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| View Larger Image | Shun 22-Slot Bamboo Knife Storage Block | Kitchenby Alton Brown
| List Price: | $113.00 | | Price: | $89.95 | | You Save: | $23.05 (20%) | | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours |
| | Sales Rank: | 31,115st |
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FEATURES | - Block has 22 knife slots plus slots for shears and a sharpening steel
- Natural beautiful, laminated bamboo with a clear finish
- Includes a slot for a cleaver and slots for steak knives
- Safely and securely houses the cutlery
- Nonskid rubber feet
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ACCESSORIES |
| Shun Classic 4-Inch Paring Knife
by Shun
This stunningly beautiful line of cutlery features the look and benefits of Damascus steel, yet without its rusting problems. The Damascus-look blade profile reduces sticking and results in less damage to the food being cut and faster prep times.
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| Shun Sharpening Steel
by Shun
Shun Sharpening Steel
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| Shun Classic 6-Inch Boning Knife
by Shun
This stunningly beautiful line of cutlery features the look and benefits of Damascus steel, yet without its rusting problems. The Damascus-look blade profile reduces sticking and results in less damage to the food being cut and faster prep times.
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EDITORIAL REVIEWS |
Product Description
22-slot storage block is made from bamboo; an abundant, renewable resource. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.0 based on 11 reviews)
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Very nice knife block by E. Loehr  5 Stars
March 02, 2010
I bought this to go with my Forschner/Victorinox knives. It arrived without damage and looks and functions great.
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Arrived damaged by sickoflibs (Colorado)  1 Stars
February 20, 2010
Like a previous review, mine arrived with crack all the way down back side of block. Was not packaged very well in the box so I'm not sure if it is a quality control problem or enroute injury.
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Not too impressed by J. Pobst (St. Louis, MO)  3 Stars
January 08, 2010
Issues with the blocks I received:
The first one of these I ordered arrived with a crack above the kitchen shears slot between 2 of the bamboo-board-columns (for lack of better words) all the way down the back. I think the crack was large enough that you could slide a sheet of paper through it, but I didn't even take the block out of the plastic wrap since I intended to ship it back.
The second block also had a crack on the back above the kitchen shears slot, but this crack was only a couple inches at the bottom between two of the "bamboo-board-columns" and then another inch one column over above that. These cracks also weren't as wide as the crack on the first one. In addition to the cracks, this one also had a dent a few mm in diameter in the top left corner (by the honing rod slot). These are slight nuisances but are not so bothersome as the large crack in the first one. As such I plan to keep this one.
Slot widths:
(I won't make any garauntees on my accuracy)
5 slots are 2 1/8 in. wide
3 slots are 1 5/8 in. wide
5 slots are 1 3/16 in. wide
6 slots are 15/16 in. wide
1 slot is 3 15/16 in. wide
and the other 2 slots are the honing rod and kitchen shears slots
Issues with the block in general:
As mentioned by another reviewer, it would be nice if the slots were wider. I have the Ken Onion by Shun 7-Inch Santoku, and it only fits completely into the cleaver slot. This is frustrating because they could have easily made one of the five 2 1/8" slots another 1/8"-1/4" wider, and then it would have fit. If I end up getting a cleaver, I will probably take a power drill to the block so my Santoku fits in one of the other slots. the only other thing is that the honing rod slot is too close to the kitchen shears slot. A have the Shun Sharpening Steel and the Kershaw Taskmaster Shears, and they fight for the same space so that the shears must sit crooked. This isn't a big deal; it just doesn't look so nice. Since Kershaw and Shun are both made by KAI, I thought maybe they should fit better.(UPDATE: The kitchen shears do fit in fine if inserted with the bottle opener side facing right.)
With all that being said, it still basically does what block should do, and I don't expect it to fall apart.
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Great Construction, Nice wide slots by H. Heinrich 5 Stars
October 27, 2009
Was hesitant to purchase because of price tag, but after reading L.Arthur's review decided to go for it. Unless you have lots of standard size knives around, this is the knife block to get. We needed space for lots of paring and bread knives, and the bottom vertical slots hold them all! We upgraded from a smaller Henckle block in which we had slot width issues. This fixed all of our knife storage problems. Well worth the price for our purpose.
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Great-Looking Knife Block! by R. D. Collins (Hermosa Beach, CA United States) 5 Stars
April 07, 2009
I'm very happy with this knife block. It's very well made, sturdy, and great looking. I especially like that all the slots (except the 6 steak knife slots in the very front) are horizontal, which is easier on the edges.
I have more than a dozen kitchen knives, including a very large 270mm Hattori Gyuto, a 240mm Hattori Gyuto, a 170mm Hattori Santoku, an 8-inch and a 6-inch Wusthof Chef's Knife, a Dexter Russell Chinese Cleaver, a 150mm and a 135mm Hattori Petty knife, two Wusthof paring knives, and a 9" Wusthof Bread Knife, plus six Laguiole steak knives. All are in the block, along with my ceramic sharpening rod and a pair of Kershaw Shears.
The slots were wide enough for all of my knives except one. After filling all the other slots, I had one knife left over, the Wusthof 6-inch Chef's Knife. It's 1-9/16 inches wide at the hilt, but the last remaining slot was only 1-1/2 inches wide. That problems was very easily resolved with a keyhole saw, which I used to slightly widen the top portion of the slot until my knife fit in it. Since the actual cut is entirely within the slot, there's no visible damage.
A great block for the money, and a great way to store your good kitchen cutlery!
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SIMILAR PRODUCTS |
| Shun Sharpening Steel
by Shun
Shun Sharpening Steel
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| Shun Kitchen Shears
by Shun
Kershaw Task Master Shears combine the best features of game shears, fish shears, poultry shears and kitchen shears. You'll find these Task Master Shears are designed for the hunter, fisherman, camper and cook to perform any and all cutting tasks.
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| Shun Combination Whetstone Knife Sharpener
by Shun
This Shun Combination Whetstone includes two types of ceramic grit, a 300 grit and 1000 grit which allows you to sharpen your knives and then hone the edge to a smooth finish. A rough to medium grit, this stone works best when wet down for both lubrication and cleaning.
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| Shun Classic 3-1/2-Inch Paring Knife
by Shun
This stunningly beautiful line of cutlery features the look and benefits of Damascus steel, yet without its rusting problems. The Damascus-look blade profile reduces sticking and results in less damage to the food being cut and faster prep times.
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| Shun Steel 9-Inch Bread Slicing Knife
by Shun
Seamless stainless steel construction produces this stunning collection. Features the look and benefits of Damascus steel, yet without it's rusting problems.
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