Product Description

Storage block is made from bamboo; an abundant, renewable resource.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5304 in Kitchen & Housewares
• Brand: Shun
• Model: BAMBOOBO
• Dimensions: 5.00" h x 5.00" w x 11.50" l, 5.70 pounds

Features

• 11-slot bamboo knife block designed to hold Shun Asian-style cutlery
• Durable bonded-bamboo construction with clear finish and nonslip feet
• Horizontal position of slots keeps pressure off fine blade edges
• Includes slots for wide knives, kitchen shears, and sharpening steel
• Bamboo is an earth-friendly, renewable resource tougher than wood

Amazon.com Review
Shun knives are a significant investment in superb craftsmanship and deserve the best storage possible. This bamboo block features 11 slots positioned horizontally, which keeps pressure off the extremely fine edges of Shun blades. The variety of slot sizes ensures all your Shun cutlery can be accommodated, from that large cleaver or santoku to small parers. There's even a hole for a sharpening steel and a lower opening for kitchen or poultry shears. Stable on its nonslip feet, the block is finished with a clear water-resistant finish that can be wiped clean.

Bamboo, a grass, grows so quickly that it has become popular as an eco-friendly, renewable replacement for slow-growing trees. Harder even than maple, bamboo makes excellent cutting boards, kitchen utensils, flooring and counter tops. Add in the attractive, natural variations in color and its tough, non-porous quality, and bamboo is clearly an excellent choice for products for the modern home. --Ann Bieri

Customer Reviews

Block of Ages
As I slowly replace my old Sabatiers with new Shuns I sprung for their block. I've actually never owned a "knife block" before so I have nothing to compare this little bamboo beaut to but I am impressed by its ability to both sit on a counter and hold knives of different sizes all at the same time. Mine came with a discreet Shun logo on a brushed aluminum plate pressed onto the lovely bamboo. Some block!

Doesn't Fit a Santoku Knife
It's a nice block but it doesn't fit the Santoku knife. That knife sticks out over 1". The blade is exposed and dangerous.

bamboo knife block
This replaced a 30 year old knife block that had seen better days, but we finally outgrew it with the most recent knife purchase. I like the fact that this is a bamboo product. I don't think I realized that two of the eleven slots are not for knives, so I am back at capacity. The wider slots accommodate both chefs' knives as well as santoku. Having the slots configured vertically is good, better for the sharp edge of the blade.