

Like all Shun knives, Kanso is sharpened to a 16° cutting angle each side to cut cleanly and help preserve food’s freshness and best taste. Full-tang construction provides strength, balance, and easy cutting control.

The handle is made of Tagayasan wood, sometimes known as “iron sword wood." The handle contouring enables an easy chef's grip. Kanso's Heritage finish hides scratches and gives Kanso a rustic look that just improves with age. The steel is Japanese AUS10A-highly refined, high-carbon, vanadium stainless steel that takes a razor-sharp edge and holds it longer. In Kanso, we took away anything that doesn’t matter and kept everything that does: high-performance steel, razor-sharp edge, perfect balance, and precision cutting control. It means “simplicity,” but simplicity that is achieved by eliminating the non-essential.

Kanso is a design principle based on Zen philosophy. The Shun 7-inch Asian Utility is part of the Shun Kanso series. Once you use it, you'll find yourself reaching for this precision knife more and more often. Use the tip and razor-sharp edge for everything from skinning fish to shaving vegetables. Every part of this knife can be put to use. Shaped like a cleaver, but made for more delicate work, the the Kanso Asian Utility Knife is adept at processing quantities of vegetables for stir fry and thinly slicing meats. The Shun Kanso Asian Utility Knife is beautiful multi-tasking blade-from its sharp tip, which can be used to peel ginger, to its long, straight edge, perfect for portioning meat. Handle is made of Tagayasan wood (known as iron sword wood) notable for its denseness, durability and beauty angled for a chef's grip and precision cuttingĪbout Shun Cutlery Kanso Asian Utility Knife Kanso is a design principle influenced by Zen philosophy It means "simplicity", but simplicity achieved by eliminating the non-essentialħ-inch utility knife where all parts of the blade are used: flat side can be used to smash garlic sharp tip for peeling, the long, straight edge for portioning meatįull tang construction for balance and strength blade is made of Japanese AUS10A steel-an upper-end, highly refined steel that takes and retains a razor-sharp edgeġ6-degree cutting angle on each side is razor-sharp and cuts cleanly and helps preserve food's freshness and best taste Handcrafted in Japan.Shun Cutlery Kanso Asian Utility Knife Features Hand-sharpened with a high-carbon, vanadium stainless steel blade. The handle is made of tagayasan wood, sometimes known as "iron sword wood", which gives you a textured yet comfortable grip. With a razor-sharp 16 degree edge that holds longer and a heritage finish that hides scratches, the Kanso line has a rustic look that improves with age. The Shun Kanso line brings out the simple necessities for a knife such as high-performance steel, razor-sharp edge, perfect balance, and precision cutting control. In Japanese, the word "Kanso" means "simplicity". While the blade is extremely strong and will hold its edge, Japanese Steel does not have flexibility so we do not advise using this knife on bone in meats, frozen fruits, or stone cutting boards. Like all Shun knives, Kanso is sharpened to a 16-degree cutting angle on each side to cut cleanly and help preserve food's freshness and best taste. The handle is made of tagayasan wood, sometimes known as "iron sword wood." The handle contouring enables an easy chef's grip. The steel is Japanese AUS10A highly refined, high-carbon, vanadium stainless steel that takes a razor-sharp edge and holds it longer. In Kanso, we took away anything that doesn't matter and kept everything that does: high-performance steel, razor-sharp edge, perfect balance, and precision cutting control. It means "simplicity", but simplicity that is achieved by eliminating the non-essential. (You'll want a heavier cleaver for breaking bones.) Instead, the Kanso Asian Utility Knife is adept at processing quantities of vegetables for stir fry and thinly slicing meats. While it may look like a meat cleaver, it isn't. From its sharp tip, which can be used to peel ginger, to its long, straight edge, perfect for portioning meat this knife is a multi-tasking workhorse. The Shun Kanso 7 inch Asian Utility Knife is a beautiful multi-tasking blade.
