Shun Dual Core 6" Utility/Butchery Knife, Handcrafted Japanese Kitchen Knife, VG10 and VG2 Damascus Steel Blade, Pakkawood Handle, Precision and Sharpness for Professional and Home Chefs

With this 6" Utility I have purchased 14 Shun knives.. The complete Kanso set (original, I still have to get the 3 new pieces), 2 8" Dual Core Kiritsuke, The limited edition Dual Core "Hana" Chef Knife, the odd Shun Ultimate Utility, and an extra 4" paring Kanso. I plan to give my brother in law a full set of the steak knives...They are the finest made and sharpest blades I have ever used. Now that I 'own' my kitchen (no more kids in the house) I gave away all my previous kitchen tools and started fresh with what I wanted... the Best! I am too fine a cook to put up with anything less."The saya does not fit" ...pffft! I could care less. My knives are displayed and available on a magnetic knife strip. I can always see them and they are always in reach for use. When the sunlight comes in the kitchen it hits my dual cores and sprays sparkling light as from a prism! I would not miss that by hiding these gorgeous works of steel in a wooden sheath!Similar to another comment, I never had much use for the 6" blade. My diet is all fish and shellfish and I use a devilishly thin and sharp Mac knife for skinning and filleting fish. However, I live in south Texas and we have mango and other marvelous soft skinned fruits all year round. I have been using the Kanso 6" far more than I ever would have expected. I am looking forward to relegating it back to my wife's needs exclusively come tomorrow when my dual core utility arrives---Got my knife today. It is, unsurprisingly, everything I expected.I wanted to edit this review and show my main knife set as described.In the image:1) Shun Hana dual core2) Shun 8" Kiritsuke dual core3) Shun 6" Utility dual core4) Shun Pro 6-1/2-Inch Usuba Knife5) Mac 7" Fillet knife6) Shun Ultimate Utility knife7) Cheapo 6" Santoku (probably going to replace it with a Shun 7" Hikari Santoku dual core)8) ZELITE INFINITY Serrated 5.5" Utility Knife [Shun does not yet make a dual core serrated blade and this will cut through anything!]As you can see... all knives are at hand and there is no need for a Saya. (BTW, my saya also did not fit... ;) )

This knife appears to be extremely well made. The blade is a work of art, with an etched pattern reminiscent of a topographic map.Weight and balance seem perfect. I was really looking forward to trying the dual core blade technology, but the ergonomics just don't work for me. The handle is too large and angular and not comfortable at all in my smallish hands, and it doesn't give enough knuckle clearance. Shun should have used their Classic style handle in my opinion.Since I plan to return it, I wasn't able to actually use it.A couple small issues: the saya doesn't slide on far enough for the little peg to fit, and the blade seems to be ever so slightly out of alignment with the handle.

The sleeve for the knife is wrong size, safety plug doesn’t fit so options are to send back or buy a block. Purchased 3 knives in the series at the same time from amazon and all three have different sleeves, the other two fit thankfully but it’s annoying the sleeves aren’t the same. Not cool for knives that are over 200 a piece.

If I could give this 6 stars I would. I would normally never pay 250 or so for a kitchen knife. But after researching Shun and the Dual Core line of knifes, I thought I would give it a try. Besides, Amazon has a wonderful return policy.This is the sharpest knife I have ever held and used. Everything I have sliced has felt like I was cutting warm butter. I have used it to trim up a beef brisket, serve that brisket and even trim down skin on beef feet for my dogs (skin and tendons). Nothing has given this knife a challenge.Spend the extra money. This knife will not disappoint. It is built to last.

This is my first high quality kitchen knife and it looks and feels amazing. This blade is sharp. And I made it even sharper. I've made a few batches of salsa, slicing meat and tough vegetables since arrival. Still sharp. Now I want a full set.

Absolutely love this knife! I own a few Shun knives from the classic line which are all great. However I find myself reaching for this one a lot more than anticipated. Six inch utility knives have always been my least used knives. This one is so light and maneuverable and super sharp. I've been using it for most vegetable prep and it's great with proteins both raw and cooked. Only thing I don't use this knife for is anything requiring a rocking motion or a larger knife in general.

Wonderful!This is the third dual core knife from Shun that I have.This (and all of them) is wonderfully sharp and beautiful to look at.I will buy more of this line when Shun comes out with them.One niggle: the case doesn't quite fit. This has been mentioned by other reviewers but the knife is spectacular so I can put up with a workaround on the case.The knife is the important thing and it is great.

I love Shun knives, I have 6 in the premier line but this knife was was different the saya does not fit at all, blade was so so sharp, handle is way to big for a knife this size.. also the tip bent at little on my first try with it even though i knew i was going to send it back..packed it back up and got a premier line utility knife for 150 less. Get that one instead!!!

Not respect you money and time!We buy from KitchenVirtue (seller) a Shun Dual Core VG0019 6-Inch Utility/Butchery Knife, a very beautiful knife.First of all he came, NOT sharp at all, even for tomato! Simply blunt knife for CDN$ 311.95Secondly, the sheath, probably is not for this knife or they terribly done.The knife simply slide out them, without any effort. We can’t close knife inside the sheath , because they smallest from a knife or the hole was drilled in wrong place?!?After we contact the KitchenVirtue (seller) for sheath replacement and compensation this was his final answer (five day ago):“Ah, I understand. I will review the situation tomorrow and find out what we can do if anything.”And soooo he did nothing!

As the previous review claimed, the sheath doesn't fit the knife which was a disappointment. The knife, however is solid quality and sharp. No complaints there.