ultralsp01
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Location:
USA
Knife Type:
Chef Knife
Utility
Paring
Cleaver
Right Handed
Either but prefer Western (visually anyway)
10" and 8" for the Chef, standard for the others. Prefer the Utility to be serrated but not required. Or maybe 2, one plain one serrated.
Stainless or Carbon is fine, whatever is sharper and stays that way longer. Nothing that will chip to easily but it has to be sharp.
$200 - $600 for everything, bulk of it on the Chef's knife. Wide budget since not everything expensive is good or needed for what they will be used for.
Knife Use:
Home use but on a semi frequent basis. 3 to 5 times a week.
All those tasks will be done. Some bone work too.
Replacing crappy bargain $1 - $15 knives.
All grips will be used. Finger point and pinch being a bit more common.
Push cut, Slice, Rock, Draw, Chop, Walking. In the order from common to least.
Current knives are garbage "celebrity chef" crap from Big Lots, Walmart, etc. Anything is an improvement.
Function over aesthetics 100% but it would be nice for the knife to look decent and visually look like they were worth the money. Stain resistance. Damascus is beautiful. Knife shape in general. Knuckle clearance on the chef knife.
Prefer lighter knife but it doesnt matter. It just needs to cut very well.
Sharp out the box (I will learn to sharpen soon on stone) And overall needs to be really sharp.
Prefer to go long as possible without sharpening but it doesnt really matter.
Knife Maintenance:
None yet, will be getting whatever is good. Wood, bamboo, rubber, etc. Whatever you recommend for the knives you suggest me.
SPECIAL REQUESTS/COMMENTS:
Finger/knuckle clearance so they dont hit the cutting board at all when using the knives. (Chef knife anyway)
This is all a gift for my mother. She has arthritis (some days its bad) and its painful for her to use her current and any average knife to cook with, especially with meat. So they have to be really sharp and be as easy to cut as possible. She never owned a decent knife and now that I am beginning to make money I want to get something that will make it really easy for her. She loves to cook and she deserves a great set of knives. I will be doing the care and sharpening and maintenance of the blades for her.
While the knives should be focused on quality and being a good knife, it would be nice if they looked stunning as well.
Any decent sharpening guides for the knives and stones and materials along with cutting boards would be great too.
All the above info is based on what I have observed and what she has told me.
USA
Knife Type:
Chef Knife
Utility
Paring
Cleaver
Right Handed
Either but prefer Western (visually anyway)
10" and 8" for the Chef, standard for the others. Prefer the Utility to be serrated but not required. Or maybe 2, one plain one serrated.
Stainless or Carbon is fine, whatever is sharper and stays that way longer. Nothing that will chip to easily but it has to be sharp.
$200 - $600 for everything, bulk of it on the Chef's knife. Wide budget since not everything expensive is good or needed for what they will be used for.
Knife Use:
Home use but on a semi frequent basis. 3 to 5 times a week.
All those tasks will be done. Some bone work too.
Replacing crappy bargain $1 - $15 knives.
All grips will be used. Finger point and pinch being a bit more common.
Push cut, Slice, Rock, Draw, Chop, Walking. In the order from common to least.
Current knives are garbage "celebrity chef" crap from Big Lots, Walmart, etc. Anything is an improvement.
Function over aesthetics 100% but it would be nice for the knife to look decent and visually look like they were worth the money. Stain resistance. Damascus is beautiful. Knife shape in general. Knuckle clearance on the chef knife.
Prefer lighter knife but it doesnt matter. It just needs to cut very well.
Sharp out the box (I will learn to sharpen soon on stone) And overall needs to be really sharp.
Prefer to go long as possible without sharpening but it doesnt really matter.
Knife Maintenance:
None yet, will be getting whatever is good. Wood, bamboo, rubber, etc. Whatever you recommend for the knives you suggest me.
SPECIAL REQUESTS/COMMENTS:
Finger/knuckle clearance so they dont hit the cutting board at all when using the knives. (Chef knife anyway)
This is all a gift for my mother. She has arthritis (some days its bad) and its painful for her to use her current and any average knife to cook with, especially with meat. So they have to be really sharp and be as easy to cut as possible. She never owned a decent knife and now that I am beginning to make money I want to get something that will make it really easy for her. She loves to cook and she deserves a great set of knives. I will be doing the care and sharpening and maintenance of the blades for her.
While the knives should be focused on quality and being a good knife, it would be nice if they looked stunning as well.
Any decent sharpening guides for the knives and stones and materials along with cutting boards would be great too.
All the above info is based on what I have observed and what she has told me.