The Western boning knife is an essential tool for butchery, designed for precision when removing meat from bone. Its thin, flexible blade allows for clean, controlled cuts, making it ideal for breaking down poultry, filleting fish, trimming fat, and deboning larger cuts of meat. The curved, pointed tip helps navigate around joints and cartilage with ease, ensuring minimal waste and maximum efficiency.

Unlike the rigid and triangular Japanese Honesuki, the Western boning knife typically features a more flexible blade, allowing it to bend and glide along bones for cleaner separation. This flexibility makes it particularly useful for intricate work, such as removing silver skin from beef or filleting delicate proteins without damaging the flesh.

With its precise, manoeuvrable design, the Western boning knife is an indispensable tool for butchers, chefs, and home cooks who frequently prepare meat and fish. Whether you’re working with poultry, beef, or seafood, this knife provides the control and finesse needed for efficient butchery.

The Shun Classic Series unites centuries-old Japanese Samurai blacksmithing with today's modern and technically-sophisticated manufacturing processes. The result is an exceedingly high-quality range of Damascus knives, engineered with attention to the most minute details and designed to always retain its sharpness. The knives are therefore ideally suited for professional use.

The Shun Classic blades are gorgeous to look at due to the distinctive semigloss pattern exhibited by the Damascus steel composite comprising 32 layers. This combination with the elegant, tapering handle made of black pakkawood, results in an overall aesthetic design that puts quality and functionality at its core.

Weight: 161g

Handle Material: Wa (Japanese) Handle, black pakka wood and steel end

Handle Length: 125mm (4.9")

Blade Length: mm (")

Blade Depth: mm

Thickness at spine: mm

Thickness at tip: mm

Cutting Edge: Double 50/50

Blade Material: VG-Max core steel with 32 Damascus layers

Hardness (Rockwell scale): 61 - 62