Shun Premier 6" Boning & Fillet Knife

I have really come to love the Shun brand as they have beautiful looking knives that also have excellent steels being used for the blades. I usually use this knife as a fillet knife and not so much as a boning knife. While I am sure that it can handle some basic spatchcocking, this is definitely not a honesuki. While the blade has a really nice hardness for the kitchen, I am worried that because it is so thing that I may end up breaking this knife on some hard bones. Overall for fillets this knife is excellent and makes easy work because it is very precise and sharp out of the box and it is also easy to hone and keep sharp until perhaps 6-12 months later when a full on sharpening session may be in order. I also have some of their other knives in this collection namely the kiritsuke and the paring and utility knife. All are excellent pieces and I would definitely rebuy or give as a gift in the future.

wow. what a blade. comes incredibly sharp from manufacturer. the blade thickness (or thinness rather) makes it very easy to filet. (its not REALLY a filet knife, but the closest by Japanese standards), the blade is firmly in the handle (my last blade got loose, which is why i got this). easy to clean, but be very careful.ergonomics: comfortable. im a 6' male with average sized hands, fits quite nice

Just added this to my Shun collection after starting purchasing large cuts of pork and beef. My first use of the knife was a huge success. I am brand new to butchering large cuts of meat and I knew I loved my other Shun Premier knifes. The price and finding this in stock slowed down my purchase but so glad I got one.Upon slicing the 22lb shoulder to something more manageable I simply used the weight/gravity of the meat itself applied to the knife to slice. I never understood exactly what "cut like butter" was after all my $40 knife sets all failed me. This knife did exactly that. Look forward to passing this set to my daughter some day. This and the ultimate utility knife are my favorite knifes in this set because of the beauty and raver sharp! Thank you Shun!

Deboned and pork shoulder with ease.Review updated after a year of use. This has become one of my absolute go-to knives. It works well in 'cutability' of course but the agility achieved with this knife makes it exemplary. Watermelon is great as it scribes so well. Meat is obviously a wonder to carve with this. The length ensures I reach what I need to and the tip is honed for the hard to reach. My Chef knife often gets left behind for this blade. Highly recommend this knife for its feel, sharpness, contour, balance, and performance.

I butcher at least 100 lbs of meat a year. Every time, I pull out my $15 POS boning knife and make due.Hell, all of my kitchen knives are Japanese Aogami Blue steel (TREAT YOURSELF, you can get a decent gunto for about $85) and I'm still using this crappy $15 boning knife.?The knife is solid in my hand, good grip and good balance. The tip is a great shape for all of the separation work, and the heavy blade should work great for cutting up steaks & chops.I was worried about how well it would take an edge (because its stainless steel), but it took a scary-sharp edge in about 15 minutes. I guess the bevel is at about 16%.Ha Ha, bring on the primal!

This is a fantastic knife. Not gonna lie, I cringed at the idea of spending this much on a knife. Most of my knives are $12 IKEA knives, which aren't bad. I have a few other higher end knives too, so I know the difference. I do a lot of meat cutting, I buy my beef in whole cows and have them rough cut at the butcher. So I needed a knife that could trim, cut and slice and this is it. It finely trims just the right amount of fat of a brisket, cuts around a bone on a big roast, or slices you're finished steak off like a champ. Money well spent.Highly recommend if you want a serious knife. Be careful washing it though...don't find out the hard way how sharp it is! lol

I bought this as a gift for my boyfriend. He lit up like a Christmas tree! It’s soooo sharp and beautiful.

Bought this one night after a particularly great day at work and after a 3rd glass of wine... gift to self. It's a gorgeous knife, and well-made. (Well, it IS a Shun, after all!) Great addition to my pantheon of beautiful knives! (If they'd let me, I might take it into the OR and take out an appendix with it! LOL!)

I have two other Shun knives, so am quite familiar with the brand. Love them, and love the boning/fillet knife.I recently got into smoking meat, which involves A LOT of prep work and post-smoke cutting. Especially cutting excess fat from a brisket. Yikes! I also needed a good knife for filleting salmon, black cod and other whole fish.The Shun meets or exceeds all my expectations in terms of sharpness and ease-of-use. It is truly a pleasure to use. I feel like a surgeon as I am cutting up the meat. Its sooo accurate. Aesthetically, it is also a thing of beauty. Which is not really important for a knife, but still ...So, Shuns are great ... yada yada yada.But, the point I want to make in this review is to compare it (from the Premier line) with the Shun Classic line. My other two Shuns are both Classics. One a hollow ground Santoku and a Slicing knife. Other than the aesthetics, all three perform equivalently and take a super fine edge. I would be indifferent between choosing to cut with a Premier or a Classic. I bought the Premier on Prime Day, priced $20 more than the Classic, which was not included in the Prime sale. I would do it again. But the current $40 difference ... meh. Maybe a bridge too far.One other thing I will mention is its use as a fillet knife. The Shun has a super fine tip. Great for digging in and making precision cuts. Many fillet knives are longer (e.g. 9"), but more importantly flexible. If you have any fillet experience or watch some videos, skinning a fillet requires getting the knife blade as close to the skin as possible. Bending the blade on the table (skin side down) to make the skinning cut. The Shun is very stiff, and also a short for a larger fish. I may end up getting an additional fillet knife, e.g. a Bubba 9-inch Tapered Flex fillet knife.

Great qualityComplete my Shun Premier set

Hermoso.

very sharp and excellent crafted blade with a great handle feel. Beautiful knife!

This knife is a work of art and razor sharp - one drawback is that it should come with a saya to protect the beauty of your investment. Shun have distribution in the US but do not ship to Canada and the price of a Shun saya on Amazon for this knife is outrageous - legal extortion.