Professional Hollow Ground Knife

This western-style knife is part of the Reserve collection from Shun and is as beautiful to behold as it is a pleasure to use. A core tool in professional kitchens, a chef’s knife is indispensable for everyday cutting tasks from chopping to slicing. Shun’s chef’s knife features a supersharp blade hollow-ground with indentations that reduce friction and minimize sticking. Striking in its design, the colorful charcoal and crimson PakkaWood handle is contoured for comfort and has an inlaid mosaic crest.

Widely considered to be one of the three most presitigious knife makers in all of Japan, the Masahiro Company creates knives with professional-level performance in mind. Each blade is crafted of Masahiro’s proprietary steel, which undergoes a multi-stage process of quenching, sub-zero treating and tempering to achieve the optimum balance of strength and flexibility. The blade is ground is ground asymmetrically, allowing for a thinner cutting edge and unmatched sharpness.

Professional chefs know that the proper weight and balance of a knife are just as vital as a strong, sharp edge. Crafted in Germany, the Four Star II collection delivers on all counts with a superior hand feel and high-carbon steel blades forged for optimal sharpness. This multipurpose santoku features shallow indentations along the blade’s sides that reduce drag for greater precision when you’re chopping and slicing.

Made to the exacting standards of Japanese professional chefs, Global's award-winning knives are an excellent choice for the discerning home cook. Designed with an extra-wide blade, this vegetable knife is ideal for efficient chopping, dicing and slicing. Blade is hand forged of exceptionally hard Cromova 18 high-carbon stainless steel, ice tempered and hardened to resist corrosion.

This set gives you two knives of different sizes to cover a range of tasks. The 7" santoku features a hollow-ground blade that reduces sticking; use it for general chopping and slicing. The 3" paring knife excels at more precise tasks like paring and mincing. Both knives feature shallow depressions on each side of the blade that minimize drag while you chop and slice. Precision forged using Zwilling’s Sigmaforge process, resulting in an exceptionally hard yet flexible blade.

This hollow-ground santoku knife has a wider blade than typical santokus, which makes for generous knuckle clearance as you chop, slice or mince. A special curved bolster design by architect Matteo Thun promotes a perfect professional grip for comfort and safety, and allows both Western rocking cuts and Asian chop cuts. Wide blade increases knuckle clearance for more comfortable and efficient cutting.

This professional knife sharpener sharpens both straight-edge and serrated knives in a matter of minutes. As compact as it is efficient, the high-performance electric sharpener uses an advanced two-stage process to guarantee precision results. State-of-the-art two-stage sharpening creates “gothic arch” shaped edges, which are stronger and longer lasting than hollow-ground or conventional “V” edges.

Carving is a pleasure with this professional-quality German set. The knife's curved blade allows you to follow the contours of meat on the bone. The sturdy carving fork holds meat in place. A kit for maintaining the appearance of the handles is included.Set includes an 8" carving knife, a 10 3/4" carving fork and a care kit.Knife's curved blade facilitates carving around the bone; hollow-ground depressions reduce friction for even slicing.Curved fork holds meat in place for steady carving and slicing.