Shun Blue Menkiri Knife

The Shun Blue Steel series was developed in partnership with award-winning chef Chris Cosentino, known for his “nose to tail” philosophy of using the whole animal. These traditional Japanese knives feature a core of blue steel – a fine-grained carbon steel favored by professional chefs for its blazing sharpness – that is encased between two layers of stainless steel. A smaller version of the sobakiri (soba noodle knife), the menkiri has a long, straight edge that creates stability when cutting straight down. Use it for cutting fresh noodles or pasta as well as for chopping, slicing or creating chiffonade of vegetables or herbs.

• Japanese san mai construction features carbon steel between two layers of stainless steel, providing the ultra-sharpness of carbon steel with the easier maintenance and added corrosion resistance of stainless steel.
• Blue steel, hardened to 61 Rockwell, is a super-hard, fine-grained carbon steel known for taking and maintaining an extremely sharp edge (“blue” refers to the paper the raw steel comes wrapped in).
• Mirror-polished blade has a bead-blasted edge where the two steels meet, showcasing the layered construction.
• Handle is made of gray PakkaWood.
• 8"-long blade, 4 3/4"-long handle. 9.75 oz.
• Includes a protective sheath.
• Knife handcrafted in Japan; sheath made in China.