Knife sets/blocks

scratch · 16 Mar 2007 at 22:44

Hiya,

Looking to get my mum a new set of knives for mother's day and wondering if anyone has any recommendations on makes/models?

Needs to be something I can get from the highstreet tomorrow and cost no more than £60 for a set of 5. Would consider buying less knives for the same money if it meant getting better quality

Thanks peeps,

Andy

scratch · 16 Mar 2007 at 23:24

Thanks for the suggestions. Think we may go with AcidHell's idea of getting one nice knife to start with, as my sister's just mentioned that there's a cookbook she's after as well.

There's a few reasonable looking block sets out there but they seem to be £75 upwards, which is out of our price range unfortunately.

Has anyone used Henckel knives before? John Lewis do them and they;re the same sort of price as Sabatier and Global, but some of the Amazon reviews suggest that they're not actually that great unless you buy the "Pro" range.

scratch · 16 Mar 2007 at 23:28

Thatnks for the TK Maxx reminder Wez! Had completely forgotten that they have a huge range of knives in there. Annoyingly the nearest store is a 20min drive away tho (I say annoyingly because I live a 5 minute walk from the centre of Portsmouth!). What the hell though..its for mothers day after all

Andy

scratch · 17 Mar 2007 at 13:49

Well I've just got back from TK Maxx. Ended up paying £40 for a set of 5 Sabatier knives with an RRP of £120:

They didn't have a great choice up there really (Unless you want Anthony Warral Thompson knives for £9.99) but these will do nicely.

Thanks for everyones help.

Andy