Hi guys,
Been reading a bunch here, and I'm probably more confused than I was before I first came. I'm a long time collector of folding knives, so I had the naive thought that picking a decent set of kitchen knives would be easy. Oh how wrong can a person be!! So.... I'm just going to shut my brain down before it just gets me in trouble and see what you guys recommend.
What type of knife(s) do you think you want? Complete block set.
Why is it being purchased? What, if anything, are you replacing? To replace a cheap Farberware set with decent steel.
What do you like and dislike about these qualities of your knives already? I like the variety of a full set and the block. I dislike the cheap steel that cuts poorely and won't hold an edge.
What grip do you use? Not sure, haven't paid mutch attention
What kind of cutting motion do you use? Usually a slicing motion towards me I think.........??
Where do you store them? In the block
Have you ever oiled a handle? Current kitchen knives have SS handles, but I oil my wood handled folders.
What kind of cutting board(s) do you use? Large teflon cutting board
For edge maintenance, do you use a strop, honing rod, pull through/other, or nothing? Sharpen with either a Lansky Sharpening System or a Spyderco Sharpmaker.
Have they ever been sharpened? Many Many Many Many times
What is your budget? About $500 for a ful block set. (That's what I figure the threshold is before the WIFE wants to use a knife on ME!)
What do you cook and how often? A quite varied menu, and most nights.
Special requests(Country of origin/type of wood/etc)? It all MUST match (Wife again) and fit into a standard block design. I want to avoid plastic or FRN type handles.
I HAD been looking at Henckels and Wusthof sets, but after reading here I guess that's not the way to go. And I had LUSTED after Shuns, but didn't dare spend that much, but I guess alot of folks here don't care for them anyway. So I'm just TOTALLY confused now.
Thanks for the help guys.
Kris
Been reading a bunch here, and I'm probably more confused than I was before I first came. I'm a long time collector of folding knives, so I had the naive thought that picking a decent set of kitchen knives would be easy. Oh how wrong can a person be!! So.... I'm just going to shut my brain down before it just gets me in trouble and see what you guys recommend.
What type of knife(s) do you think you want? Complete block set.
Why is it being purchased? What, if anything, are you replacing? To replace a cheap Farberware set with decent steel.
What do you like and dislike about these qualities of your knives already? I like the variety of a full set and the block. I dislike the cheap steel that cuts poorely and won't hold an edge.
What grip do you use? Not sure, haven't paid mutch attention
What kind of cutting motion do you use? Usually a slicing motion towards me I think.........??
Where do you store them? In the block
Have you ever oiled a handle? Current kitchen knives have SS handles, but I oil my wood handled folders.
What kind of cutting board(s) do you use? Large teflon cutting board
For edge maintenance, do you use a strop, honing rod, pull through/other, or nothing? Sharpen with either a Lansky Sharpening System or a Spyderco Sharpmaker.
Have they ever been sharpened? Many Many Many Many times
What is your budget? About $500 for a ful block set. (That's what I figure the threshold is before the WIFE wants to use a knife on ME!)
What do you cook and how often? A quite varied menu, and most nights.
Special requests(Country of origin/type of wood/etc)? It all MUST match (Wife again) and fit into a standard block design. I want to avoid plastic or FRN type handles.
I HAD been looking at Henckels and Wusthof sets, but after reading here I guess that's not the way to go. And I had LUSTED after Shuns, but didn't dare spend that much, but I guess alot of folks here don't care for them anyway. So I'm just TOTALLY confused now.
Thanks for the help guys.
Kris