Cooking with Jonny69: Picking cooking knives. BIG SHINY ONES!!!

Jonny69 said:
With a red cross in the logo? I think I know the ones if so. Lovely knives :cool:
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Henckel? My girlfriends mum has a set of them (or whustofs, hard to tell the difference), great blade on them which stays sharp.

[edit] Yea, as said victorinox are good, you can get them a bit cheaper than globals aswell. Used them in the kitchen I worked in last summer.

*idea for what to spend some of my next paycheck on*
 
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Actually on second thoughts the logo I was thinking about is Victorinox, unfortunately a bit out of my price range at the moment but probably when I come to replace these ones I'll get them.

Edit: what I forgot to say was those ones in my block are 6 years old now and go through the dishwasher every now and then. You should NEVER do this :p because it ruins the knife :o but I have a special place in my mini dishwasher where they aren't touching anything else and they seem to survive ok. Make sure they don't touch anything else metal if you do this...
 
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Jonny69 said:
Actually on second thoughts the logo I was thinking about is Victorinox, unfortunately a bit out of my price range at the moment but probably when I come to replace these ones I'll get them.
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Still, good knives they are. Didn't have any ones that I liked within my price range (can't afford to spend £60 on one knife at the moment!) so I got a (8 inch) Stellar Sabatier for £28.
 
Phalanx said:
but where's the knife for when i'm feeling a little down and you know, I need to cut myself with?
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Stretch said:
How does cutting yourself make it any better?
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Wikipedia.org said:
Those who engage in self-injury face the contradictory reality of harming themselves whilst at the same time obtaining relief from this act. It may even be hard for some to actually initiate cutting, but they often do because they know the relief that will follow. For some self-injurers this relief is primarily psychological whilst for others this feeling of relief comes from the beta endorphins released in the brain (the same chemicals responsible for the "runner's high"). These act to reduce tension and emotional distress and may lead to a feeling of calm.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-injury
 
I am looking at getting my dad a good Wusthof knife for general purpose for circa-£50, anyone have any recommendations?

I want to get him a knife that he will really appreciate.
 
wez130 said:
Shun> Everything else TBH

no seriously, i've used globals, wustofs, sabatier etc etc and nothing comes close to a shun for comfort, edge and looks :)
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Ooh yes - Shun look good.
I'm nowhere near professional enough to justify those, but me Sabatiers have lasted 10 years or more now and are fantastic. A real classic knife - a real good buy.

As Jonny says: 'schinnnngggggg'
 
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This thread makes me want to go out and buy some nice new sharp knives :)

I hate trying to prepare food with blunt/ crappy knives, and ironically I find its more of a problem chopping vegetables than cutting meat.

I get the feeling that as well as the professional chefs there are a few ppl here who like to cook good food and it isn't really a sign of having too much time on your hands imo :)
 
I daren't buy proper sharp knives with my gf around. She did the washing up, left one blade up in a cup, I didn't see it and managed to slam my hand down on it hard enough that it stuck in the bone :( I'm not good with blood, especially sprayed over the kitchen sink :(

Probably more my fault than hers tbh but ffs thats what the drainers for :p
 
Tojiro Senkou knives are supposed to be brilliant.... even Heston Blumenthal uses them. Bit out of my price range though.
 
I am buying my father one good knife for his birthday, which one should I get him?

He will buy more at a later date, money is currently being taken up by other issues due to moving house, so it won't be like he has one good knife and a load of rubbish.

The brands I am looking at currently are Wusthuf and Tojiro Senkou, though the latter is perhaps a little too expensive with knives coming in at around £75.

Any particular knives brand and specific knife types would be a great help, I don't know much about knives myself so any help would be very beneficial, I just need 1 knife that is capable of doing more than peeling fruit ;). Ideally something that would slice meat.

With the price including delivery I wouldn't want to be paying more than £60-£65, though if the knife really was that good I may go higher.

Thankyou.
 
You could go for most brands at that price. Though if you have a good kitchen shop near you i'd go in there and try some out.

Some brands to take into consideration: Whustof, Henckel, Sabatier range (though the handle on my veritable sabatier has come off :( ), Global, Victorinox. You could get a decent 20cm/8inch chef knife from each of these brands for the price you're looking at.

Got a minosharp today, it really is an excellent piece of kit that has sharpened up a lot of my dull knives.

[edit] some links:

http://www.cooksknivesshop.co.uk/Knives/Wusthof_Knives/Wusthof_20cm_Cooks_Knife/149/1923
http://www.cooksknivesshop.co.uk/Kn...-Series/G-2:_Global_Cooks_Knife_20cm/135/1767
http://www.cooksknivesshop.co.uk/Kn..._Veritable_Sabatier_25cm_Cooks_Knife/245/3242
http://www.cooksknivesshop.co.uk/Knives/Stellar_Sabatier_Knives/Sabatier_Cooks_Knife_25cm/144/257 (I have the 20cm version of this knife, it shows that you don't need to spend a lot of money on a knife to use at home).
http://www.cooksknivesshop.co.uk/Kn...s/Henckels_Four_Star_Cooks_Knife,_23cm/18/215

IMO you don't need to spend more than £30 to get a decent knife for home use. Shun, global etc are more for people who are going to be using them 9+ hours a day i.e. chefs. Though if you do want to spend that much then I would recomend the either Henckel knife that I posted in the last link or the Global.
 
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Dj_Jestar said:
For uber sharpness you want Carbon Steel.
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All steel contains carbon.... LOL :p

Just finishing my masters degree in materials engineering and have an exam on tuesday all about surface processing of metals, mainly steels :)
 
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I have a 30cm global chefs knife and a smaller global pairing knife.

I need a serrated global bread knife and a smaller ~20cm veg chopper then I think I'll have all the knifes I need (perhaps I'll get a global meat cleaver as well)
 
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