Set includes 3.5" vegetable knife, 4.5" paring knife, 5.5" santoku knife, 6" chef's knife, 8" chef's knife, 5" bread knife, 9.5" slicing knife, 9" sharpening steel, kitchen shears, and bamboo block VG10 super steel Authentic thin Japanese blade profile Hand-honed using the three-step Honbazuke process to a 9.5 to 12 degree edge CRYODUR blade, ice-hardened to Rockwell 60 65-layer flower Damascus design with katana edge Traditional Japanese D-shaped black linen Micarta handle Handcrafted in Sei, Japan .