Kitchen Knives

Night_Prowler

I just signed up for a cookery course and need to buy my own knives.

Does anyone have any recommendations for a basic starter kit? Brands, supplier, prices etc?

Thanks!

The Hill Billy

Check out the FAQ stickied at the top of this page. It has a link to a whole thread on knives.

bonkey

I agree with HB...but...short version...

Victorinox...best compromise in the whole "price-performance" for a starter...and they can last you a lifetime if you're happy with them. Alternately, it won't break your heart to hand them on to someone else if you go upmarket later.

Chefs knife - a must.
3" Paring knife - almost certainly a must.

Everything after that is pretty-much optional.

symbolwoman

I got Prestige Knife block as a gift earlier in the year. It came with a sharpener device too. They are really useful so far

potlatch

I'm using the fancy IKEA ones right now (having usually used Judge-Sabatier). I'm very happy with them so far (though it's early days). I agree, a good cook's knife and a paring knife are most important. There may come a time when a boning knife is useful. Two very important pieces of kit: a 'sharpening' steel and a whet stone (and learn how to sharpen properly).

Musashi

A large Chef knife, a parer and a carver/bread knife are generally the minimum set. You probably will never need more than that for 90% of kitchen duties.

Mora do a range of kitchen knives which should be good, their 12C27 steel is good stuff.

http://www.moraofsweden.com/index.php?id=308

Forschner are also good and very reasonable.

http://www.knifecenter.com/knifecenter/kitchen/victkit.html

Maybe something like



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to start with. You'll have a better idea what you need as you do the course.

Do get one of these though!

http://www.heinnie.com/product.asp?s=zxjypa736531&strParents=&CAT_ID=0&P_ID=419&strPageHistory=search&numSearchStartRecord=13