More than 5 million sales around the world, “Shun” series

The cutlery company KAI produces the famous Japanese kitchen knife series Seki Magoroku. 

 

 

 

 

Though the name of the Seki Magoroku series comes from the ancient Japanese sword, the Shun Japanese chef knives also are expressed the spirit of the Seki’s blacksmiths.

 

If you wonder the quality how sharply they cut the foods, don’t worry. It won the “Kitchen Knife of the Year” ten times and the high valuation from the many chefs of the Michelin-starred restaurants

 

 

I’ll introduce you the features of three popular series of Shun.

 

When you want to know about the types and guide to buy Japanese kitchen knife, please firstly visit the page of “Japanese chef knives. Guide to buy and recommended brand“. 

 

 

 

Shun Japanese kitchen knives series at Amazon

The following list are the knives you can find at Amazon.com.

 

Sora Series

 

 

• Chef’s Knife, 6-Inch
• Chef’s Knife, 8-Inch

 

• Utility Knife, 6-Inch
• Ultimate Utility Knife, 6-Inch
• Serrated Utility Knife 5.5-Inch  

 

• Hollow Ground  Santoku Knife 5.5- Inch 
• Hollow Ground Santoku Knife, 7-Inch

 

• Paring Knife, 3-1/2-Inch

 

• 2-Piece Knife Set: 6-Inch Utility and 8-Inch Chefs
• 3-Piece Build a Block Set 3, Silver
• 6-Piece Basic Block Knife Set
• 6-piece Slim Knife Block Set
• Student Japanese Cutlery Set, Silver

 

• Shun VB0790 Sora Combination Honing Steel, 9″, Silver

 

 

The Sora series are the most popular knives in the knives of KAI company. You can get the high-quality knife at a reasonable price than others.

 

The edge has a 3 layer structure, a VG10 cutting core with stainless steel cladding on either side. It keeps the blades in the state of sharpness.

 

And the handle is made of TPE polymer which makes you feel comfortable to use it.

 

 

Classic Series

• Asian Chef’s Knife, 7-Inch
• Chef’s Knife 8-Inch
• Western Chef’s Knife, 8-Inch

 

• U2 (Ultimate Utility) Knife 6-Inch
• Serrated Utility Knife 6-Inch

 

• Santoku Knife, 5-1/2-Inch
• Santoku Knife 7-Inch
• Santoku Hollow Ground Knife 7-Inch
• Hollow Ground Damascus Santoku Knife 7-Inch

 

• Paring Knife 3-1/2-Inch
• Paring Knife 4-Inch

 

• Citrus Knife, 4-Inch

 

• Nakiri Knife 5-inch
• Nakiri Knife 6-1/2-Inch

 

• Pro Yanagiba Knife 9-1/2-Inch

 

• Bird’s Beak Knife 2-1/2-Inch

 

• Rocking Knife 7-Inch

 

• Clip Point Paring Knife 3.5-inch

 

• Offset Bread Knife, 8-Inch
• Bread Knife 9-Inch

 

• Kiritsuke Knife, 8″, Silver

 

• Meat Cleaver 6-Inch

 

• 2-piece Asian Chef’s Knife & Nakiri Set

 

• Steak Knife 4 3/4-Inch

 

• Boning and Fillet, 6-Inch
• Flexible Fillet Knife 7-Inch

 

• Flexible Hollow-Ground Ham/Salmon Slicer Knife 10-Inch

 

• Hollow Edge Carving Knife

 

• 2-Piece Build-A-Block Set
• 2-Piece Classic Knife Set
• 2-Piece Fillet Prep Boxed Knife Set
• 2-piece Kiritsuke & Paring Knife Set
• 2-Piece Boxed Carving Set
• 2-Piece Classic Meat Set of Knives
• 3-Piece Boxed Cutlery Set
• 4-Piece Steak-Knife Set
• 5-Piece Classic Knife Block Set
• 6-piece Slim Knife Block Set
• 7 Piece Essential Block Set
• 7-Piece Block Set with Bamboo Block
• 8-Piece Epicurean Block Knife Set
• 8-Piece Classic Student Knife Set
• 21-Piece Mega Block Knife Set
• 10–Piece Block Set 
• 10-piece Knife Block Set
• 10-Piece Chef’s Block Knife Set
• Combination Honing Steel Knife Sharpener, 9-Inch

 

 

You must be fascinated by a beautiful Pattern Damascus blade of Classic Series. But the VG-MAX core of the blade has the 16 layers of high-carbon stainless steel on either side. It assures the sharpness and the durability.

 

You can tightly hold the black handle made of pakkawood due to D shape. 

 

 

 

 

Premier Series

• Chef Knife, 6-Inch
• Chef’s Knife, 10-Inch
• Asian Cook’s Knife 7-inch

 

• Utility Knife, 6-1/2-Inch
• Ultimate Utility Knife 6-Inch

 

• Santoku Knife 7-Inch

 

• 3-1/2-Inch Paring Knife
• Paring Knife, 4-Inch

 

• Nakiri Knife, 5.5-Inch
• Vegetable Knife 3-Inch

 

• Gokujo Boning Fillet Knife, 6″, Silver

 

• Bread Knife 9-Inch

 

• Steak Knife, 5-Inch

 

• Honesuki Knife, 4-1/2-Inch

 

• Kiritsuke Knife, 8″, Silver

 

• Slicing Knife, 9-1/2-Inch

 

• Starter Set, 3-Piece
• 4-Piece Steak Knife Set
• 6-Piece Basic Block Knife Set
• Essential 7-Piece Block Set
• 9-Piece Gourmet Block Knife Set
• Combination Honing Steel, 9-Inch

 

 

The famous German chef Tim Malzer and KAI co-developed the knife to realize Malzer’s ideal “A good chef knife helps a dish and is the secret of good taste.”

 

 

The materials of Premier Series is same as Classic Series but the blade has an appearance with a hand-hammered finish. It is known as ‘Tsuchime’ in Japanese and makes a foodstuff hardly cling on the blade.

 

And the high-quality walnut handle has the soft curves and it allows you grip the knife really comfortably.