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Quality kitchen knives... thoughts? Opinions? Any experts? Steel, angle, hardening... does anyone understand these stats? -- nm

Posted by Mop (190 lbs) (aka rburriel) Jul 12 '13, 14:40

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I have this - recommended by Consumer Reports (I believe it was a Best Buy) -- (link) - CovingtonCat Jul 12, 15:57
High carbon steel good. Henkels good, Wustof good. - the liiouolu with a stray o Jul 12, 15:10
Wusthof makes a great product. -- nm - TWuG Jul 12, 14:57
I wouldn't sweat this too much. A good chef's knife should meet most kitchen needs - Roger More Jul 12, 14:56 2
- yep. it depends on what/how you cook. for casual cooks, a chef's knife and a paring knife can go a long way. I use my smaller* santoku - b. Jul 12, 15:00 1
  - p.s. I just realized I should have added one more line. - b. Jul 12, 15:22
I guess mine can cut through a piece of rope in one pass - dogbert Jul 12, 14:53
wustoph henkle carbon steel, a boner, a fillet, maybe one of those psycho killer butcher knives, and a sharpening steel - zeitgeist Jul 12, 14:47 1
- go to william sonoma and look at their offerings, you don't need a whole set, just one small and one omg he's got a knife big one -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 12, 14:49
ceramic are great -- nm - peglegpete Jul 12, 14:45 1
- But can break if you drop them. -- nm - the liiouolu with a stray o Jul 12, 15:11
americas test kitchen had a nice al la cart set they came up with, go there and find it. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 12, 14:41 10
- Cool, thanks! (although it needs registration) -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jul 12, 14:46 9
  - yeah, sorry, i worried it might. - tRuMaN Jul 12, 14:47 8
    - does this help? -- (link) - tRuMaN Jul 12, 14:49 7
      - Man, everyone needs to watch that video. It changes everything I know about knives. And it's true. - Mop (190 lbs) Jul 12, 15:00 4
        
        What a great show -- nm - con_carne Jul 12, 15:52
        
        Hey, someone set up a list of the knives at amazon. So pick and choose -- (link) - Roger More Jul 12, 15:16 1
        
        Cool. I was doing just that. Nice to see someone did it for me. I'm gonna go for the lesser Victorinox knives. - Mop (190 lbs) Jul 12, 15:51
        
        cause that is what the pretty lady in the store wants you to buy. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 12, 15:01
      - It's cool. I registered. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jul 12, 14:50 1
        
        well, thats cool. now if i need something from that site, i can just ask you - tRuMaN Jul 12, 14:52

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