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The Shun Premier 8-inch Chef’s Knife is essentially a hand-held food processor. The most versatile knife in any block, the 8-inch Chef’s is an all-purpose blade that’s the perfect length for slicing, dicing, chopping and mincing almost any food – from fruits and vegetables to meats and cheeses. The rounded belly of this knife can be gently rocked through garlic and fresh herbs to produce a very fine mince. The wide blade keeps knuckles off the cutting board, and makes it easy to transfer ingredients from the board to the cooking pan.

The Shun Premier Chef’s Knife boasts a thinner blade, which makes this knife lighter and less tiring than its European-style Chef’s knife counterparts.

In the tradition of Japan’s ancient sword smiths, each elegant Damascus-clad Shun Premier knife is handcrafted in Seki City, Japan with a 100-step process. The blade is forged with 34 micro-layers metal on each side of a VG-MAX* cutting core. There are alternating layers of 431 and 410 stainless steel, plus one additional layer of nickel on each side of the cutting core. Forged into one single, strong piece of metal, these layers support the core, add stain and corrosion resistance, and help the food slide from the blade.

The blade of each Shun Premier knife has a hand-hammered tsuchimi finish, which adds beauty to the blade and also acts as a series of hollow-ground cavities that make the blade glide through food and help the cut food release from the blade.

The durable, edge-retaining, easy to sharpen core of VG-MAX stainless steel is exposed at the critical point – the blade’s cutting edge. The blade of each Shun Premier knife is sharpened to a cutting angle of 16-degrees on each side.

Each beautiful Shun Premier handle is made of walnut PakkaWood, a resin-impregnated natural hardwood that is durable and moisture resistant and does not harbor bacteria. An embossed end cap adds balance and beauty to the knife.

Features of the Shun Premier 8″ Chef’s Knife:

• VG-MAX stainless steel cutting core