It looks like you're new here. If you want to get involved, click one of these buttons!
Subscribe to our Patreon, and get image uploads with no ads on the site!
Base theme by DesignModo & ported to Powered by Vanilla by Chris Ireland, modified by the "theFB" team.
Comments
You'll need to decide if you want stain resistant or higher carbon steel. There are pros and cons to both.
They're beautiful and very good, but you'll also need to budget for a ceramic honing rod (which we use at least monthly, and usually more on our fancy knives). We've *never* had to resharpen the expensive ones, but we take great care of them and hone regularly.
A lot of pro chefs don't use these kinds of knives - they're too brittle so while they stay sharp very well, a minor accident can lead to chips and it's back to the whetstone to resharpen/profile.
Instead, a lot of pros use softer German or Swiss steels - they don't stay sharp long, but they are super quick and easy to sharpen and glide through food just the same. We also use some of these - including some procook knives, which are fine, and some victorinox which go blunt if you look at them funny, but a ceramic rod will actually sharpen them rather than hone - meaning within seconds we have insanely sharp knives.
https://www.sheffield-made.com/
Another place worth going to is the David Mellor shop in Hathersage, which has another great selection of things all made locally. They have various ranges of knives and they are superb - well made and well balanced. I've taken the ends of several fingers off drunken cooking with their blades!
https://www.davidmellordesign.com/shops/hathersage/
I keep mine sharp with an Anysharp thing. very good. Periodic trips to the knife shop also at a couple of quid a blade if the edge is bad.
Living in Sheffield, I am biased, but come on, where else would you go for proper steel stuff??
I decided to only use a fairly cheap kitchen knife block set (<£100) and keep them razor sharp using my kit. I don't care if I damage the temper or wear them unevenly or anything else as they're aren't precious.
I'm very pleased with my knife sharpening skills these days, within a couple of minutes with barely an effort my knives are slicing through paper with ease and so far have even and shiny edges so I must be doing something right.
https://www.butchersequipment.co.uk/knives-sharpeners/knives/butchers-knives/victorinox-butchers-knives?gclid=CjwKCAjwwsmLBhACEiwANq-tXJG4DrzfZx4Hic2JMEwwn3N0dimBqoh769dzTWzv00ypfFlB_3u_UBoCeqAQAvD_BwE
My Trading Feedback | You Bring The Band
Just because you're paranoid, don't mean they're not after youLet it go.... Let it gooooo....
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wusthof-Classic-3-Piece-Knife-Set/dp/B00005MEGJ
Great balance and feel.