Kitchen knives
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The same brands will always come up, Global, Wusthof, Henkel, Sabatier, (Shun!), etc... It would help to know what your budget is and what knives you want.
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For a set?
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Look at the Zyliss range on Amazon. They don't come with blocks though but you may already have one.
These - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Zyliss-Piece-Large-Knife-E72444/dp/B009B9ADI0/ref=pd_bxgy_kh_text_y
And these - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Zyliss-Piec...r_1_1?s=kitchen&ie=UTF8&qid=1384989007&sr=1-1
These - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Zyliss-Piece-Large-Knife-E72444/dp/B009B9ADI0/ref=pd_bxgy_kh_text_y
And these - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Zyliss-Piec...r_1_1?s=kitchen&ie=UTF8&qid=1384989007&sr=1-1
This, you don't need a set.
Just get a good quality chefs knife, one of the brands above.
Agree with the previous two comments, for home cooking a good 18-20CM chefs knife is far superior to a load of duff knives!
even if you think you need more, realistic you need a bread knife a paring or utility knife and a chefs knife anything more is just icing on the cake!
regarding chef knives you could go western or japanese, japanese is also called a gyuto and tends to be thinner in blade and width, but is not quite good at the rocking motion a western knife brings but tends to stay sharper for longer as they use a very hard metal for the knife core and dont get wedged so easily, just pop into a local department store to get an idea of the knife feel, this is very important.
Western= Henckels and wustorf
Japanese= Global and Shun
Sabatier is just a name not a knife brand like the above, anyone can add sabatier to their knife its not a trademark but a manufacturing process, so if you see a cheap sabatier, it is just that, a cheap crap knife.
I.e Many people recommend global, they are OK knives, however i just cant get on with its handle, prefering the pakkawood handle of my knife, so its "feel" sold me.
even if you think you need more, realistic you need a bread knife a paring or utility knife and a chefs knife anything more is just icing on the cake!
regarding chef knives you could go western or japanese, japanese is also called a gyuto and tends to be thinner in blade and width, but is not quite good at the rocking motion a western knife brings but tends to stay sharper for longer as they use a very hard metal for the knife core and dont get wedged so easily, just pop into a local department store to get an idea of the knife feel, this is very important.
Western= Henckels and wustorf
Japanese= Global and Shun
Sabatier is just a name not a knife brand like the above, anyone can add sabatier to their knife its not a trademark but a manufacturing process, so if you see a cheap sabatier, it is just that, a cheap crap knife.
I.e Many people recommend global, they are OK knives, however i just cant get on with its handle, prefering the pakkawood handle of my knife, so its "feel" sold me.
Just buy one knife!
I've got something similar to these:
http://shop-uk.zwilling.com/uk_en/k...kels/zwilling-pure/set-of-knives-2-pcs-5.html
I guess mine are an older version though as i've had them years and years!
I paid £60-70 for my knife, and I got the smaller one free as they messed up the order the first time round
(apparently!... it was a Christmas presant!)
I've got something similar to these:
http://shop-uk.zwilling.com/uk_en/k...kels/zwilling-pure/set-of-knives-2-pcs-5.html
I guess mine are an older version though as i've had them years and years!
I paid £60-70 for my knife, and I got the smaller one free as they messed up the order the first time round
(apparently!... it was a Christmas presant!)
£50 for a set? No way laddy.
For that you could probably get a victorinox chefs knife and a steel, maybe a paring knife also.
You'll also want to get them sharpened periodically 6mth-1 year is for most people, I sharpen my own but for most peoples purposes taking them down to the pro shop to get them sharpened it more practical.
20cm is the most common but if you have larger hands like me I say get a 26cm.