ShunClassic Blonde 9" Bread Knife, Handcrafted Japanese Serrated Knife, VG-MAX Core with Damascus Stainless Steel Cladding, Pakkawood Handle, Slicing Tool for Professional and Home Chefs

Beautiful and well made bread knife! Love the look and feel of the hand. Good finish on the blade and very sharp as well, it will definitely cut through any and all kinds of bread.

Goes thru bread like a dream AND it’s beautiful too. Worth the high price but it does need good care.

I just recently discovered the joy of 100% rye bread - very healthy, low-carb, high fiber! The problem is that it’s dense, hard, and difficult to slice (without the right tool). I was using a serrated Shun that I think is meant for slicing meat, and it didn’t work at all on the thick, tough crust of the rye loaf. Enter the Shun bread knife - it really helps to have the right tool for the job. This knife slices through the rye like butter; it makes it easy to make even, thin slices of bread, as the rye is better when sliced thin. Definitely a great knife for dense, hard breads, and I imagine that it would work equally well on a lighter type of bread - very happy!

Only knives I’ll buy. Great feel, easily sharpened, high quality. Great aesthetic.

This knife completes my set of shun knives. super sharp. great quality.

It looks great and cuts even better

I run the AM pantry in a higher end restaurant. I slice, on average, 200 orders of toast a day. Plus slice house made breads. Started with a cheap bread knife, bought a couple of higher end bread knives, but the serrations were always too sharp and bit in instead of slicing. The more rounded edges on the serrations of this knife. work much better for me. Incredibly sharp. The handle is not symmetrical. It seems to have been designed for a right handed person, which I am. Fits great, feels great, has perfect balance right at the bolster. Expensive? Yes. Worth the money? For me, certainly yes. I use every work day for hours. Wish I had invested years ago. For a casual cook? Probably not.

Yes, its expensive, but it's sharp and very good at cutting home-made sourdough bread with a thick bottom crust.