Hi, I live in Seattle and chop a lot of onions

[shamluk]

Hi community! I've always liked cooking (at home not professionally). I first happened on a library book teaching knife technique when I was still using a cheap supermarket knife, then I learned straight knives could be sharpened unlike serrated ones, and then once a friend bent my supermarket santoku tip by mistake I decided to buy a Tojiro DP santoku and get better at sharpening it on a stone (I'm still not very good).
I cook pretty much all vegetarian food and I have an impulsive kid so I'd like to buy a nakiri (the small size and lack of sharp point is a positive). I push-cut.
I live in Seattle with my family.

 

[Nemo]

Welcome to the forums

 

[rickbern]

Hah! I live in new NYC and I chop a lot of onions too.

Small world.

Welcome

 

[1315]

Welcome to the fricas... from Kitsap Co.

 

[chiffonodd]

Welcome! I used to live in Seattle and still chop a lot of onions. Give the folks at Epicurean Edge a visit. I got my first real j-knife there back in the day (when they were still in Kirkland). An akifusa srs15. Good times.

 

[captaincaed]

Welcome!
Albert at Seattle Edge in Ballard is another good option. He’s a sharpener first and a retailer second, but he’s incredibly kind and generous. Even if he doesn’t have something in stock he will happily order for you.

Tojiro DP is a great first step. Welcome to the circus.