Shun Ken Onion 11-Piece Knife Block Set ( High End ) $705 shipped @ Woot Sellout

is this as good as the miracle blade III?

Take a look at e-bay $1010 bid with shipping right now.
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I have a Shun 7" Cleaver. Love it. Paid $175. This set is a good deal, but I don't need anything else b/c I use a cleaver & 3" paring knife 95% of the time.

great price on the bentley of knives. don't cook enough to ever justify spending $700 let alone $1300 bucks on a set of knives. I'm perfectly happy with my Henckels Twin Cuisine which were a 1/3 of the price of the shun's on woot. I keep them very sharp, and they cut though anything.

zeddgara said: I view proponents of this as the same type that can swear they hear the difference in sound when using monster cables.

I hear the difference, and it ain't good. The quality of Monster cables sucks dong, and they're extremely over-priced. Planet Waves or Mogami are the way to go for cables.

Anyhoo....expensive knives! I have a set that I bought at WalMart or something for probably $20. They're sharp, and they cut stuff. What more can $700 knives do, honestly?

edit: Instead of giving me red, you could answer my question. Oh wait, this is FW....

CheapCheap1 said: If these super knives can cut a diamond, I will buy it...
If you have diamonds to cut, what are you doing in fatwallet?.

If you like the feel of these knives in your hand then these are a great deal. I have several Shun knifes and they are nice, better than my other two sets. However the blades are thin and you can nick the cutting edge on bone, but they cut great. I would recommend heading out to a store that carries them and hold one to see if you like the feel before ordering.

They sold out already.

I agree. I am a guy, I have interest in cars and technology. Why buy a dSLR when a Kodak Easy Share takes pics ? Why buy a lotus when Kia has a car that has same size and better gas mileage ? (btw, i would NEVER buy a kia... i would buy a hyundai before a kia if it came down to it)

Its all about quality and interest. Sure if these knives have quality material, then they have to be expensive.

Id be interested to see that how many of FWF members will pay me $50/roll of Toilet Paper if I was to come up with a novel idea of material. Im thinking about TP because its equally useful to guys and gals both

I am glad these are gone. I absolutely cannot afford them and I wanted to buy them! I had myself seriously debating picking up several and selling the rest to pay for my set.

Take it from someone who collects custom knives that individually cost as much or more than this set, these are outstanding kitchen knives. If all you care about is being able to do something, you can always find a cheaper way to do it. However, if you care about value, these knives are an outstanding value, even at regular prices, which made this deal a no brainer.

out of $700 you pay $500 for styling ("ken onion" badge) ---> "featuring the same VG-10 high-carbon steel construction as the Shun Classic line". Which is perfectly fine, as long as you know you can get "regular" Shun's for 3 x less, for exactly the same functionality/quality.

i've got 6 "steel" series knifes on one of the Amazon sales for $30-$40 a knife... pakkawood is nicer, but not $500 nicer (i also have a few "elite" series)...as for handle/blade shapes...to me it's all fluff, doesn't add to functionality or even esthetics

Is this really hot?

I also have Forschners and endorse them. They are probably the best value out there. My 8" chef's Forschner is over 25 years old, and it still holds a great edge.

Having said that - my Ken Onion designed Leek is a fine folder, and I wouldn't mind trying this set. Probably best it sold out already. Checking out the individual photos - it appears these are Damascus blades. That's a involved manufacturing process, never inexpensive.

for $700 they better enable me to disarm bombs, my knife set was $230 (Henckles) and I can cut pineapple w/ no problem

Had I been able to order these my wife would have chopped me up with them when FedEx dropped them off. This is one Woot I'm glad I missed.

i have a few wusthofs including a Santoku that work fine for me.

Seems like an awesome deal for those that want a nice set of knives. I'm using hand-me-down Cutcos that my dad bought in the early 70's. They still cut fine and I can still send them back to the factory for sharpening when they need it. Cutco has actually replaced 4 or 5 of them over the years for free!

coolbreeze said: Had I been able to order these my wife would have chopped me up with them when FedEx dropped them off. This is one Woot I'm glad I missed.
Might I suggest the 5" Serrated Utility (DM0513) for the initial thrust, requiring the least arm strength for the deepest penetration.

The 8" Chef"(DM0500) would be a good choice for the actual chopping. The challenge with these larger sets is that there are just too many good choices.