Knives

stlcharcoal

GrillSgt said:

$ for Premier 8” chefs knife? Any nikiri in stock?

I'll let you know tomorrow.  No on the nikiri.....you want that in the premier as well?

stlcharcoal

Btw Shun has a promo through the end of the year if you spend over $300, 400, or 500.  I think it's a free set of shears or paring knife for 300 and 400, then over 500 is the personal folding steak knife.

GrillSgt

Not sure. 

logchief

I've got 7 shun classics, my go to's are the nikiri, paring, and kiritsuki.  Love them.

DoubleEgger

GrillSgt said:

Waiting until Friday and will pick up a couple of Shuns. Wife is interested in the nakiri, any opinions?

I have the Shun Classic Nakiri. I use it exclusively on veggies. I have seen ones with that are hollow ground. I would recommend getting one of those. 

Also I have been super impressed with the boning knife (DM0743). The little paring knife gets a ton of usage too. 

logchief

DoubleEgger said:

GrillSgt said:

Waiting until Friday and will pick up a couple of Shuns. Wife is interested in the nakiri, any opinions?

I have the Shun Classic Nakiri. I use it exclusively on veggies. I have seen ones with that are hollow ground. I would recommend getting one of those. 

Also I have been super impressed with the boning knife (DM0743). The little paring knife gets a ton of usage too. 

The boning knife works great for trimming meats

DoubleEgger

That’s all I use it for @logchief

littlerascal56

I love my Shun Kaji chefs knife, but still use my 4-star Henkels every cook. They do require sharpening twice as often, but still do a good job!

Buy what you can afford, and sharpen as needed!

ColbyLang

Standing by on Shun pricing....wife bought me a 3 piece set for our 10 year wedding anniversary. 8” chef’s, utility and paring. Love them! 

stlcharcoal

@GrillSgt @Dobie @ColbyLang

Sending you guys my email address......can't post the prices on the board, nor do business in the PM box.

GrillSgt

If you don't get a reply from let me know.

stlcharcoal

The free gift program is good through Jan 31, 2019:

-over $299 is a free set of Shun shears
-over $399 is a clip point pairing knife
-over $499 is the Higo No Kami folding personal steak knife

You just fill out the card and send it to Shun with the receipt within 30 days.

I'm not sure which shears you get, and this the clip point pairing is discontinued, but the folding steak knife is really nice (about a $100-125 knife).  Shears are $40-100 depending on the model, and the pairing knife is at least $75-100 based off the price of the other ones.

FanOfFanboys

sometime next year I want to get a knife made I can use for trimming brisket and such. what blade design is best for that?

stlcharcoal

The 6" Boning Filet knife......used it over the weekend to trim a brisket.  Friggin awesome.  They also make a flexible one, but that's more of fish or poultry I think.

stlcharcoal

Here are the two.  Top is the flexible.....you miss out on those awesome wavy Damascus steel lines.  Standard one is also a little heavier.

DoubleEgger

stlcharcoal said:

The 6" Boning Filet knife......used it over the weekend to trim a brisket.  Friggin awesome.  They also make a flexible one, but that's more of fish or poultry I think.

Yes. I bought mine on clearance for $70. I friggin’ love it. 

JRWhitee

stlcharcoal said:

The 6" Boning Filet knife......used it over the weekend to trim a brisket.  Friggin awesome.  They also make a flexible one, but that's more of fish or poultry I think.

this one is my favorite as well.

stlcharcoal

DoubleEgger said:

stlcharcoal said:

The 6" Boning Filet knife......used it over the weekend to trim a brisket.  Friggin awesome.  They also make a flexible one, but that's more of fish or poultry I think.

Yes. I bought mine on clearance for $70. I friggin’ love it. 

You got a really good deal!!!! 

DoubleEgger

stlcharcoal said:

DoubleEgger said:

stlcharcoal said:

The 6" Boning Filet knife......used it over the weekend to trim a brisket.  Friggin awesome.  They also make a flexible one, but that's more of fish or poultry I think.

Yes. I bought mine on clearance for $70. I friggin’ love it. 

You got a really good deal!!!! 

I try to make @Photo Egg proud. Granted he’d find one for $5... 

Photo Egg

DoubleEgger said:

stlcharcoal said:

DoubleEgger said:

stlcharcoal said:

The 6" Boning Filet knife......used it over the weekend to trim a brisket.  Friggin awesome.  They also make a flexible one, but that's more of fish or poultry I think.

Yes. I bought mine on clearance for $70. I friggin’ love it. 

You got a really good deal!!!! 

I try to make @Photo Egg proud. Granted he’d find one for $5... 

A good boning knife is high on my list. Shun makes some good stuff.
Free sharpening if you mail them in. But starting in Jan 2019, you have to pay return shipping shipping. $70...that win is all yours.

stlcharcoal

Photo Egg said:

DoubleEgger said:

stlcharcoal said:

DoubleEgger said:

stlcharcoal said:

The 6" Boning Filet knife......used it over the weekend to trim a brisket.  Friggin awesome.  They also make a flexible one, but that's more of fish or poultry I think.

Yes. I bought mine on clearance for $70. I friggin’ love it. 

You got a really good deal!!!! 

I try to make @Photo Egg proud. Granted he’d find one for $5... 

A good boning knife is high on my list. Shun makes some good stuff.
Free sharpening if you mail them in. But starting in Jan 2019, you have to pay return shipping shipping. $70...that win is all yours.

Haven't heard about that......I thought the return shipping was still $5 for the first knife, then $2 for each additional in the same box.

1911Man

I love my Shun Classic knives as well as the Kaji slicer I bought years ago. I've had some since 2001 and have only sharpened two of them once. I've been recently looking at the Dalstrong lines to see if there's something there that I'd be happy with. I picked up one of the bread knives from them last week and it's 'meh'... I was expecting more/better. It is their Phantom bread knife, so not sure if I just picked the wrong line or what.

I'm also looking to get my mother a 6" chef knife for the holidays (she wants one). But I need to be sure the edge angle is one that I can sharpen since I'll need to do that at some point (usually too soon for whatever reason).

BTW, the Shun Classic are Japanese made, but western style blades. IMO/IME, best of both worlds. Especially with the VG10 core steel there. Just be sure to treat them right and you'll get a lot of use from them without needing to do all that much (hone them periodically, or before use is all it takes).

stlcharcoal

1911Man said:

BTW, the Shun Classic are Japanese made, but western style blades. IMO/IME, best of both worlds. Especially with the VG10 core steel there. Just be sure to treat them right and you'll get a lot of use from them without needing to do all that much (hone them periodically, or before use is all it takes).

Sort of.....kind of a hybrid.  Western style is a dual bevel at 22 degrees.  Most Shuns are a dual bevel at 16 degrees, but they do make a single bevel, and a few 22 degree dual bevels.  The traditional Japanese knives have less a of bevel (12 degree?), but they're not stainless steel and they single bevel......but they're also only for fish and you have to wipe them off after every stroke.

PS:  Like your username and avatar!!

DoubleEgger

1911Man said:

I love my Shun Classic knives as well as the Kaji slicer I bought years ago. I've had some since 2001 and have only sharpened two of them once. I've been recently looking at the Dalstrong lines to see if there's something there that I'd be happy with.

Man what does Shun have to do to get the repeat business? Sounds like you’ve had a great experience with them.

Photo Egg

stlcharcoal said:

Photo Egg said:

DoubleEgger said:

stlcharcoal said:

DoubleEgger said:

stlcharcoal said:

The 6" Boning Filet knife......used it over the weekend to trim a brisket.  Friggin awesome.  They also make a flexible one, but that's more of fish or poultry I think.

Yes. I bought mine on clearance for $70. I friggin’ love it. 

You got a really good deal!!!! 

I try to make @Photo Egg proud. Granted he’d find one for $5... 

A good boning knife is high on my list. Shun makes some good stuff.
Free sharpening if you mail them in. But starting in Jan 2019, you have to pay return shipping shipping. $70...that win is all yours.

Haven't heard about that......I thought the return shipping was still $5 for the first knife, then $2 for each additional in the same box.

You are correct. I just mailed back a custom Kershaw, also owned by Kai, and saw the return shipping notice for 2019. Right now it was free. I made assumption it was similar for their other knives including Shun. Wrong again.

DoubleEgger

I love this workhorse. It’s discontinued. If you like something, snatch it up because you never know when it’ll be gone forever. 

Legume

DoubleEgger said:

I love this workhorse. It’s discontinued. If you like something, snatch it up because you never know when it’ll be gone forever. 

George Jones?  George Strait?  

MasterC

I bought my first one twenty years ago. The only change has been the  logo. Gotta love a classic.

Dobie

GrillSgt

That is the only good sale on any knife that I could find. Disappointed.