables, and a lot more, with ease. Use it with a simple push cut instead of a rocking cut. The straighter edge means more of the blade contacts the board with each cut for extremely efficient slicing and dicing. The shorter 6.5-inch length and squared tip make the nakiri especially easy to control with precision. The Shun Classic Blonde Nakiri is a gorgeous addition to the Shun Classic Blonde series and it will make a perfect addition to your kitchen, too.
A versatile, Japanese-style vegetable knife
Proprietary VG-MAX cutting core is wear and corrosion resistant, strong, and very fine-grained to enable a razor-sharp, long-lasting 16° edge each side
34 layers of stainless Damascus cladding each side (68 total); support the core, add stain resistance, and help food release from the blade
D-shaped blonde Pakkawood handles are comfortable for both left- and right-handed users; durable, beautiful, and won't harbor bacteria
Full composite tang for light weight and perfect balance
Handcrafted in Japan
The name Shiranami, meaning “white-capped wave” in Japanese, reflects the knife’s stunning blade pattern, forged from 71-layer Dual Core Damascus for superior sharpness and durability. Featuring an exceptionally sharp blade edge and a finely honed mid-blade for effortless slicing, this series sets a new standard in cutting performance and beauty.
A smaller, lighter, and more maneuverable chef's knife with a beautiful blonde handle
Proprietary VG-MAX cutting core is wear and corrosion resistant, strong, and very fine-grained to enable a razor-sharp, long-lasting 16° edge each side
34 layers of stainless Damascus cladding each side (68 total); support the core, add stain resistance, and help food release from the blade
D-shaped blonde Pakkawood handles are comfortable for both left- and right-handed users; durable, beautiful, and won't harbor bacteria
Full composite tang for light weight and perfect balance
Handcrafted in Japan
The Shun Classic Blonde 5-Piece Starter set brings the beauty and performance of Shun Classic to your kitchen in a new lighter, brighter look. It includes three of the most essential Shun knives, plus a Shun Combination Honing Steel and a beautiful 6-slot Slimline Block. You get the 8-in. Chef's Knife, the 3.5-in. Paring Knife, and the 6-in. Utility Knife. The attractive Slimline bamboo block takes up less space on your countertop and you will appreciate its easy-care performance, too.
KNIVES
Proprietary VG-MAX cutting core is wear and corrosion resistant, strong, and very fine-grained to enable a razor-sharp, long-lasting 16° edge each side
34 layers of stainless Damascus cladding each side (68 total); support the core, add stain resistance, and help food release from the blade
D-shaped blonde PakkaWood® handles are comfortable for both left- and right-handed users; durable, beautiful, and won't harbor bacteria
Full composite tang for light weight and perfect balance
Handcrafted in Japan
HONING STEEL
Built-in angle guide makes precision honing easy
Two honing surfaces: smooth for everyday honing; micro-ribbed for weekly care
Stainless steel
Handle: Stainless steel
Rod length: 9 in. (22.9 cm)
Made in China
BAMBOO BLOCK
Beautiful, sustainable bamboo construction
Accommodates up to 6 pieces of kitchen cutlery, large and small
Includes slots for honing steel and kitchen shears
Made in China
Set includes:
Classic Blonde 8" Chef's Knife
Classic Blonde Pairing Knife
Classic Blonde 6" Utility Knife
Shun Combination Honing Steel 9"
6–Slot Bamboo Slimline Block
The name Shiranami, meaning “white-capped wave” in Japanese, reflects the knife’s stunning blade pattern, forged from 71-layer Dual Core Damascus for superior sharpness and durability. Featuring an exceptionally sharp blade edge and a finely honed mid-blade for effortless slicing, this series sets a new standard in cutting performance and beauty.
At the heart of every Classic knife is a VG-MAX cutting core, engineered to take an incredibly sharp edge and hold it longer. Sharpened to a precise 16° angle, Classic delivers clean, controlled cuts that feel effortless and confident. It’s the sharpness that changed the category, and it continues to define what premium performance feels like today.
The name Shiranami, meaning “white-capped wave” in Japanese, reflects the knife’s stunning blade pattern, forged from 71-layer Dual Core Damascus for superior sharpness and durability. Featuring an exceptionally sharp blade edge and a finely honed mid-blade for effortless slicing, this series sets a new standard in cutting performance and beauty.
At the heart of every Premier knife is a VG-MAX steel core, Shun’s proprietary formula for edge retention, durability, and corrosion resistance. Protected by 69 layers of Damascus cladding, the core stays sharper longer while the Damascus adds resilience and beauty. Together, they create a blade that performs brilliantly day after day and looks as striking as the food it helps you prepare.
A unique hybrid of western and Japanese design. High carbon stainless steel Damascus blades and durable Pakkawood handles provide years of precise and effortless slicing. Designed to ignite culinary passion. Handcrafted to maintain the flames.
Dual Core blade steel provides strength, rigidity and amazing edge retention. Our promise to you: We never compromise on sharpness.
71 micro-layers of alternating VG2 & VG10 stainless steel wear at different rates, creating micro-serrations to provide long-lasting cutting performance.
Comfortable D-shaped handles have a slight ridge running the length of the handle to fit your hand, naturally.
Stainless steel endcap with embossed Shun logo for balance and beauty.
Includes a beautiful metal case and custom-fitted leather sheaths with embossed Shun logo for storage and/or safe transportation.
Handcrafted in Japan.
