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Your cart is empty.The Shun Sora 9-inch Bread Knife is a specialized bread cutting knife designed to gently glide through breads, cakes and pastries. Long, razor-sharp serrations glide through tender and crusty breads alike with no ripping, squashing or tearing and offer equal cutting power on forward and backward strokes. Featuring VG10 steel for a 16-degree edge supported by 420J stainless steel on the blade upper, this Japanese knife delivers exceptional sharpness. The traditional, full-tang handle is made of a textured PP/TPE polymer blend, offering excellent grip and easy maintenance. Supported by free honing. Handcrafted in Japan, the Shun Sora Bread Knife is an essential addition to your cooking knife collection
Chuck Stephens
Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2025
Solid knife for anyone in the kitchen. I've seen others complain about the handle, but I haven't had any problems with it. Light, comfortable and holds an edge great. As long as some idiot doesn't knock it off the table and bend the tip... it's perfect.
Pilar Vilela
Reviewed in Mexico on January 30, 2025
Super compra. Afilado, bonito. Me encantó. Muy recomendable
Customer
Reviewed in Canada on January 25, 2025
It took a while to get comfortable with this knife. Its very light and felt delicate, and its not really an all purpose knife. But for slicing, not chopping, its fantastic. I love using it and, along with a global chefs knife, Ive pretty much stopped using my German knives. I've read some complaints about the handle and yes, its plastic. But it has good grip, comfort, and its not slippery. I use a global specific sharpener to keep it in shape, and it works well. It does need more regular sharpening than a German knife, but it cuts are more refined. For me, an excellent knife.
K.P.
Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2025
Just got these knives and can't wait to use them. Great value for the quality. 100% recommend you won't be disappointed
Victor.S.Matos
Reviewed in Brazil on January 17, 2025
Melhor faca que eu tenho.
Ooley
Reviewed in the United States on December 16, 2024
This is my absolute favorite knife. I like the control of a 6", and this knife has a perfectly balanced weight, very sharp edge, and is super easy to clean.Strongly recommend for anyone with smaller hands, or anyone who likes a little more precision. 8" chefs are over rated and so very rarely needed for 90% of what I'm doing at home.A beautiful and practical knife that, imo, could be your standalone.
torskk
Reviewed in the United States on November 9, 2024
Easy to maintain as they are stainless steel, rather than high carbon steel blades. Extremely sharp and so much easier to use than conventional European kitchen blades, such as Henkels and Sabatier, this Shun economy line cutlery, being less expensive also.Knife is very easily maintained by use of ceramic hones and leather strop. Sharpens easily on 1000 - 3000 grit stones, if you are familiar with using water stones.
Conor C.
Reviewed in Australia on February 26, 2023
I use a Shun 8inch chef knife. Amazing blades. I bought this 6-inch utility knife as a gift. Whoever packed this was eating KFC. Greasy finger-marks all over the box. Was also a large cut down one side of the box. Knife feels and looks amazing. If you are after a smaller knife to use in the kitchen I would highly recommend this one, just not from this seller.
S. Pfeil
Reviewed in the United States on June 12, 2020
Got the 6" SoraI make most of my food at home and have worked in a restaurant kitchen briefly so I know what a difference a good, sharp knife can make. Finally bit the bullet and got a "real" knife, knowing they're around $100. I was concerned about the plastic handle at first, but apparently a lot of the higher end knives have synthetic handles because they're more antimicrobial (and there for sanitary) and generally easier to care for. I noticed after I got this I could have gotten the Kanso utility for about $10 with a wood handle, so consider that. Obviously it sucks that some people have had the tip break off their knife, but part of that is because the blade of this knife is made out of very hard steel- hard steel makes for a great cutting edge but is less flexible and more brittle. The non-cutting edge is wrapped in a softer steel, which is cheaper and softer, but more durable. Glass is a very "hard" material which is why it's so sharp but so brittle.I keep getting watermelons and it's so easy to just cut the entire rind of, cuts through brussels sprouts like nothing too. I'm not really sure how Shun's "free sharpening" policy works, but if that's a thing I can do this might be my brand- I've heard shun mentioned a few times but when I was doing research Babbish (aka Andrew Rea) suggested it for an affordable entry level knife, so I was sold. I have small hands and I'm working in a small space, so the 6" one is plenty big enough for me.
Sergio R
Reviewed in Mexico on July 15, 2019
Este producto es de bastante buena calidad. Los japoneses saben hacer muy bien las cosas y se nota la maestría que tienen en hacer productos de corte.El metal es de primera calidad, además de su manufactura. El mango podría estar mejor hecho, con un material de mejor calidad ya que se siente demasiado plástico al tacto.Estoy bastante satisfecho con su desempeño y además se ve muy bonito.Yo lo compré para cortar frutas para mis cócteles pero perfectamente puede funcionar como cuchillo de chef en una cocina.
Elijah Stephens
Reviewed in the United States on September 21, 2015
I absolutely love these knives. The profile of the blade is great and they are really sharp right out of the box. I purchased the Santoku, 8" chef, 6" Chef, Utility, Ultimate Utility, bread knife, and pairing knife. Not only are they a great looking set of knives to display in your kitchen, but they truly do take your cooking to another level. Some people complain that the polymer handle feels cheep, but these knives are perfectly priced for what they are. The polymer grip is comfortable and its profiled it such a way that it looks great. These knives truly show the mastery knife making at work at Sora. I also have a some Wusthoff Classics, Messermeister Elites, and a set of the Calphalon Katana. The Classics and Elites I love. The Katanas not so much. These Soras are the best knives in this price range and I love them. My favorite out of all of them has to be the 7" Santoku, but all of the others are great to.Some people say they got rust spots on these knives. Well more expensive knives have a good side and a bad side. They are great because you get better blade profiles, with a blade that holds an edge a lot longer and is much easier to sharpen, but the down side is they are prone to rust. You shouldn't just leave these knives laying in a wet sink for days like you can do with cheaper knives. You should do that with any higher end knife because they will all get rust spots. Also I can not stress this enough. Do not put these knives in the dishwasher. When you finish using them. Hand wash them in soap and water. Hand dry them really good and put them back on your knife rack. Also make sure you knife isn't wet from placing wet knives on it. Putting your good knives on a wet knife rack is a good way to get rust spots. These really are great knives that are very easy to take care of with a little respect and a few steps, and these are possibly the best knives in the price range. These or the Messermeister Elites. Though the elites are a little more expensive than these. You will not regret buying these Soras'. Also if you purchase these. Get yourself a nice knife rack to display them. The beautifully crafted knives look way to go to be thrown in a knife block or drawer.
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