"You call yourself a knife nut !!" HELP

Brendan

Brendan

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I've always been teased by my mother in law cos she knows how much I like knives but whenever she comes to visit and gets in the kitchen (normally within an hour after she arrives) she has a go at me cos I have no decent kitchen knives..

She's coming to visit for 3 weeks from next week and I'd like to make her life easier!

It begs the question, what do you ladies and gents use ?
 
Busse Cultellus
Buuse/Ban'd Meaner
Busse SARSquatch (convex edge on that thing cuts bread better than any serrated blade I have ever used :eek:)
Fehrman Peace Maker
 
I have cut-co knives (only because my mother gave them as a gift). I know it is heresy, but you could probably pick up a nice Koster Mater from workingknives.com (if I remember correctly). But they don't have any of his other kitchen knives for sale at this time.

I would dearly love to get a nice custom set of kitchen knives, because these are the ones you use the most.
 
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I would suggest to anyone, Global knives, very ergonomic, thin blade slicers, convex edges, hold a good edge and are not that expensive. My wife thought they had a funny shape handle until she used them, we have probably have 10 - 12. She makes very clean cuts on her fingers now, at least they heal faster! :eek:


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Global chef knife. The only knife you need in the kitchen besides a good paring knife and a serrated bread knife.

I have also been meaning to try out a Kershaw Shun chef knife but have not been able to bring myself to spend the money. LOL. Which is pretty ironic given the bucks I have dropped on my rapidly growing Busse collection.
 
mmmmmm
My second love
KITCHEN KNIVES!
My primary user is a Yoshikane 210mm Gyoto
Secondary, Hattori HD series Santoku
Paring: Shun Elite parer and Shun Classic birds beak parer
Plus a tosagata Nakiri and Bunka.
Seriously, check out the Japanese offerings and the Kitchen group over at KnifeForums. They're as nutty about knives as you can get. Talks about different steels, different handles, hand sharpening, recipes, it's pretty cool.

The two or three knives you hand pick for kitchen use are WAY better than a block set. If you want something store bought, try Shun.

But I warn you, dip your toe into the feng shui garden of laser sharp kitchen cutlery that is the Japanese way, and you will be lost for some time and potentially more broke than your first trip here to Busseland.
 
randucci said:
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I would suggest to anyone, Global knives, very ergonomic, thin blade slicers, convex edges, hold a good edge and are not that expensive. My wife thought they had a funny shape handle until she used them, we have probably have 10 - 12. She makes very clean cuts on her fingers now, at least they heal faster! :eek:


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What he said! I've used Global's for years. Excellent knives!
 
Brendan said:
haha !

Which global would be good to start with ??

just need something smallish that can be used for most tasks, cutting onions, veg, chicken etc


there are so many different knives
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I like my G5 Vegetable knife (search for product code KG042)

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I like the Kershaw Shun series, but I've never tried the others mentioned above.
 
If your on a limited budget, the no-brainer buy is a 10pc set of J.A. Henckels for around $200 from Costco. They used to have a lifetime guaranteed, I don’t know if they still do and can be thrown in the dishwasher.

Brendan, Sorry about the post. I didn’t see you were from the UK. I don’t suppose the Costco idea will do you much good.
 
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