Spec me a £20 bread knife from Amazon

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My current bread knife hacks through the loaf, creating far too many crumbs.

I have a £20 Amazon voucher.

What's the best bread knife I can get on Amazon for that twenty quid?

/edit - I've ordered the Victorinox, it'll be here tomorrow. Thanks all.

Ta.
 
Feek said:
That is a pretty knife.

That looks bland compared to the one above the the longer length is tempting.

I'm still undecided though, any other comments on the above or other suggestions?
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If it helps he also bought me the Chef Knife with the above as a combo, I've been baking a lot of bread of late and cooking. I got my bro' into it so he wanted to give me something in return.

I really, really like the knives.
 
I was going to say look at raikiris suggestions from cutting crusty bread thread, if I rememeber right , he beat me to it. - his food pics speak for themselves

victorinox get good reviews for their value ... and their santoku, i have, is till going strong.
 
We've got the Rockingham forge 5" Santoku, twice. Was so impressed with the first, bought a second for us, and another for my parents. I don't think it's the hardest steel, so have sharpened it a few times, but based on these I'd happily get more from their range for the price. Except possibly a serrated bread knfe as that would be harder to re-sharpen. Although it's a bread knife, it may not (k)need (sorry, sorry) it.
 
Feek said:
What do you suggest then? I’m tending towards the Victorinox one at the moment (although I don’t understand the difference between the bread and the pastry one).
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I just use a terribly sharp knife I'd use to cut vegetables like tomatoes.


manage just fine, but my loaves are from a bread maker so might be a bit smaller than whatever your baking.
 
Feek said:
What do you suggest then? I’m tending towards the Victorinox one at the moment (although I don’t understand the difference between the bread and the pastry one).
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Pastry one is a little longer and slightly thinner, makes it easier to cut in one motion so you're not sawing away at it. I'm a chef, we use one and cut through probably 40+ ciabatta loafs and 100+ pitta breads daily.

Also yeah, the Rockingham Forge one is definitely prettier, but it's a tool. When you're spending £20 funtionality comes first imo. If you're spendning £200 then you can worry about aesthetics.
 
Victorinox

My mum bought me a complete Victorinox set several years ago, complete with wooden storage block.
Initially I was a tad "disappointed" as they looked a bit meh with their plain plastic handles and I already have a global block with multiple global knives...(so yes, now I have 2 x knife blocks)

However I've been really impressed with the Victorinox knives. They're made of really good steel and hold a sharp edge really well. Plus you can throw them in the dishwasher. The bread knife is excellent.
 
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