The Knife came today, it arrived razor sharp and beautiful.
The Cutting edge material is not VG10 as described, but the new propriatary VGMAX steel that Shun has been converting their knives to. It is supposed to be a bit less brittle, but based on VG-10.
I bought a Shun 22 knife Block from Amazon and was suprised to find that the knife did not fit the wide slots. .
Shun 22-Slot Bamboo Knife Storage Block
It would fit the very wide cleaver slot, but thats already taken with my cleaver. I do not want that edge pushing against the hard bamboo and getting dull or bent over.
There appears to be no good reason as to why there could not be a wider slot, there is plenty of room to have one, so I'll be getting out a saw and enlarging the appropriate slot. I'm not yet sure if I should make a keyhole shape so that all of the cutting edge will fit into the block, or just let it rest on the bolster.
At any rate, its a wonderful blade, and I love the handle, it fits my large hand
Update - I took a meat saw to the slot in my Shun Bamboo block - the one under the kitchen shears and it was easy to widen the sloot to almost 2-1/2 inches. (A meat saw is basically a giant hack saw with a blade 24 inches long) However, the blade of the knife does not fully insert into the block, so I need to make the slot keyhole shaped so the top of the knife bolster will slide into the slot until the blade is fully inserted. Its very sharp, and not good to have 1/2-3/4 inch of blade sticking out.
Another Update: After just one use, the edge of the blade crumbled and broke away. It was only used to cut vegetables (tomatoes, onions, carrots and celery), and only a small amount of these. I use a nylon cutting board, and the knife has been babied.
I suspect that the steel was overhardened, which makes it extremely brittle. I have ordered a replacement, so hopefully, its not batch related, but is a individual thing.
I've now had the replacement knife and used it for a few weeks with no further issues. I've had to hone it a few times, once it was so dull that it wouldn't slice tomatoes, just crush them, but a few strokes with a ceramic hone and it was back to full sharpness. I'm pretty sure that the first one had a issue with the metal, I have another Shun vegetable knife and its had no issues either, and its also the VG Max alloy.
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| number of pieces | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| blade edge | Hollow | Plain | Plain | Plain | Plain | Hollow |
| blade material | Stainless Steel | High Carbon Stainless Steel | Alloy Steel | Stainless Steel | Steel | Plastic |
| blade length | 7 inches | 7 inches | 5.5 inches | 19 centimeters | — | 5.5 inches |
| blade color | Silver | Silver | Silver | Silver | Silver | Silver |
| handle material | Stainless,Stainless Steel,Steel | Stainless Steel,Steel | Walnut color PakkaWood® | Wood,Stainless Steel,Plastic,Resin | Wood | Alloy Steel |
| construction type | — | Forged | Forged | — | — | Forged |
| dishwasher safe | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
| weight | — | 0.6 pounds | 325 grams | 342 grams | — | 0.3 pounds |
