This set includes the HELENA 3 piece starter set with 3 stage adjustable knife and scissor sharpener. The HELENA Series delivers a sleek, minimalist take on modern cutlery, featuring a slim demi-bolster and full-tang German steel blade for balance, sharpness, and long-lasting durability. Its ergonomic handle is secured with stain-resistant rivets for a confident grip. The 3-in-1 Cangshan sharpener restores a factory edge to Western or Asian knives and shears, with a safe handle-style grip and nonslip base. Sharpen twice yearly for best performance.
Knives: Handcrafted
Knives: Full-tang blade
Knives: Forged from tight-grained, German X50CrMoV15 steel for incredible durability, stain resistance, and edge retention. Blades are sharpened to a precise 16-degree angle.
Knives: Each blade goes through our proprietary ULTRA6 heat treatment for incredible strength and durability, scoring a 58 ±2 on the Rockwell Hardness Scale.
Knives: Lifetime Warranty against defects in materials and/or craftsmanship.
Sharpener: The Cangshan team spent 16 months doing R&D, finalizing the industrial-grade carbide sharpening components to ensure that this knife sharpener can work effectively on high alloy metal blades.
Sharpener: Professional 3-1 knife sharpener with built-in angle adjustment from 14 to 24 degrees, offering the correct blade angle to expertly maintain the cutting edges of both Western- and Asian-style knives.
Sharpener: Also includes a unique ceramic sharpening blade slot designed to sharpen 2-piece kitchen shears.
Sharpener: Offers two stages of sharpening for each knife style: a coarse ultra-hard Tungsten carbide side for restoring edges to dull blades and a finely grained ceramic side for honing and finishing edges (also useful for quick touch-ups).
Sharpener: A unique handle-shaped grip helps keep fingers safe, and a nonslip rubberized base provides stability on the work surface.
Sharpener: Not for use with serrated knives or blades sharpened on only one side of the cutting edge, such as sashimi knives.