Been a chef for almost forty years...... fourteen inch Sabatier chef's knife has been my work horse for about thirty of those forty years. So the answer to your question is yes.
I too, have used a 14" chef knife for a lot of years and if the condition is good $120 isn't bad at all.
A carbon steel one, I hope?
French stainless varies from almost impossible to sharpen to fairly usable, depending on the maker and the age.No, SS
If you're fine with a 12", these made by Thiers-Issard under their distributor's own name:
http://www.theinvisibleedge.co.uk/page76.html#Cooks
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