Why is there so much neg about Shun Pro?

[doug8066]

Do i detect a faint level of prejudice against Shun knives?

Isn't this similar to the widespread dissing of Global knives a few years back?

[Tippet]

Not from me you don't. I am very happy with my Shuns.

[bikehunter]

Do i detect a faint level of prejudice against Shun knives?

Isn't this similar to the widespread dissing of Global knives a few years back?

Faint? LOL

[kcma]

No faint. And Dissing of global hasn't stopped either.

[willspear]

couldn't pay me to subject myself to holding a global knife lol


in fact I think I'd rather pull the southpark eating method and eat with my ass and crap out of my mouth from that one episode.

[LumberJ]

I enjoyed my globals when I had them. Even though I know there is better stuff out there at the same price they aren't terrible. Don't think I'll buy another one but everyone has their own preference. That being said I can't stand shuns at the same time.

[Seb]

I really desperately want to like Globals... but I can't. They don't exactly suck but they are just not very good. And the handle is too far back from the blade... your forearm and wrist start to ache. In case anybody mentions that this shouldn't matter with a pinch-grip, the handle is far too heavy. The balance just stinks.

I am also still pissed at being conned into paying $90 for a half-sized 'Global' 5K (wine) waterstone (in reality a Shapton M5). Still burning over that one.

At the end of the day, there are just better knives for the money:

Fujiwara Kanefusa
Togiharu
Masahiro
Kanemasa
Kumadori/Minamoto-Kotetsu
Shimatani
Sakai carbon

[kcma]

And the fact that I have yet to encounter a single good cutter who would choose a global or shun...

[Fred]

I really desperately want to like Globals... but I can't. They don't exactly suck but they are just not very good. And the handle is too far back from the blade... your forearm and wrist start to ache. In case anybody mentions that this shouldn't matter with a pinch-grip, the handle is far too heavy. The balance just stinks.

Global is the only product line I know of that has perfect balance for every model throughout all the products except for the forged models. The trick is the hollow handle which is filled with just the right amount of sand to hit the balance exactly.

[Seb]

I find that when I pinch on the blade like I often do, especially when I want control, the Global handle behaves like a big, useless paperweight (sand or no sand).

To find a comfortable grip, I end up holding it like a tennis racket or hammer - and that is just not how I like to cut.

My other beef with Globals is that ambidextrous cross-section 'V' grind - great if you're a leftie - but not so good if you are a rightie and can use all those great gyutos with r/h assymetric grind. I wondered for a long time how a knife that looks so thin at the choil in practice cuts so thick and I finally worked out why.