Me and the missus enjoy cooking, but the range of knives around that are sharp, is quite scarce.

I just had a look on ebay, and there is a meat cleaver for £120, which is not particularly expensive if you are going to buy a one off knife or 2.

Would like a good carving knife and a veg cutting knife, anyone got any recommendations or makes to get?

ie What does gordon ramsey and the celeb chefs use?

 

I think if you want to be REALLY anal about it, you buy proper steel knives, ie. not stainless.

Personally I just use stainless ones, and put up with having to sharpen them every 4 seconds.

 

my brother is a head chef, ill ask him what knives he uses, weve got 1 decent Richardsons Sheffield one which i sharpen quite a lot, as i do a lot of cooking.

I think it doesnt matter how decent your knife set is if you dont sharpen it you might as well be using cheap crap.

Sarah

 

I used to know someone who had worked as a fish filleter (spl) all their days. They sharpened every knife in the house, even the basic butter knife on a side plate was UBER razor sharp. They just used a grind stone thing. IIRC. Every knife ended up a crazy shape as the metal wore away over time

RW

 

We have a set of GLOBAL knives which are ace.

 

Awsome knives , very well balanced and sharp enough to cut you in half at 5 paces ...

"What we need are knives, big fuck off shiny ones. Shit them right up, make less noise see? Means that we are more likley to use them. Guns for show, knives for a pro...."

 

I've got a skeng that's long like my Nokia charger wire.

 

I have these ones here:
http://www.cooks-knives.co.uk/acatal...Block_Set.html

Excellent knives and used by many professional chefs.
This is a bargain price too!

 

I have a set of these

http://www.blueshoots.com/pp/Knives_...ges/DS60lg.gif

They are Stellar

My mate (serial killer) swears by them.

Joking aside, they were only £80 in a sale and cut anything




except for limes that is, if anybody can find a knife that cuts limes let me know

 

richardsons of sheffield - i once lost my tin opener, carving knife sliced lid off my beanz easy lol...

 

I have got a couple of Analon knives, really impressed with them

 

bought a block of about 20 from one of them robert dyas stores for a tenner

fine and dandy as ever 3 years later

 

If you're serious about knives and cooking then Global are the only way to go at home IMO

 

GLobals!

 

I have been a pro chef for nearly 15 years working in Restaurants, Hotels and Contract Catering. We use a mixture of knives in the kitchen some globals. They have become a bit gimicky now and there are ALOT of fakes around on the net which are utter crap. The real ones are good but expensive and if your using it for any amount of time they hurt your hand!

There is no point in spending loads of money on one knife (especially a meat cleaver!) because you will end up cutting your hand off trying to do something its not supposed to do! The Germans still make great knives, Wusthof Trident, Gustav Emil Ern are still considered to be 2 of the best. Old fashioned looking but do the job and will last for years if looked after correctly!

 

The Henckels in somebodys post above are also awesome knives and very long lasting, also comfortable to use. Good Choice.

 

 

I have a set of these currently, they're shit

You only have to glance at one and it needs sharpening. They're great when they're sharp but that only lasts for the first cut

 

Tojiro Senkou - official supplier of the Ninja warrior.

 

Have a look here, Kyocera ceramic knifes. IME you won't get much better.

http://www.kyocera.co.uk/index/produ...es/FK_neu.html

 

Henckels for me

http://www.jahenckels.com/

 

i bought a display briefcase full of knives off some pikeys that came round work last year. suffice to say they are shit, and i can only assume are made from recycled skodas. on the plus side, its a very convinient carry case full of averagely sharp objects incase one wishes to go on a rampage. so long as what you are cutting is the consistency of mashed potato, they come highly recommended, best 20quid i ever did spend

 

i used to work asa a chef and i still got my victorinox knives,very good knives and id say a diamond steel is the best to sharpen them.