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Good kitchen knives?
I've been after a good set of kitchen knives but don't want to spend loads and loads.
I saw these any they look ok, but i can't find much about them online. http://www.mightydeals.co.uk/deals/n...4-1F6763806AA7 Does anyone know if they are any good? Anything out there thats better for about the same price (or less) |
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I'm alway wary of knife sets that are heavily discounted.
Also with ceramic, although they say they don't need sharpening, if you get a chip or something you are stuffed. I think you'd be better off going for a decent carbon steel set. |
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Victorinox do a good set. They always seem sharp. Stainless steel of course. I wouldn't touch the ceramic ones. I also think using a plastic or wooden chopping board helps. Those glass ones blunt the knives.
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I have a Heinz set (57 varieties
) which I've added to over the years. My latest knife is a Salter fillet knife which seems very good indeed. They do sets -http://www.buyaparcel.com/pageview.p...ckcode=717BKXR With carbon steel knives it is best to keep them sharp using something like a Chantry - http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...ls_o00_s00_i01 I actually use a very long chef's knife for bread as it does a better job than a serrated type bread knife - because it is so sharp.
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My have knife is a cheap kitchen evils serrated one. It cuts things like tomatoes so beautifully.
Outside of that I have lots of John Lewis knives. They are fab. Bread knife is a dream and the others are great. Did take me a year or so to build the set though. |
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I'm alway wary of knife sets that are heavily discounted.
Also with ceramic, although they say they don't need sharpening, if you get a chip or something you are stuffed. I think you'd be better off going for a decent carbon steel set. Also how do you guys keep yours? I know your not meant to use a knife block, but i don't really have room for one of the magnet rack thingys, and i like to have them to hand on the worktop... |
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What's wrong with the ceramic ones?
Also how do you guys keep yours? I know your not meant to use a knife block, but i don't really have room for one of the magnet rack thingys, and i like to have them to hand on the worktop... Though they would be absolutely fine in a knife block I'm sure. http://sharpenkitchenknives.com/ceramic-knives/ |
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Which? have 5 Best Buys in kitchen knives and 3 of them are very expensive. The 2 that are 'reasonably' priced are: Taylors Eye Witness Professional 20cm cook's knife at about £30 and Victorinox chef's knife 19cm at about £20 (prices correct as at 150711). John Lewis knives score well except for handle comfort.
I use Kitchen Devils Professional Range kitchen knives that I bought in 1987 and I keep them as sharp as razors. They do the biz for me. My chopping boards of choice are T&G Beech. |
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Another user of kitchen devils, I also have a ceramic knife and you use it for slicing, not chopping and as diablo mentioned you have to be careful with anything hard like bones or frozen food. Aside from those I have a standard set of carbon steel knife that I got from the states, though they can be a pain to sharpen.
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I had a glance at the knives in Asda tonight and they had about four sets of 5 in, by Kitchen Devil, 'Sabatier' (there are various makers who use that name) and Taylor's Eye. I doubt if they are quite 'professional' quality but looked good value for money at £20 - £25.
They won't be rubbish I'm sure.
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) which I've added to over the years. My latest knife is a Salter fillet knife which seems very good indeed. They do sets -