Sourdough Bread

It was time to retire my old 8" Wüsthof bread knife. I've been eyeballing the Shun 9" for quite some time and finally ended up ordering since I needed something with a bit more heft. Fit and finish are top and like any new knife, it's sharp and efficient.

I have approximately 16 knives and have been thinking about starting a Shun set.  what is your opinion and are they worth the money.  In addition, I have a guy come to my house when I call and sharpen my knives.  I see that Shun will sharpen without charge for the life on the knife.  However I have to send them to Shun, pay shipping and wait for them to be returned.  When I call the guy guy to sharpen my knives I have them within an hour.  Any comments?

I do not make sour dough bread.  However this is plain french bread.

That’s gotta be the best looking French bread I’ve ever seen!

I do not make sour dough bread.  However this is plain french bread.

 Looks very delicious! Thanks for sharing.

It was time to retire my old 8" Wüsthof bread knife. I've been eyeballing the Shun 9" for quite some time and finally ended up ordering since I needed something with a bit more heft. Fit and finish are top and like any new knife, it's sharp and efficient.

I have approximately 16 knives and have been thinking about starting a Shun set.  what is your opinion and are they worth the money.  In addition, I have a guy come to my house when I call and sharpen my knives.  I see that Shun will sharpen without charge for the life on the knife.  However I have to send them to Shun, pay shipping and wait for them to be returned.  When I call the guy guy to sharpen my knives I have them within an hour.  Any comments?

I don’t own any nice kitchen cutlery but I do own quite a few knives from Shun’s sister companies, Kershaw and Zero Tolerance and can attest to their customer service being second to none.

I’ve broken multiple knives due to misuse (prying) and outright abuse. I just emailed them and told them what I did, sent them the broken knife, and either received a replacement or a full msrp credit toward any model they currently produce.

It was time to retire my old 8" Wüsthof bread knife. I've been eyeballing the Shun 9" for quite some time and finally ended up ordering since I needed something with a bit more heft. Fit and finish are top and like any new knife, it's sharp and efficient.

I have approximately 16 knives and have been thinking about starting a Shun set.  what is your opinion and are they worth the money.  In addition, I have a guy come to my house when I call and sharpen my knives.  I see that Shun will sharpen without charge for the life on the knife.  However I have to send them to Shun, pay shipping and wait for them to be returned.  When I call the guy guy to sharpen my knives I have them within an hour.  Any comments?

 Shun knives are very very good but they are known to be expensive. I sharpen my own knives so the ‘send them in to get sharpened’ is not important. The steel properties, the look and fit and finish is what I’m interested in. So for me Shun fits the bill. I have never had to send in a knife or contact their customer service so I can’t comment but I know from several friends that they were very happy with the support and warranty they received.

This one isn’t pretty but it tastes great. For the last week I’ve only been feeding the starter rye flour as an experiment to see how it reacted. As expected, it definitely speeds up the process.




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Shun knives are very very good but they are known to be expensive. I sharpen my own knives so the ‘send them in to get sharpened’ is not important. The steel properties, the look and fit and finish is what I’m interested in. So for me Shun fits the bill. I have never had to send in a knife or contact their customer service so I can’t comment but I know from several friends that they were very happy with the support and warranty they received.

I don't have one of these knives but am curious how I can sharpen a breadknife, i.e. a serrated blade.
I have an Opinel which is great (but much less expensive).

Fedsbackhand You can either use a small sized ceramic rod sharpening stick, a regular sized honing/sharpening rod (swiping up and down, an electric sharpener (Chef's Choice), send it to a specialized knife sharpening center or contact the brand as they will be able to guide you more specific for their serrated knife.

Thanks, I have a standard knife sharpener with a ceramic rod but it does clearly say not for serrated blades. Will get in touch with Opinel when it starts to dull. Still very sharp at the moment.

Hump-day Sourdough + 85% + AP Flour + Whole Wheat + Rye Flour w added Caraway Seed + Bagel Mix