Handcrafted in Seki, Japan, the Shun Premier Grey collection evokes the artistry displayed in hand-forged knives with a modern and sophisticated twist. Using materials that are among the most advanced in the industry, each knife takes at least 100 handcrafted steps to complete. Distinguished by the hand-hammered blades of Damascus clad VG-Max super steel and grey pakkawood handles, the Premier Grey series will take pride of place in any kitchen.

Enjoy complete cutting control with the smaller size of the 4” Shun Premier Grey Paring Knife. Thin, lightweight, and with a razor-sharp edge, this knife will make peeling, paring, trimming, and garnishing a breeze. The contoured grey pakkawood handle ensures an excellent grip when tackling detail work.	Baking bread at home has become quite a delicious trend—why waste any of your homemade bounty by using a poor-quality bread knife? The Shun Premier Grey Bread Knife features wide, undulating serrations that cut through loaves with ease without crushing, tearing, or crumbing, leaving the beautiful insides intact.

 

The Utility Knife completes the must-have triad of kitchen knives. With its 6.5" blade, the Shun Premier Grey Utility Knife is between a chef's knife and a paring knife in size and precisely handles all those in-between-sized tasks, from trimming vegetables to slicing sausages. It is the unsung hero in the kitchen.	As the most-used knife in any kitchen, your chef’s knife needs to be up to the challenge. Lightweight, agile, balanced, and extremely comfortable, the Premier Grey Chef’s Knife blade is wear and corrosion-resistant, holds a fine, sharp edge, and truly does it all. You will reach for this beautiful and versatile knife every day.

 

Multi-talented and multi-purpose, the stunning Santoku is an Asian-inspired chef’s knife that easily handles all basic kitchen cutting tasks. The razor-sharp blade with a VG-MAX cutting core and 68 micro-layers of Damascus cladding features a hammered tsuchime finish that reduces drag and quickly releases starchy or sticky ingredients.	While the unusual blade shape of the Nakiri may be the first to catch your eye, the beauty is more than skin deep. From the Japanese for vegetable knife, the straight-edge, blunt-tip shape of the nakiri blade is ideal for slicing and dicing almost every fruit and vegetable in your kitchen, as well as thin strips of meat for stir-fries.