Shun Slimline Knife Block, 6 Slot Knife Holder, Made from Genuine Bamboo, Kitchen Storage for Professional and Home Chefs

I was looking for a smaller knife holder that would fit next to another one. This works well

If you only have a few knives and need a block, this Shun knife block is a solid choice. I like the fact the knives are stored horizontally and that the block itself isn’t huge and bulky. Great at $30

There’s wood dusts in the knife slots (that i can’t clean), and glue on the outsides.But it still looks nice, medium weighted (might won’t heavy enough for some people) .The biggest problem, which is my mistake was.. there is no room for utility knife.I’ve tried to put my 5 inch utility knife in the small top slot,but my knife was too thin and small so it got little bit lifted up, might cause damage on my blade.Conclusions. it’s cheap but fair for priceit doesn’t have patty knife slot so mind that.

It's as advertised. My 9" Shun chef knife fits well, as well as the sharpening tool and some other knives. It's very slim so doesn't take much space on my limited countertop space.

Knife block came nicely packaged and flawless.

Comments about a loose fitment to shun knives are true. It works. 3/5 stars because of the really, really wide slots for shun premiers. Sturdily build and i have no doubts it will last a lifetime. It was cheap and holds our knives. I have yet to find a knife across the kitchen, trying the ol’ looney toons sneak away trick. Depth is not ideal for my expectations, chefs knife is in slot 2 from bottom while nakiri is in bottom slot. I’d like it the other way around, but no biggie. Your fitment may be better if you have western style knives, as they tend to be thicker and heavier.-price 5/5-aesthetics 5/5-fitment (slot width) 2/5-fitment (depth) 3/5Hey it’s cheap and it holds your $700-900 or whatever you spent-knives just fine! I do recommend if it’s the right product for you.

I wanted to place to put my knives, and my knives do fit in it, so… I’m not sure what else you want in a knife block? The packaging was very minimal, and it arrived slightly dinged on one corner, but it didn’t affect functionality.

Stoked about finding this sleek block for a gift set of Shun knives I bought for Christmas. I really wanted the block to match the knife brand soon bought it, wiped it with the knives, and gifted. When I saw the knives in the holder... I was shocked to see how loose and wobbly fitting the slots are for shun knives. You can feel the tip of the chef knife blade tap the back of the wood, and utility/paring knife are so loose in the slots it’s embarrassing this knife block came from the same brand. I’m embarrassed with how ill fitting my well-intended gift is.

I had a set of decent knives that came with a pale wood block and after years of use, I was annoyed by two things--how big it was and how the scissors slot was at the right edge, blocked by knives and it was annoying to grab it. This one solves both of those problems!My old set had 4 cooking knives (8" chef knife, 6" santoku, 5" utility knife, 4" paring knife) and all of those fit beautifully in this one. My scissors are now easy to grab and a lot less space is taken up by this one. The base of this is 2.5" x 8.5", but in practice it takes up a lot more room length-wise since it's slanted and your knife handles will stick out. With the 8" chef knife at the bottom, the footprint of this on my counters is about 3.5" x 14" (some room also taken up width wise by the handle of my scissors, which I'd say is the normal size? It's not one of the smaller metal ones).My block came wrapped in shrink wrap, bubble wrap, a bunch of plastic air pockets, then a sturdy box with the Shun logo so I assume it's the original packaging. Very well protected, no dings or anything. I'm a little worried that the dark finish will get damaged over time since my old block had that issue (the finish rubbed off around the knife slots and the scissors slot had been eroded), but time will tell.Some reviews mentioned that the slots are too loose, but they're the same size as my old knife block. Don't expect your knives to be very snug with absolutely no movement, just like any other wooden knife block.Overall, a tad expensive ($55 when I bought it), but worth it for me due to the great size, colouring, and quality.

This is a great knife block, and probably the most affordable Shun product you can buy haha. Shun makes high quality knives and if you're willing to splurge on them, they are worth it. They'll last a lifetime and have excellent customer service (free sharpening). You really don't need a lot of knives to get everything done in the kitchen. Chef or Santoku depending on your chopping style, serrated utility, and a paring knife should be able to handle most of the work.

A very nice looking knife block.The colour is closer to that of walnut wood, than black - which is nice if that fits the decoration of your kitchen.Fits 2 paring/utility knives and 2 larger, chef/Santoku knives, plus a honing steel. The caveat though is that you cannot have all knives going in the same direction, otherwise the distance between slots might be too small and the knife handles will push each other around (see image). Alternating arrangement works.Overall 4/5, if the distance between slots were just slightly larger then 5/5 for sure.

durable and high-quality

perfect size for our knives