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Steak knife recommendations

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spidey07 said:
Well I'm tired of the cheap ass piece of shit steak knives I have. I want the big ass ones I get in 5 star steak places. Nice tall blade, heavy steel, heavy handle. Not this - oh, let me petitely slice a small morsel of meat with my pointy and narrow steak knifes that are nothing more than table knives with a wooden handle and a serrated edge.

I want to see a 1.5+ inch steak in front of me. I want to take my steak knife and with a singular back and forth motion cut that steak.

One motion, forward, then back.

Then I want to take that hunk and same motion again. foward, then back.

Now bite.
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the knives in steakhouses usually suck. big and serrated but they don't cut well.

this is what you want
http://www.amazon.com/Shun-Onion-4-...M86K/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1327952008&sr=8-2
 
i agree those big ones suck. They are not what you find in fine dining steak houses. Only in wanna be fine dining steak places.

And thats fine because anytime you put expensive shit on the table the guests steal it in alarming quantities.
 
I've got these steak knives that I've been using for ~10 years now--big ass wooden handles and thick, large blades with giant fucking teeth. They were clearly smithed by Vikings.
 
Thanks. Many look nice. Didn't know I should shy away from serrated. Just alays pictured a steak knife with very small serrated edge. Probably looking for 12 for under 500.

Wife has a really nice set from France and they have a great edge. They're just so dainty and delicate. Heirloom quality knifes though. Were her grandmothers.
 
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I got a four piece set a few years ago from Santa Fe Stoneworks and I love them, non serrated, look fantastic and sharp enough to shave with. But not cheap either, I think I paid around $200 for the set
 
slayer202 said:
the knives in steakhouses usually suck. big and serrated but they don't cut well.

this is what you want
http://www.amazon.com/Shun-Onion-4-...M86K/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1327952008&sr=8-2
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God damn steak houses. I think they do that just to anger me. There's no other reason. The shittiest knives sold at Walmart are still 100x better than steak house knives.

shitty steak house knives:
katana_sword_serrated_blade.jpg

(looks like a series of dull edges)


A good (walmart?) steak knife looks like this
sawblades_powerhacksaw.jpg

That's not actually a steak knife. It's a hacksaw blade, but that's what my knives look like. Cheapest knives money can buy and they work awesome.

You'll only need nonserrated blades for things like raw meat. Cutting a raw chicken with a serrated blade just shreds it to shit.
 
Some people bring their own in the wood cases to restaurants and present them to their waiter. The staff even wash them for you after the meal and have it cleaned and dry in its case for when they leave. Sure its a little pretentious but hard core as well lol
 
I don't like serrated knives, at all.


For every day, I have some Forschner steak knives I honed to a fine edge. Then swiped over a ceramic once to take the very tip of the edge off. Got the idea from the guy I bought my Edge Pro from. Sounds odd, but they've stayed sharp for a LONG time.
 
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