Budget Priced Kitchen Knives

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timsclips

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Looking at some kitchen knives that are easy to maintain for gifts. Lots of recommendations for the Victorinox brand but I am looking at the Cold Steel knives made from VG-1. Anyone have experience with these knives and can compare them to the Victorinox brand?
 
If you want something different in budget kitchen cutlery look at the Shun Wasabi series.

I have a Shun Wasabi Nakiri and it is a great knife for the money. Sharpens nice, holds an edge.
 
Check out the Kershaw KAI Pure Komachi series.
Multi-colors to choose from, take and hold an edge very well, and make great gifts.
(I have two of 'em and have been using them for over one year now. Well-made, excellent knives at great prices!)

As a side comment, I also have a few of the Forschner kitchen knives, too.
If you get any of those, get the ones with the Granton edge. They perform very well. A bit more pricey than the KAI Pure Komachi, but both the KAI and Forschner are excellent yet inexpensive knives.
 
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I have a 10" tramontina chef's knife and it works great, and has pretty good edge retention.
 
I'm giving a set of the CS Kitchen Classics to the in-laws for Christmas. They're really lightweight with good thin grinds. A good set all 'round. Vg-1 does have the tendency to stain when cutting fruit or other acidic foods, but it's only cosmetic. I have the K-4 Neck Knife (keep it in my backpack with a little Epicurean cutting board) and it stained after I cut an orange with it. That being said it holds an edge like a dream!
 
I like the Victorinox knives. I have a couple that have held up amazingly well- they hold a good edge. I wouldn't buy anything from Cold Steel.
 
I know a few professional chefs that all use Forschner. They each have a roll of their favorite "Food Network" knives, but they stay home. At work, where they're likely to get broken, used as a pry bar, stolen, or to stir paint, they have Forschner. I have a bunch, and I'm very happy with them. If you don't mind the handles fading a little bit, they can go right into the dishwasher. I won't even let my Ken Onion design Shun Santoku know there is a dishwasher in the kitchen...
 
Here is what I consider a sensible set at a reasonable price:

- 4 small "kitchen essentials" in a box from Opinel, around 25 euro over here:

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- Then a more expensive medium size (around 5") knife for vegetables. These 2 are excellent and they cost around 60 euro. The handforged carbon steel Roselli R-700 Little Cook is awesome and so is the similarly sized Global GS5. I love both but you only need one of the two to be honest:

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Finally, for the home cook I recommend one 7" to 8" Santoku knife instead of a large chef knife.

The Victorinox (no personal experience) should be satisfactory at a reasonable price:

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