Shun Cutlery Classic.
Shun Cutlery Classic is the knife line Pinecraft Barbecue stocks: seventeen pieces ground by hand in Shun's Seki City workshop from VG-MAX steel clad in 34 layers of Damascus stainless. The lineup runs from a 3.5 inch paring knife to a 12 inch hollow-ground brisket blade, built for breaking down a brisket clean.
Knives in the catalog
Shun Cutlery Classic knives are VG-MAX steel clad in 34 layers of Damascus stainless, ground and polished by hand in Shun's Seki City workshop. That steel holds an edge through a long catering shift better than most stamped kitchen knives, and it looks the part sitting next to a smoker. Pinecraft Barbecue stocks 17 Shun Cutlery Classic knives, from chef's and paring blades to honing steels, because the lineup covers the jobs a barbecue kitchen actually does: breaking down briskets, slicing bark-crusted pork, trimming fat, alongside the chef's and paring blades any home cook already knows how to use.
The Shun Cutlery Classic lineup runs from a 3.5 inch paring knife to a 12 inch hollow-ground brisket blade, plus honing steels to keep the edge true between sharpenings. Pick one blade or build the block a piece at a time; either way, come by the showroom and hold one before you decide. The balance is the whole argument for Shun.