Best High Carbon Steel Carving Knives in 2026

LONG BRISKET SLICING KNIFE: The 12-inch narrow blade of the Shun Kanso Brisket Knife is perfect for slicing through large cuts of meat in one pass, ensuring more of the juices and flavor stay inside.

NO NEED TO SAW: The razor-sharp edge of this meat cutting knife eliminates the need to saw through meat so your brisket, roast, ham or turkey will look beautiful too.

HIGH-QUALITY CONSTRUCTION: Constructed from AUS10A high-carbon stainless steel refined with Vanadium, this meat knife is strong, corrosion resistant, wear resistant, and razor-sharp.

SLICING KNIFE: Create beautiful, thin, even slices of steak, brisket, chicken and more in a single strike with the Shun 9-inch Classic Hollow Ground Slicing Knife.

IDEAL MEAT KNIFE: The long, narrow blade of this kitchen knife allows you to make a cleaner cut – keeping more of the juice and flavor inside the meat. Hollow-ground indentations help food release easily from the blade.

HIGH-QUALITY CONSTRUCTION: Constructed with Shun's proprietary VG-MAX cutting core and clad in 68 layers of stainless Damascus, this carving knife is corrosion and stain resistant with a strong, razor-sharp edge.

MASTER CHEF'S KNIFE: Known as a master chef's knife, the Shun 8-inch Classic Kiritsuke Knife offers top cutting performance and versatility – making it a perfect all-around prep knife.

ALL-AROUND PREP: This Japanese kitchen knife will juliene, dice or brunoise vegetables with ease. It's an excellent choice for cleaning and portioning boneless proteins with a slightly curved edge that works well with rocking cuts.

HIGH-QUALITY CONSTRUCTION: Constructed with Shun's proprietary VG-MAX cutting core and clad in 68 layers of stainless Damascus, this chef knife is corrosion and stain resistant with a strong, razor-sharp edge.

LONG BRISKET SLICING KNIFE: The 12-inch narrow blade of the Shun Classic Brisket Knife is perfect for slicing through large cuts of meat in one pass, ensuring more of the juices and flavor stay inside.

NO NEED TO SAW: The razor-sharp edge of this meat cutting knife eliminates the need to saw through meat so your brisket, roast, ham or turkey will look beautiful.

HIGH-QUALITY CONSTRUCTION: Constructed with Shun's proprietary VG-MAX cutting core and clad in 68 layers of stainless Damascus, this meat knife is corrosion and stain resistant with a strong, razor-sharp edge.

CHEF KNIFE: The most important tool in every kitchen is a chef's knife. This 8-inch chef knife is the perfect addition to any home chef's kitchen knife collection.

BUTCHER KNIFE: A great knife helps you cut foods with ease. This chefs knife has a super sharp blade, which makes boning, slicing, carving, chopping, skinning, and trimming much easier and safer for you. The knife is SUPER sharp on arrival (with a 9-11N edge) and stays sharp long after extensive use.

KITCHEN KNIFE: Your kitchen knife set is not complete without this 8 inch chef knife. Steak knives, kitchen shears, bread knife and paring knife are all important but you cannot be without a great chef knife.

8-inch Japanese carving knife; ideal for crumble-free holiday meat carving

Precision-forged high-carbon stainless-steel blade; holds a razor-sharp edge

Clad with16 layers of stainless steel to produce a rust-free Damascus look

SLICING KNIFE: Create beautiful, thin, even slices of steak, brisket, chicken and more in a single strike with the Shun 9.5-inch Premier Slicing Knife.

IDEAL MEAT KNIFE: The long, narrow blade of this kitchen knife allows you to make a cleaner cut – keeping more of the juice and flavor inside the meat.

HIGH-QUALITY CONSTRUCTION: Constructed from Shun's proprietary VG-MAX cutting core and clad in 68 layers of stainless Damascus with a hammered TUSCHIME finish, this carving knife is corrosion and stain resistant with a strong, razor-sharp edge.

SANTOKU KNIFE: The Shun 7-inch Dual Core Santoku knife is an Asian-inspired cooking knife that's a favorite among cooks for its ability to easily handle all the basic kitchen cutting tasks.

VERSATILE KNIFE: This kitchen knife is shorter than a standard chef's knife, light, agile and easy to maneuver with just enough belly curve for rocking cuts.

HIGH-QUALITY CONSTRUCTION: This cooking knife features 71 alternating micro-layers of high-carbon, high-chromium VG10 and VG2 stainless steel for a long-lasting, high-performance, razor-sharp cutting edge.

TRADITIONAL JAPANESE KNIFE: Prepare the perfect cuts of sushi or sashimi with the Shun 10.5-inch Dual Core Yanagiba Knife. This kitchen knife has the same length, weight and single-beveled design of traditional Japanese yanagiba.

ULTIMATE SUSHI KNIFE: With a blade stock thicker than the rest of the Dual Core series, this cooking knife has the heft and rigidity to glide through cuts with ease. A gentle hollow grind on the back of the blade eases food release.

HIGH-QUALITY CONSTRUCTION: This sashimi knife features 71 alternating micro-layers of high-carbon, high-chromium VG10 and VG2 stainless steel for a long-lasting, high-performance, razor-sharp cutting edge.