Shun Kanso 6-Piece Block Set

The Kanso 6-piece block features five key pieces of kitchen cutlery, plus a beautiful block with a finish to match the Kanso handle. You get the Kanso 8-in. Chef's Knife, 5.5-in. Hollow-Ground Santoku, 6-in. Utility Knife, 3.5-in. Paring Knife, and the Kanso Combination Honing Steel. They all fit in the solid wood block—with room to expand. There are two additional slots, plus one to accommodate a handy pair of kitchen shears. Simple and beautiful in design, Kanso brings you what is most essential in fine cutlery: high-performance steel, a razor-sharp edge, perfect balance, and precision cutting control. 

• Features five key pieces of cutlery and a beautiful dark-finished block for convenient storage
• AUS10A blade; high-carbon stainless steel offers strength, corrosion resistance, hardness, and wear resistance; added vanadium refines the steel grain enabling a razor-sharp 16° edge, each side
• Contoured tagayasan (or wenge) wood handle; known as “iron sword wood,” it is noted for its denseness, durability, and beauty
• Full-tang construction for durability and precision balance
• Handcrafted in Japan