Thur. was a bleak day compared to today’s Fare

Hey Tuffy,

What’s that petty in the top picture (third one from the top). It looks like a VG10 Shun I once had, but with a different handle. Or has this handle just seen too much of the dishwasher? 😉

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two shuns – 3rd and 4th – 1 you are referring to is the smaller one – i call it a shun parer and a larger chef’s. all of her knives were in very bad condition, probably from dishwasher and the fact she had been carrying them to local super market for free sharpening on some sort of pull thru. machine.

i have the exact same knife as the larger one i received from Williams & Sonma few months back – i do some work for the local store here and customer brought it back with broken tip. they replaced it and were going to throw it away – (company policy), but my friend who works there saved it for me – i just retipped it – i like it
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Tuf, I’m really curious if you can tell us whether this knife is chipping-prone. (Yeah, I know it’s hard to tell that from a single sharpening session.) But my experiences with Shun VG10 have been rather mixed.

almost everyone i have ever sharpened had many many microchips all along the blade – some worst than others.

i did a whole block of shuns for a lady a few months back and out of the set of 12/15 she had 6 steak knives along the bottom – they were chip free.

i find globals to be the same way.