How many kitchen knives do you own?

[soigne_west]

Just curious. I know some of you own a few and some of you own a TON. Just a little case study.

I’ll go first. 9 here

 

[juice]

Four that I regularly use, three that are kinda specialty knives. If they don't fit on my mag strip, that's it, not interested.

 

[IsoJ]

I am embarrassed to say but 27 which includes all the old beaters

 

[cotedupy]

Maybe 15 or so I'd guess. But half that that we'd use regularly.

 

[ynot1985]

no idea to be honest ... I don't count. I just have them in piles at home.

 

[Michi]

I haven't done an exact count. But it's somewhere north of 30, I'd say.

 

[Gregmega]

Last I counted I stopped counting at 50 and decided maybe it wasn’t good to know the exact number. Some things are better left unknown.

 

[KO88]

If you mean “KKF standard” knives it s like 20 for now...
This year was crazy!!!

 

[childermass]

I have 10 in regular use and a few others that I use for sharpening practice and then some that are abused in various ways in my workshop so in total it’s around 15 without counting.

 

[adam92]

Use to be have around 12, selling some of them, now around 7? Omg I never count it, this is my first time ever to count

 

[Carl Kotte]

1 million knives in a cabinet!

 

[Runner_up]

Just went and counted and am slightly embarrassed to be at 53. I might need to thin the heard a little..

 

[ian]

15 total (including crap steak knives, parers and cleaver) but only 8 of them are KKF quality knives, and 3 of those are out on loan at the moment.

 

[Bensbites]

Not counting junk steak knives. Somewhere in the 20’s. Shuns were wedding gifts, I can’t get rid of them, but don’t use them. The wife prefers Macs from our wedding.

Since I am making my own there is a rotation of ground knives knives I am testing out and it’s a safe place for my customers blade (those do not get used by anyone).

i regularly use 5-8.

 

[inferno]

i just counted mine. and i think i got all of them. i have 19. and maybe 5-6 of those and not usable right now. they dont have any handles.

 

[Robert Lavacca]

I would say not counting some of the useless crap I have, around 20. Always wish I could have more. They all get used at work. Just have to know when you can afford it and when you can’t for me personally. These are all tools I use for my career though so I buy when I can.

 

[Ericfg]

Somewhere around 40? Maybe about 10 I use regularly and 2 or 3 that I'm gonna use in a display.

 

[NO ChoP!]

In my work kit, close to 40. In my home blocks, a few dozen. In my vintage heap, another 40.

Waiting on the guys I know are at 100+...

 

[j22582536]

I think I’m currently sitting around 60ish

 

[M1k3]

10 in total. They all get used.

 

[drsmp]

21! 3 petty, 1 honesuki, 1 bread, 1 slicer the rest Gyuto.

 

[GorillaGrunt]

46 plus two on the way, been keeping it roughly around 50 for maybe a couple years

 

[WildBoar]

stopped counting at 3,756...

 

[tcmx3]

1 less than I want...

 

[M1k3]

1 less than I want...

Always

 

[coxhaus]

Around 30 active kitchen knives. I have a dozen steak knives to add if we are counting them.

 

[daveb]

More than a few. All users.

 

[LostHighway]

14 (too many!) good knives plus five in the "too be sold" pile. This not inclusive of a few Wustofs and a Chicago Cutlery knife that get hauled out for the dirty jobs: cutting Parmesan and other notably hard cheeses, chopping nuts, etc. I do have sort of a soft spot for the Wustof bird's beak parer so that isn't abused but I'm not counting it among the "good knives".
I'm committed to at least two new knives in 2021 so there definitely needs to be a harder cull.

 

[JAKsQandBrew]

If you don't count the friend/family knife racks I have filled over the years giving away knives so the wife would let me get something new I have 16.

2 parer, 3 petty, 3 slicer/suji, 2 filet, 2 serrated, 4 gyuto

Still need a nakiri, santoku, a cleaver and more

 

[Lars]

10 users here.