Shun Kitchen Shears

The Kitchen Shears are often underrated, although so essential. They're ideal for snipping herbs, scallions or stems of grapes. Cut crusts off bread, slice apart pizza and still use it to cut cooking twine. Kershaw, the parent company of Shun, has created these Kitchen Shears with the unprecedented sharpness of its knives, that they rarely need sharpening. The blades come apart for easy cleaning and the comfortable handles have a bottle opener conveniently built right in just below the Kershaw-labeled blade.

Made in the ancient city of Seki, Japan, Shun knives rely on extremely sharp blades, made of Japanese VG10 steel clad with 32 layers (16 on each side) of a proprietary blend of high-carbon stainless pounded so thin, it delivers precision slicing, cutting and chopping that is unprecedented by any of its German competitors. Imagine, a knife made the same way as ancient Samurai swords, handcrafted still today. Sharper out of the box than other knives, the Shun Classic maintains its sharpness longer, since the finely-polished blade edge has a natural tendency to remain straighter, yet when required, it can be honed using a standard steel or sent to the factory for free sharpening. The wavy, Damascus-look pattern on the blade creates minute air pockets that offer stick resistance, so food releases easier and prep time is reduced--plus it's rust-free. The ebony Pakka wood handle, a highly durable combination of layers of white birch wood and resin, is designed in a “D” shape to fit firmly and comfortably in the hand, with the bonus of being dishwasher safe and NSF approved for commercial kitchens.