Kitchen knives?

My favorite kitchen knife isa stainless steel balanced sheath knife I found when cleaning out storage unit contents I bought at a surrendered lease auction.

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old hickory, i go to auctions and second hand store just to look for these old knives. some store still sell them i think like hardware stores really easy to use, sharpens quickly and just the right size for my small hands

I have some Pampered Chef knives that I have had for 15+ yrs that still do the job. The come with a hold that sharpens them everytime you use them. I am a huge knife person.

I just purchased CutCo knives this year after using my sisters and loving them. We use them for everyday use and when we process chickens and they stay sharp for the longest time. When they need sharpened we just call the dealer and she sends them off to the company. They carry a lifetime warranty as well which is nice. They cost dear though so I do hope they last forever. Sis has had her for 12 years and only sent them to be sharpened twice.

It seemed strange to me at first, our friend Peter Hertzmann says, one of the most useful kitchen knives is the simple, inexpensive serrated, what I would call a, bread cutting knife. He says buy an inexpensive one, use it for years and buy another -- they can not be sharpened, apparently.

This year, he wrote and published, Illustrated Knife Skills. He has discussed it on Martha Stewart's, etc. It is available every where, it seems; Sonoma and Williams, online, etc.

One day after Peter explained knives cut by a sawing action, and even straight blades look like a little saw, under a microscope; the big-saw idea of a bread knife made lots of sense.

He clearly discusses the other knives too, and shows both right and left illustrations of cutting techniques.

All the best,

Alex

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I sent a copy to Peter and he corrected me,
Alex

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hard to beat wusthoff trident for the price, (when on sale) bought my wife a set when we first married going on 15 yrs. They need stone sharpening once a year, sometimes more and using a steel keeps them like razors. Lifetime guarentee as well.

Chicago and Russell have been pretty good knives for the money, but after I stepped up to Gustav Emil Ern knives in both carbon or stainless, I don't wanna go back to the others.

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Different knives for different purposes for me.

I have a (moderately expensive) set of Wusthof Le Cordon Bleu knives that I love for most cutting activities - it was a world of difference from the cheap knife sets I'd used previously. I use these for almost all veggie, bread, or boneless meat knifework I need to do.

I keep a couple of old chicago knives around as well - they don't hold the edge as well or for as long, but I can do things like slice garlic into my thumb (which would be a nasty cut with the Wusthof knives). I also use them for hacking around or through bones, as I'd rather not dull the other set.

I also picked up two ceramic knives to see if I liked them. They're on par with good steel knives in terms of sharpness, and never need to be sharpened. They're also more brittle, so on needs to be careful never to torque the knife or it can shatter. All in all they're good knives, but not clearly better to me than their steel counterparts.

Miricle Blades - bought at the MN State Fair. My 1st wife took our first set, so I went back to the State Fair a year after our divorce to buy another set. Its the only knives you need. The set came with 2 of the large Miricle Blade knoves (it'll cut through steel then take the skin off a tomato) and a set of 6 steak knive. I don;t use any other and have not for over 25 years -- except for the period of time that my ex took them.

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At work the knife used by most people is a offset bread knife....it is used for almost everything.

We buy them from a foodservice company for around $14 each and when they get dull you throw them away.
When new you do not even need to 'saw' with them they are so sharp.

Here is a set to give y'all an idea:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Chef-quality-San...QQcmdZViewItem

My personal knives are Wusthof but it is hard to keep an edge once they get a little dull.

I have a Santoku type knife that works great too,no name but imported from Japan.
I also have some high carbon knives that you can sharpen easily.

I have heard Forschner is a good but less pricey brand to use.

I have 2 1970's vintage professional Henckels chef knives that I bought with my graduation money when I graduated from the CIA. They are still wonderful. I also have a Henckels paring knife of similar vintage, and another stainless professioanl paring knife that are still going strong.

For boning knives, we've switched over to Old Hickory, because they take an edge easily. We also use an O H 12" 'butcher' knife when cutting steaks and the like.

For slicing bread & tomatoes, we use inexpensive serrated knives bought on clearance. These are the only ones that go into the dishwasher.


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I received a set of the Henckles pro forged for Christmas. So far they have been wonderful, but I haven't had to cook much since we had a lot of leftovers, and my family has gone on a mission trip for a few days. It came with a sharpening steel, and I was surprised that the instructions say to use the steel after every other use of the knife. Does anyone do it that much?

Dawn

I make a few passes with the steel before each use.

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