Shun Premier 150 mm Utility with wave cutter

The Shun Premier Tim Mälzer knives from KAI are a premium series of knives for both enthusiasts and professionals. The hallmarks are high quality and finish, good cutting properties and a particularly comfortable handle.

The key is of course the functional ones, but it has nevertheless resulted in a visually impressive knife with many details such as the beaten tsuchime surface on the upper half of the blade, the clear transitions between the 65 layers of steel the knife is forged from. The stock, which is made of American walnut wood, is also pampered.

The knife here is a so-called utility knife of 16 cm, and it has a wavy edge - i.e. teeth on the grind. This makes it particularly suitable for cutting tomatoes where the teeth easily break the skin. Here it is important to remember to wash and dry the knife quickly after use, as tomatoes contain acid which dulls the edge - and that the edge is extremely difficult to sharpen. The knife is also suitable as a smaller bread knife.

Premier is a series of knives with a relatively thin blade that has good cutting properties and is relatively light.

• KAI (Seki, Japan)
• 15 cm utility
• Stainless steel
• 65 layers of steel
• VG-MAX core
• 61 HRC

The knife must never be washed in a dishwasher, must not cut into hard objects such as bones, cartilage, bones and frozen objects as well as hard cheeses. Remember that it is a property of thin, hard metal that it can break.