/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Ok /ck/, here's the deal:

I'm starting Uni in September and I'm gonna be self catered, so I thought I would get some relatively good but inexpensive knives that will hold a good edge and not cost a fortune. After looking around on various websites, I found that Victorinox knives (pic related) were highly recommended as both cheap and high quality. I decided I to get a serrated parer (3" or 4") and a Chef's knife (6" or 7") which would be about £25 for both. However, the other day I came across a shop selling them and although the blades looked good, the handles felt like shit and I would rather get something better. Looking at the Victorinox with wooden handles, they are more expensive (roughly £40 for the two knives). So my question is this, is it worth getting the two wooden handled Victorinox knives for £40, or are there better knives I could get for that money? Also, will two knives be enough, baring in mind I won't be doing any gourmet cooking, just relatively basic student meals.

tl;dr: What knives are good and inexpensive for a student? And how many/what type should I get?

Any advice is helpful, thanks!

I started with German knives, moved to Jap knives for a few years and now I know how to sharpen them I use both as often as each other.
Pretty much whichever one is sharper at the time gets used, then I go and sharpen all of them in one go.

You know whats really underrated - those cheap chefs knives that you see every apprentice using in their first years. The ones with the bloated plastic handles.
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I reckon these plastic handles are the best, so much more comfortable then the traditional Japanese or German handles, especially after a long day of prep.

But generally: as long as it's sharp, I don't really care what I'm using.