Shun Cutlery Kanso 8-Inch Stainless Steel, All Purpose, Durable, Essential, Handcrafted Japanese Gyuto Style Chef’s Knife; Scratch Resistant Heritage Finish for Kitchen Food Preparation Tasks at Home

Bought this in May 2022. Was so excited to receive it as it was truly sharp. The sharpness dissipated after a day of use. I have a sharpener. I have to constantly sharpen the blade before using in order to achieve the sharpness of Day 1. Yesterday I cut thawing beef and the knife just chipped! I've used other brands, even cheap ones, and this has never happened. I know proponents of Shun will say I used it wrongly but then why can other knives of similar or better standard withstand cutting thawing meat? Why is shun particularly fragile. For $150, I'd consider this quite frankly a garbage knife. I've never had to sharpen my knives every time before use!

This Shun Chef's Knife is my first "real" knife, purchased to replace a chef's knife that came in a $20 set from Costco that I had to use an electric sharpener on every 3 days. So if you are a knife connoisseur, this may not be useful information. But for me, this knife is great. I tried holding a similar Shun, from their Classic line, in a Williams-Sonoma a few weeks ago, and I thought it was pretty solid and comfortable, so I ordered this Kanso on Amazon, which I think is much better stylistically than the Classic ( Shun DM0706 Classic 8-Inch Chef's Knife ) because the Classic's handle looked a little plasticy to me in person. Upon getting it from Amazon, I was not disappointed. The knife is balanced to the middle, so it doesn't kick backwards when you hold it like a Wusthof will. It has a little heft to it, but not so much that you get tired using it. The rocking motion is stellar - I'm honestly shocked how easy it is to cut through basically anything, and how much faster I can chop with it than I could with my old cheap (lighter) set. And even freshly sharpened, my old set did not come anywhere close to this. The only thing I was surprised about was that the handle looks more "rustic" than I'd expected. I like the wood grain look, but I think the wood is a little lighter colored in real life (or at least mine was). In any case, it puts the remainder of my cheap set on the knife magnet (paring, bread, fillet, etc) to shame. I'm thinking about expanding my line to include the other Kansos, and I will review them too if I get them, but they are a bit pricey. Maybe one day...

Love this knife. Good quality and edge retention

Espetacular

Lo compre en oferta me parece, tengo que decir que me encanta el diseño, es de muy buena calidad los materiales, y luce genial cuando lo sacas a trabajar. Su filo de fabrica es muy bueno para cortes de precisión. Sin duda lo recomiendo.