Knives for cooking

Hunders · 11 Feb 2011 at 12:04

I'm looking into buying some decent knives because the one knife we have is shocking!

I've heard Global knives are good so had a quick look and found this set which seems pretty good as it is on offer.

Are there any other knives worth looking at?

Cheers.

SHEDDER1uk · 11 Feb 2011 at 12:06

Global are very good knifes. I just purchased some kyocera ceramic blades very very sharp and nice and light.

Sp00n · 11 Feb 2011 at 12:06

I want a set of kyrocera after someone showed me them a few months back, sooooooo nice.

singist · 11 Feb 2011 at 12:08

go to tk max and look at what they have ...some are hopeless but some good

LeJosh · 11 Feb 2011 at 12:09

What's your budget?

Street · 11 Feb 2011 at 12:10

IO Shen!

I was looking into some new knives about 6 months ago, I had originally been set on a set of Globals but tried the IO Shens and fell for them instead!

Hunders · 11 Feb 2011 at 12:14

Budget is around the £300 mark.

LeJosh · 11 Feb 2011 at 12:16

So looking for a set of good knives. I would say pick up a couple more expensive japanese made knives.

They hold their edge a lot better and are more balanced than most, you need to take good care of them though.

Japanese Knife Store

StoutMeister · 11 Feb 2011 at 12:19

We, my wife uses Gude Messer knives: http://www.guede-solingen.de/ They're lovely pieces of workmanship but pricey (in my eyes).

Ours are from the black handled range.

LeJosh · 11 Feb 2011 at 12:24

... 1k for a damascus steel chef's knife?

Well that's overpriced.

ca9phoenix · 11 Feb 2011 at 12:30

I've got a set of these

http://www.just-cooking.co.uk/acatalog/info_375.html

i find them nicely weighted and sharpen well with the steel, i had a full set of global but i found them very light and having been a moron and put them regularly in the dishwasher the handle snapped on 3 of them.

global only has a 12 month warranty

Henckles has a lifetime one

StoutMeister · 11 Feb 2011 at 12:34

LeJosh said:
... 1k for a damascus steel chef's knife?

Well that's overpriced.

Try the Alpha range.The most I paid at the time was about €120 for a large Chef's knife.

Re your quote, aren't all Damascus steel knives expensive???

alexakasloth · 11 Feb 2011 at 12:46

Go to a shop and see if you like to feel of them. Personally I dislike Globals, Henckel get my vote, but if you're looking for something that costs less then Stellar Sabatier (there's many variations of Sabatier's) and Victorinox have served me good. You don't need a 10 piece set, just a decent Chefs, Bread and Paring knife.
The best paring knife I've got was a 3 inch Victorinox, the blade is flexible so good for segmenting fruit and peeling, extremely sharp when I purchased it and held that for a while... and cost £3.

[edit] Just saw your budget, I would go with Henckels.

Street · 11 Feb 2011 at 12:52

$loth said:
You don't need a 10 piece set, just a decent Chefs, Bread and Paring knife.

Thats what I did, couldn't justify a set when I wouldn't use half of them! Ended up getting a large IO Shen chefs and paring knife. Wanted to get a bread knife but couldn't afford it at the time.. Thats my next purchase!

LeJosh · 11 Feb 2011 at 12:57

StoutMeister said:
Try the Alpha range.The most I paid at the time was about €120 for a large Chef's knife.

Re your quote, aren't all Damascus steel knives expensive???

Well it's just steel made into a Damascus by japanese methods.

Can vary but 1k is taking the biscuit, I havn't seen one over £200 until now.

StoutMeister · 11 Feb 2011 at 13:05

LeJosh said:
Well it's just steel made into a Damascus by japanese methods.

Can vary but 1k is taking the biscuit, I havn't seen one over £200 until now.

Bit off topic, but these are beauties: http://www.damascusknife.com/ A dagger to die for..

The_blue · 11 Feb 2011 at 13:16

Please try holding a global before buying. They are for kids hands

I have one chopper and a bread knife.

About 9 1/2 inch blade.

Buy an asda cheapo and learn to sharpen it correctly. Then spen real cash.

If you can't master sharpening then buy a butter knife

Danthus · 11 Feb 2011 at 14:20

I don't think you will really need a set, a good cooks knife and a paring knife will see you right for a long time.

Detroit_Waves · 11 Feb 2011 at 14:33

singist said:
go to tk max and look at what they have ...some are hopeless but some good

This...A friend of mine somehow found a 5 block global knife set in TK Maxx, at a cost of 350!

He took the sticker off, and place a 10 pound sticker from on of their other cheap knife sets. Paid a tenner for the set! Jammy Git!

Hunders · 11 Feb 2011 at 14:43

The reason I was thinking of buying a set is mainly because of the knife holder. I don't want to put expensive knives in the drawer and have them knock around/rub against things and have them ruined.