Kitchen knife recommendations

[Darrin Turnbull]

My vote , is leaning towards carbon steel

[Stere]

Cooking Knife 8 in - Carbon Steel Vintage Carbone - Sabatier K

WWW.SABATIER-SHOP.COM

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Cooking Knife 8 in - Carbon Steel The whole knife is forged in a single mass of CARBON steel. The steel, Rockwell 54-56...

 

 

Never done any of the special fussy  tlc they mention though I don't use a dishwasher machine.

 

 

[openspaceman]

2 hours ago, Darrin Turnbull said:

ceramic knife

 

If you go down the ceramic route never sharpen it with a stone or diamond, the effect is the opposite. Polish only.

 

I prefer steel but do use sabatier stainless knives for carving and dicing veg, even though carbon steel can be sharpened more keenly.

[Commando]

These Kai Shun Japanese knives are stunning, Damascus steel:

 

KAI Europe

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Die KAI-Gruppe mit Hauptsitz in Tokyo entwickelt in über 100-jähriger Tradition Schneidwaren und verwandte...

 

Not cheap but absolute quality!

[spudulike]

We have a relatively cheap block set of Sabatier knives.

 

A few words of advice....Diamond sharpening blocks are damn good at getting an easy keen edge.

 

If you sharpen them....let the Mrs know, mine cut her finger down to the bone and ended up splinting and bandaging it........couldn't drive to A&E due to the bottle of vino we had quaffed!!

 

Use plastic or wood chopping boards. If you cut in to ceramic/glass, any knife will go blunt.

[Jack.P]

Few seconds on a belt sander gets the edge back .id stick to microwave ready food much less faf involved 😂  

[youngsbury]

I’ve got a Victorinox chefs knife quality items at reasonable prices. I’ve also got opinal cooks knife again quality knives at reasonable price. I use a ceramic sharpening steel which gives a razor edge 

[Conor Wright]

We have a set of miyabi knives. Similar to commando's suggestion in type. Very sharp and easy to keep so, but a touch brittle. I cracked one chopping up a chicken, more poor technique than the fault of the knife if I'm honest. Hard to go wrong with victorinox too. 

[Mark J]

Victorinox VIC-41527 Santoku Knife, Fluted Blade, Rosewood, 17cm : Amazon.co.uk: Home & Kitchen

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Victorinox VIC-41527 Santoku Knife, Fluted Blade, Rosewood, 17cm : Amazon.co.uk: Home & Kitchen

Buy this.

Edited January 16, 2022 by Mark J
I forgot I'd already posted.

[Steve Bullman]

I asked a similar question on a butchers group a while ago, figured they’d be the best people to ask. General consensus was Victorinox.

 

Other suggestions were F Dick and Dexter