Miyabi Birchwood vs Shun Premier — Chef's Knife.

The Miyabi Birchwood line is Miyabi’s highest end knife line. It uses SG2 steel with a hardness of 63 for the blade and then further wraps either side with 50 layers of stainless steel, creating one of the most jaw-dropingly gorgeous damascus patterns you’ve ever seen. The blade is ground down to an insanely sharp 9 degree angle and the handle itself is made of birchwood— a wood originally used for million dollar faberge eggs.

The Shun Premier is an extremely high-end line-- it uses hard steel, it is clad in 34 layers of stainless steel, it has a hammered finish, it has a full tang passing through a brown pakkawood handle, and it comes with lifetime sharpening.

In this video, compare and contrast the Miyabi Birchwood Chef's Knife to the Shun Premier Chef's Knife and give my thoughts.

[sachhiemdotus]

Turn on the light and zoom in to fill the video frame around the cutting board.

[luvsrace]

I have a set of Miyabi Birchwoods and I absolutely love them. For any body interested in bringing the beauty of the handle to the next level, I treated them with a mixture of tung oil and citrus solvent. I did about 5 applications. Basically just till it didn't look like it was soaking in any more. Absolutely transformed the beauty of that handle. Next level.

[rickfrazier]

Chef here,
Actually the grind angle is important on both knives. a grinding degree of 11-9 is proffered for meat and seafood as to not damage the delicate tissue. A grinding degree of 12-15 is better as it holds it's edge better against bone and vegetables. I own both, and they both make fast work of an onion in the right person's hands.

[LongIslandicedteaaa]

Should do shun hiro sg2 vs Miyabi Birchwood SG2

[mirsad]

would like to see miyabi birchwood vs yaxell gou sg2 video

[perniciouspete]

What is "automated handmade"?

[MrSatchelpack]

How can you say that the knife will never need to be sharpened? Unless you mean that it should be kept in a display case, that is quite misleading. All knives will dull with use. This may hold its edge better, but it is probably harder to sharpen and will chip easier due to its higher Rockwell hardness. Your confidence in your misguided statement ruins this whole review.

[jrmgtx]

I think the Shun Hiro would be a better comparison as it is SG2 as well and similarly priced to the Birchwood.

[annak]

Thanks for making such clear distinctions between these knives.

[ursus_mb]

I have the Miyabi birchwood Gyuto, and i am SO happy with it! Sometimes I just take it out to admire it, its such a beauty!

[hozerskate]

They’re 2 different priced knives. $100 dollar difference.
Maybe compare it to Miyabi mizu sg2?

[JonathanSchwetz]

What chopping block do you use? I use a half end-grain, half edge-grain maple board and I'm looking for a new full end-grain board because I'm not happy with the wear on the edge grain sections. Even with regular heavy conditioning with mineral oil it's showing signs of scarring.

[Hyper_Driven]

Great review. How about the cutting board? Any good reviews on those?

[theeconomicbachelor]

Nice cutting board! Great review. Thanks!

[Cdgunde]

How would the Miyabi or Shun be compared to the MAC professional French Chef Knife

[HighRideBOV]

I'm leaning towards starting to build a set of Miyabi Birchwood, but the Shun lifetime sharpening seems to be a real money saver. I know you say you shouldn't need to have the Miyabi Birchwoods sharpened, but I've seen other reviews where they have needed sharpening which would be a significant expense for a full set.

[papermaker]

I have a shun Nagare and 5000black zdp189. Hands down the shun cuts more effortlessly. Vg10 vs 189 and I returned the miyabi.

FYI the shun you can get a sg2 in 64

[ibec]

I stopped watching when he said it'll never ever need sharpening.

[Sinista-Beatz]

Just got the Birchwood
It is an amazing knife.
Better than a Kramer period
I’m excited to use it
It will easily be my day to day workhorse knife

[baseballhunter]

Not sure when the Shun Hiro released, but that would make for a better comparison.