Shun Knives

I can't pretend to be someone that loves to cook. I like it enough to do it every so often. However for some reason I love kitchen knives. I like chopping things. I try to copy those iron chefs with their speedy chops but so far I chop like a retarded 5 year old with one eye and no thumbs. Anyway, we've been getting a lot of reps since the Orlando show approaching us with offers to represent Prepara. One of these reps happens to be the North American Rep for Shun Knives.



I love these knives. Before I knew anything about them, I loved the design of them. From the asymetric pakka wood handle to the interesting "layered" grain of the blade, everything works together and looks very honest. A lot of design in terms of kitchen stuff has resorted to making things look very flashy and modern while offering no added advantage to the industry (ahem... excluding our stuff of course). I like the "traditional" look of the Shuns.



Its very quiet and unassuming which I think speaks volumes in this over saturated and often times over designed industry. When things are quiet and unassuming, it's as though they're confident in its ability to perform well and do not need design bells and whistles to garner attention.

Bottom line, we were able to get some great deals on these knives. I picked up two sets. Anyway, check out what Alton Brown has to say about it here.