Good knives?

mikeywills

OS or not, I only have three knives that I use, and have done so for many years.

1. paring knife (kitchen devil) for all veg and fruit chopping, which I run down the steel when its not sharp enough to cut easily through a tomato skin.
2. Bread knife double edged which get used for carving chicken and meat aswell as bread, cheese, tarts etc etc (different edges)
3. Meat cleaver, for all those carcass crunching stock occasions, this gets sharpened prior to use.

Never had a need for any others, I wouldn't spend on a full set of knifes, don't see the benefit. For me its all about what feel comfortable in your hands, so its the paring knife every time, it just feels like an extention of my fingers.

sallywl

Richardson Knives with the tungsten carbide coating are the best ive ever used they are still mega sharp after a year

tawnyowls

I bought a set of 3 tungsten carbide sharpeners from QVC recently, and I am very impressed. They really put a serious edge on my knives - I was doing the cutting paper demo within minutes! And as for chopping tomatoes - brilliant. I'm sure they will eventually wreck the knives, because there was quite a lot of metal shavings coming off, but they've restored new life to a set of crappy knives that cost very little to begin with. Tchibo have an electric grinder available for £8.

Zed42

Well, I think knives are (or can be!) a very personal choice ... Henckels for me everytime. I love the weight of them (the 4 star), they handle beautifully and cut well.

Always keep your knives sharp, occasionally DH has to use the oil stone on them and wowsers be careful!

Easy test for a sharp knife I find is to cut a tomato, if it cuts cleanly (and like butter) then it's sharp, if it is a "drag" then it needs sharpening.

whatatwit

Zed42 wrote:

Always keep your knives sharp, occasionally DH has to use the oil stone on them and wowsers be careful!

I can't find my steel to sharpen with, never thought of the oilstone.
Sharp knives here I come.

Thanks.

JoeyEmma

i have a few of those victorinox paring knives, serated and plain. they cost about £4 each and are great.

Strike_Team

I like my little Victorinox knife and my 8 inch Sabatier, both far better than the cheap stuff.

*debbie*

Just remember NEVER put sharp knives in the dishwasher, I had a lovely set of Sabatier I was bought as a wedding present, and all the tips turned over and eventually (after about 12 months), the end 2cm of the chefs knife snapped off while cutting a piece of Brie!!
Took them back to John Lewis, who replaced them for me but said DO NOT put them in a dishwasher, whatever the packaging says. Since then, the knives have been great (14 years!)

competitionscafe

The first one on the page below was given a best buy recommendation by the Consumers Association (Which?) and compared favourably with much more expensive cooks knives. I have 2 of them (different sizes) and they are excellent - very, very sharp though so be careful especially when washing them! I also have a Global Chefs knife which cost around £50 (!) a few years ago and to be honest I use the Victorinox Cooks Knives far more often than the global one. The little Victorinox paring knives are cheap and very useful too (you get one free with the Cooks Knife).

http://www.kitchenknivesdirect.co.uk/acatalog/Fibrox_Handles_.html

EagerLearner

Thanks competitionscafe - Just bought from they due to your recommendation - have been meaning to buy good knives for ages. 12cm cooks knife for £11.50 with free shipping and a free paring knife - not bad!