Any chefs or cooks in the house?

[gregshin]

i'd like a good knife slice meats and veggies was looking at the wusthof classic series...but what the hell is a santoku for? veggies only?

 

[dug777]

I'd suggest a Sabatier, i've certainly enjoyed using quite a few of their range, but especially the smaller knives...

 

[DaShen]

Get some good Henckels... The good ones tend to last a lifetime and they won't disappoint. Plus, they are not as expensive as some of the trendy designer knives out there now.

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

I'm not a chef, but I use a Five Star Henckels Santoku blade & Five Star Henckels 3" parrying knife for everything, with the exception of maybe cutting bread.

 

[torpid]

It's kind of an all-purpose knife. It's a japanese all-purpose knife. The american all-purpose knives end to be curved and work better with a rocking motion.

 

[HeroOfPellinor]

I only have two good knives. I use a santoku for everything from veggies to trimming meats. The other knife is a bread knfe.

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

use it like a Chef's Knife. The scalloped blade will help keep things from sticking to it. I have abandoned my regulars Chef's in favor of my Santoku.

 

[MaxDepth]

Santuko blades are lighter in weight than my chef knives but they slice well through vegetables. I use it for all veg prep work, even carrots. Scalloped side are supposedly for creating air pockets by the sliced material so that it does does not sitck to the blade.

My chef knives are for meat fabrication (cutting and scraping meat from a bone not done by a cleaver) and heavy duty chopping. I want the weight of a chef's knife for that type of work.

My Santoku

My Chef's knife

 

[homercles337]

The santuko has less blade curvature than a french/chefs knife too. This means instability if you intend on using it as french/chefs knife (ie. where your knife always touches the cutting surface when slicing, mincing, etc). Personally, i think the santuko is the trendy/fashionable knife to have right now. Stick with a good quality french/chefs knife. I have a 6" (more of a utility knife though) and a 8", each ran me about ~$80-125.