Knife Set

[Descartes]

Originally posted by: everman
For what it's worth, Anthony Bourdain seems to think global knives do the job just fine, at least according to his last book.

I read that in Kitchen Confidential. A hilarious and wonderful book.

I'm just not a fan of Global though. Obviously Anthony knows exponentially more than I do, but I just don't like the feel.

 

[TipsyMcStagger]

From my experience, you really don't need a whole knife set. 80% of it will never be used. Instead by 2 or 3 good knives.

 

[nageov3t]

Originally posted by: TipsyMcStagger
From my experience, you really don't need a whole knife set. 80% of it will never be used. Instead by 2 or 3 good knives.

/agree

I've only ever used 3 knives -- chef's knife for preparing meat (mainly skinning fish), paring knife for fruit/veggies, and a utility knife for generic stuff. for those three knives that I use all the time, it's worth spending decent money on them. but in a full knife set, I'd get a bunch of crap that I'd never use (cleaver, boning knife, bread knife, steak knives, etc, etc)

 

[Descartes]

Originally posted by: walrus
Woot has a great deal on a Shun Alton 7 Piece Cutlery Set. Only good 4 more hours

http://shopping.yahoo.com/?woot#woot

Damn, either there's some gimmick I'm not seeing or that's an outstanding deal. Having two chef's knives is great.

I just picked up a set. Not sure they'll replace my Wusthof knives, but too hard to pass up.