The Shun Classic Blonde 7" Santoku Knife (DM0702W) is a chef's knife designed for vegetables, meat, and fish. The versatile 7" blade is maneuverable, promoting excellent blade control, and also works very well with smaller jobs such as chopping herbs and mincing garlic. Many cooks have completely replaced their traditional chef knife with the efficient santoku. Shun Classic Blonde is everything you love about the venerable Shun Classic series, but with a beautiful blonde Pakkawood handle. Crafted to exactly the same standards as its sister line, the Shun Classic Blonde knives feature gorgeous Damascus clad blades of layered stainless steel around a proprietary VG-MAX cutting core, offering maximum cutting performance, strength, corrosion resistance, and of course a razor-sharp 16° edge. These handcrafted knife are design with a full composite tang so each Classic remains lightweight, yet perfectly balanced. Finished off with a D-shaped Blonde Pakkawood handle, the Shun Classics are comfortable and offer a secure, traditional Japanese grip. Shun has a wide selection of 7" Santoku Knives to choose from: Shun Premier Santoku , Shun Classic Hollow Ground Santoku Shun Dual Core Santoku Shun Kanso Hollow Ground Santoku , and the Shun Sora Hollow Ground Santoku . No matter your style, there is a Shun Santoku for you!