Does this knife exist? Fixed blade 'kitchen' utility knife question.

I've been a big fan of the Shun Sora line. I'm not a discerning nor professional chef. However, I do love to cook and am the chief cutter-upper in the house. I like nice, thin sharp knives that I can maintain easily yet I'm not going to drop $200 on a knife that will mostly be used to cut the crust off my daughter's peanut butter sandwiches.

My wife got me a large Shun Sora modified Santoku/Chef's knife for our anniversary last year, and it quickly became my go-to for pretty much everything beating out my well used and loved cheap Old Hickory Cook's knife (sadly discontinued. I wish I had bought about 5 of them).

As luck/unluck would have it, I was logging into her Amazon account last week to watch a movie on my computer (our Prime account is set up through her) and noticed she had a Shun Sora 6" utility knife in her cart:D Our anniversary is next saturday, and the 11th is the "stainless steel" anniversary, so it makes sense;) I am so super jazzed. I would love for it to be around 4.5" instead of 6, but it's going to be so much handier to cut up an apple or trim a sandwich with the utility knife over my bigger one.

I know I kind of ruined the surprise, but I didn't tell her about it, and I'll still act shocked when it shows up;)

I've thought several times about getting a mid-level ($30-$70) kitchen knife for round the house chores. I wouldn't be bush crafting with it, but sometimes a long thin sharp blade is all you need.

Conversely, for about 6 years I used a Fiddleback Woodsman as my large kitchen knife when I wanted more oomph than the Old Hickory. Such a comfy grip.
 
darthwayne said:
Lot of you are recommending santoku blade but these blades are purely meant for chopping and slicing purposes....for boning, opening packaging, cans etc these are not good

i own this and i cannot use this for taking chicken off the bone easily
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Which is why you have a Utility and Chef in addition to your Santoku. ;)

Indeed, a 7" or 8" Chef is quite the multi-tasker.
 
I'd recommend some knives from the spyderco kitchen knives or the Kershaw wasabi series. Won't break your budget and will get you some great performance.

I also prefer to collect more folders, but wanted to have a good setup for one of the things I use knives for the most. I have a a wasabi deba I love for butchering chickens and heavy chopping and the spyderco paring and utility knives are just great for the price.

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X2 I got a set: chef knife and parer. also their DP vg10 nakiri. great knives for the money. I think I paid artound 90 for the set on a Christmas special.
NJBillK said:
Take a look in the exchange, and see what Utilities and Pettys pop up, or send a PM/Email or two out and see what you can come up with.
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/forumdisplay.php/890-For-Sale-Kitchen-Knives

That being said, Tojiro has some nice pieces in your budget. Look for their knives using vg-10.
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Good choice! Though they are in stock with dealers here in the US and ready to ship, so not really necessary that you order directly from Japan.
 
check out Warther Cutlery, s35vn usa made, full selection of different lengths and blade shapes.

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I regularly use a Benchmade Nimravus in the kitchen. It's really an excellent kitchen utility knife. I also use a 531 a lot for finer work. If Kabar would make the BK-5 in something like 440C, it would be a great large kitchen knife.
 
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