Shun Premier...
I just bought, arrived yesterday, a Shun Premier Santoku as a wedding gift for my nephew. They are made with the same process as a Samurai sword by laminating 16 layers of Damascus steel on each side for a total of 32 layers. They're handmade. Also the edge is formed at a 15 degree angle as opposed to European knives which are 22 degrees. So they must be sharpened somewhat differently and the blade is thinner. They are more of a finesse knife than a heavy duty chopping Wurstoff. I got mine on-line at chefknivestogo.com
This is a very high quality knife and I may have to get one also. I got the 8" and happy I didn't get the 7". The 7" is $179. The 8" is on sale right now for $119. Careful, these are very sharp.
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Gary
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