You don't need a "set." 99% of all slicing, dicing, and chopping can be done with two knives - a chef's knife and a paring knife. If you have $100 to spend that will get you a good Henckel's chef's knife and pairing knife. If you want to spend more get a Wusthoff chef's knife and pairing knife ($150-$200). If you go with Henckels be sure to educate yourself on what their different lines of products are. They have a number of different lines each with different quality.
https://www.amazon.com/Wusthof-Clas...1543939353&sr=8-6&keywords=wusthof+chef+knife
You don't need a "set." 99% of all slicing, dicing, and chopping can be done with two knives - a chef's knife and a paring knife. If you have $100 to spend that will get you a good Henckel's chef's knife and pairing knife. If you want to spend more get a Wusthoff chef's knife and pairing knife ($150-$200). If you go with Henckels be sure to educate yourself on what their different lines of products are. They have a number of different lines each with different quality.
https://www.amazon.com/Wusthof-Clas...1543939353&sr=8-6&keywords=wusthof+chef+knife
I have the Henckels premio bread knife and like it quite a bit.Yeah - that's what I figured. Need a good serrated knife as well as we do cut a lot of bread.
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Hard Arkansas whetstone. If you keep it sharp, you never really have to sharpen it. If you let it get dull, it's harder to make it right. Couple strokes on a stone every few times you use it will keep it in new condition.Just grabbed a deal on a Zwilling J.A. Henckels Pro 7" Rocking Santoku Pro Knife for $35 from Macy's yesterday. What budget option would you recommend to keep it sharp?
https://www.zwilling.com/us/zwilling-pro-7-inch-rocking-santoku-knife/38417-182.html
Not sure where you live but there is a kitchen store near me that sharpens knives for $2 each. Takes about 30 seconds since they are professionals. I find that to be easier than buying a sharpener personally.Just grabbed a deal on a Zwilling J.A. Henckels Pro 7" Rocking Santoku Pro Knife for $35 from Macy's yesterday. What budget option would you recommend to keep it sharp?
https://www.zwilling.com/us/zwilling-pro-7-inch-rocking-santoku-knife/38417-182.html
Nothing worse than forcing your wife to use a dull knife to kill you, right?I gotta buy a decent knife set for my wife before she kills me.
Nothing worse than forcing your wife to use a dull knife to kill you, right?
Be safe out there!
Thanks for the suggestion. I definitely want to keep it sharp rather than deal with the tedious process of sharpening the blade.Hard Arkansas whetstone. If you keep it sharp, you never really have to sharpen it. If you let it get dull, it's harder to make it right. Couple strokes on a stone every few times you use it will keep it in new condition.
I live in a small rural town so no kitchen shops that I know about. I'll ask around though because $2 sounds like a bargain. Thank you.Not sure where you live but there is a kitchen store near me that sharpens knives for $2 each. Takes about 30 seconds since they are professionals. I find that to be easier than buying a sharpener personally.
The ability to sharpen knives is a valuable skill. My suggestion would be getting a pos from a thrift shop, and make it sharp enough to shave with. A triple stone set mounted on a triangle is affordable, and is more than enough for the task. You use the synthetic stone to regrind the edge if it's a disaster, follow with the medium Arkansas to get it right. then finish with a hard Arkansas for a nice edge. That'll give you a new skill, self sufficiency, and satisfaction of a job well done. Practice on the junk so you don't mess up your good blades.Thanks for the suggestion. I definitely want to keep it sharp rather than deal with the tedious process of sharpening the blade.
I live in a small rural town so no kitchen shops that I know about. I'll ask around though because $2 sounds like a bargain. Thank you.