The best chef’s knives can break down whole chickens, chop herbs without bruising them, dice hard vegetables and more. Here are our favorite blades.

The Shun Hikari chef’s knife was the first nice knife I ever bought myself. I got it more than six years ago, and it’s still one of my most used because of the extremely sharp blade.

If there’s one item everyone equates with a chef, it’s their knife. And as someone who spent many a year as a private chef in ...

The weight is just perfect." Buy it at Korin. 3. Shun Premier Chef's Knife ($120) James Sommerin works with a 6-inch knife from Shun, whose handcrafted blades have a hammered surface to reduce drag.