Kershaw’s New Kramer Shuns
Top of the line custom designer combines forces with the leading gourmet kitchen cutlery company.
I’ve probably pointed it out before, but it has always seemed strange how little interest most custom knifemakers show in applying their state-of-the-art technology to kitchen cutlery. After all, these are the blades almost everyone actually uses on a daily basis. One of the small handful of custom knifemakers that have specialized in kitchen cutlery is Bob Kramer. Not only does he makes some of the finest cooking blades around, he has managed to make the difficult jump into the mainstream gourmet cooking market. It was probably only natural, then, that the hottest commercial kitchen line, Kershaw’s Shun, would choose him for their latest design project.
The line has opened with five different models: an 8-inch chef, 7-inch santoku, 10-inch bread knife, 4.75-inch utility and a 3.25-inch paring. There is also a matching 9-inch butcher’s steel and wood knife block for those going the full set route. All of the knives are made with a 3mm thick layer of SG2 stainless sandwiched between two pattern welded sheets of nickel and stainless steel Damascus. The handles are red and black Pakkawood. Prices range from $149.95 for the paring knife up to $339.95 for the chef and santoku models.
Kershaw sent TK one of the 8-inch chef knives for evaluation, as this is probably the most useful cutting tool in any kitchen. More than one professional chef has opined that all you really need for kitchen cutters is one good paring and a large chef combined with the skill to use them. With that in mind, I tried to use the test knife for as wide a range of cutting tasks as possible.
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