Best Bread Knife?

[brownshoe]

Is this the knife? I cannot find it at the Spyderco website.

No, I've never tried it. They make a serrated kitchen knife, I bought one this Xmas from GPKnives

 

[JB in SC]

I deal with a lot of professional Chef's and a few artisan bread makers, the #1 choice by most of them is the Tojiro ITK 270mm.

That's a great looking bread knife...a deal as well.

 

[Seesteel]

• I've been using this Spanish forged knife:

Henckels International Classic Bread Knife

 

[KenHash]

The Tojiro 270mm has a very good reputation. I personally use a Misono 300 mm.

 

[Winch]

I always thought serrated was best until I sharpened my chef knife and found that the straight edge worked better. It’s got to be really sharp though.

 

[jaseman]

This cheap-ass thing from the 80's

 

[19-3ben]

I always thought serrated was best until I sharpened my chef knife and found that the straight edge worked better. It’s got to be really sharp though.

Depends what kind of bread. I’ve found straight edges don’t work well to bust through the very hard crusts of rustic style sourdough breads. Hell, for those you’d almost be better off with a wood saw.

 

[Night Rider]

This cheap-ass thing from the 80's

That was called ( The Ginsu Knife ) Those bad boys could cut up tin cans then slice tomatoes clean. You could order them off TV or buy them from K mart for two for ten bucks. I don't know about tin cans or tomatoes but every one my farther bought one for sliced their finger tips off within a couple of weeks. I can't remember what that tip profile was all about but I do remember getting my first bad knife cut with one. Hmm maybe that's what started my knife fixation!

 

[katanas]

WHY? 2 years later. We're talking "bread" here, no new steels or designs.

 

[sabre cat]

Seven replies to a dead thread?

I'll make the eighth...my favorite is Gerber's Balance Plus 9 1/2 bread knife. I have others but I've had this one the longest.

Gerber should never have discontinued the Balance Plus line.

 

[Jerrykane]

I am even not sure what other people like as a bread knife. But I respect you all. Recently I bought "Victorinox Cutlery 9-Inch Wavy Edge Bread Knife". Looks like a good one. What do you think?

 

[Night Rider]

WHY? 2 years later. We're talking "bread" here, no new steels or designs.

Why not 2 or 4 years later? That is what keeps threads and boards like this going..Duh! and as for bread, I'm not aware of any knew steels or design changes. I do know that some breads have more iron than others but over all Bread as we know it today has withstood the test of time unchanged.

 

[SeppukuSamurai]

I've been using this Spanish made knife:
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Henckels International Classic Bread Knife

You resurrected a two year old bread knife thread.

You are awesome. Thanks for this.

 

[PaulJM]

On a recent episode of America's Test Kitchen/Cooks Country, they rated the Mercer Culinary Millenia 10 inch Bread Knife best.

 

[RBid]

You are all going to lose your fingers, unless you switch to the Tri-Ad lock.

I know. I know. You’re all, “hey, stupid! Fixed blades don’t need locks!”

Well, have you tried spine whacking them?! How much weight can you hang off of YOUR choice?

Give me a 4Max.

 

[Seesteel]

On a recent episode of America's Test Kitchen/Cooks Country, they rated the Mercer Culinary Millenia 10 inch Bread Knife best.

Stamped or Forged?

 

[eisman]

The long scallops on blades like the simple bread knife below work best on softer breads.