A revived interest in home cooking recently made me lament the absence of my santoku knife. Granted, it was of terrible quality after slipping out of my hands and shattering on the floor. But what I miss is that it fit perfectly in my hand and had the necessary grip I looked for. For future reference, no more cheaply made American blades (in this case it was a Calphalon 7″ santoku). A cleaver just isn’t made for fine chopping and dicing, though I’m having to adapt to hefting a bulky piece of cutlery. Now will you take a look at that Shun Classic 6.5 incher? Makes my inner chef want to RAWWRR! And there’s more of the Shun Kershaw knives to drool over at the Kershaw Online store.