Shun Classic 9" Slicing Knife - Hollow Ground

The Shun Classic 9-inch Slicing Knife features a long, thin blade with hollow-ground indentations and a razor-sharp edge. This combination yields a very clean cut, which improves the flavor of your roast or other meat by keeping the juices trapped where they belong. The hollow-ground indentations (also known as granton edge) on the blade reduce the friction between the blade and the food, allowing the blade to glide through meat, and also creating pockets of air so the knife releases the sliced food from the blade more easily. In the tradition of Japan's ancient sword smiths, each Damascus-clad Shun Classic knife is handcrafted in Seki City, Japan with a 100-step process. The blade is forged with 34 micro-layers of 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, which provide the beautiful, swir