The graceful design simplicity of Kanso brings you what is most essential in kitchen cutlery: high-performance steel, a razor-sharp edge, perfect balance, and precision cutting control. The Shun Kanso Build-a-Block set starts you off with what is most essential in a Kanso cutlery collection: the 8-in. Chef's Knife, the Combination Honing Steel, and a beautiful way to store them. There's even room to add four more kitchen tools to your collection in the space-saving Shun Slimline Bamboo Block.

• A simply beautiful Shun Kanso collection starts here
• AUS10A blade; high-carbon stainless steel offers strength, corrosion resistance, hardness, and wear resistance; added vanadium refines the steel grain enabling a razor-sharp 16° edge, each side
• Contoured tagayasan (or wenge) wood handle; known as “iron sword wood,” it is noted for its denseness, durability, and beauty
• Full-tang construction for durability and precision balance
• Handcrafted in Japan