Topic: Chef's Knives

[chef1707]

Hi,
I  thought I's pass this on.
If you have a TKMAX store in your area they have Zwilling J.A.Henckles knives at massive reduction...not sure if any seconds..but have Henckles funky red men.. marked down from 60/80 quid each to 16/12/9 quid..and paring knife 5.99.....I bought one to test and like a razor.went back and bought around 6 diff knives.Really delighted with them and better than the couple of Globals I have.

maybe not for u but I can definately recommend.

regards
Ian

[Jethro]

I'll stick with me Globals despite thier inherent knack of trying to make my curries go instanly redder than than they should be ...vicious buggers take no prisoners, but then they are Japanese  :-X

[spicymatt]

Just bought meself some WUSTHOF Classics for full wack last w/e and now I read this

[RobinB]

went in to TK Max yesterday,They had a few Wusthoffs in there for 16.99 each,which is probably about a third off RRP, you need to look hard for them though,it's a bit of a bun fight in there as usual.

Couln't really justify buying anymore knives though,just for the sake of them been cheap.

[Bobby Bhuna]

Theres a set Sabatiers rrp 140 for 50 quid in tkmax atm. Are they good?

[ast]

Theres a set Sabatiers rrp 140 for 50 quid in tkmax atm. Are they good?

We have a few of their smaller knives.  I personally like them, and would buy a bunch more of their longer (~5" blade) utility knives to use for sharp knives at the table if I could find them.  The place where I bought the one doesn't seem to carry the particular model anymore.   They seem to hold an edge reasonably well, and they've normal enough handles.  Some of the more "designer" knives don't fit my hands very well, and some I wouldn't take if someone gave me--and these cost about ?100+/each!

[RobinB]

be carefull with sabatiers,they franchise out the brand and make some pretty poor sets,the original lion sabatiers are really good but a bit tricky to sharpen as the blades have a high steel low carbon content.

[SnS]

Anybody use a Chroma Porsche knife type 301?

I am thinking of getting either the Japanese Cooks Knife 178mm (P2) or Santoku Fluted Bladed Knife 178mm (P21).

I'm also considering the Global G-46: 18cm Santoku Knife.

Any comments please.

Regards

SnS  ;D

[Secret Santa]

Umm, I use this blunt knife I bought from "pound'n'bargain". It's a bit of a struggle to cut very fine, but otherwise does me OK.

[SnS]

Umm, I use this blunt knife I bought from "pound'n'bargain". It's a bit of a struggle to cut very fine, but otherwise does me OK.

Now that could be your source of bitterness SS. Smashing your way through all those onion molecules