/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>14877919
The brand or a chef's knife?

>>14877919
>>14877925

>>14877919
I grew up with a set of those. They're certainly better than Old Hickory or generic 99 cent store knives but anyone who buys one other than for throwback, tiki torch ironic retro humor purposes should be slapped.

>>14877919
I bought a $28 one off Amazon that works pretty good

>>14877963
>poorfag

>>14877919
What about this knife? It's what I use.

>>14877977
>I can afford $125 therefore I'm rich
0/10

>>14878046
>I buy cheap shit b-b-but I'm not poor
post your best sub-$100 knife

>>14878103
I think your question is not a very useful one for anyone at all
If you're spending $100 you can get a legitimately good knife for not a whole lot more, so why limit it to $100
If you're after a legitimately good knife you probably already have some personal preferences of your own and my idea of what I want won't be useful to you
If your limit is $100 then you probably want to aim for somewhat less especially if you don't already know what you want
Was this thread just an attempt at being a contrarian to trick people into giving you knife advice? Because you can just say "wat knive iz gud" and you'll get a ton of replies either way
Also helps if you post an attention seeking image

>>14878245
>Was this thread just an attempt at being a contrarian to trick people into giving you knife advice?
I'm not gonna lie, it was. Well-played anon.

>>14878284
Get a King 250/1000 and a Tojiro DP
The Tojiro needs some work right out of the box but its factory edge will still impress you if you're used to shitty knives. Needing to fix the edge will teach you about angles and stone progression.
You will need the 250 to redo the geometry. Don't worry if you fuck it up it's a beater knife. You'll use the 1000 for daily maintenance. You can shave off a 1000 edge. You'll know when you need to buy a finer stone, but it won't be for a while. Same goes for the knife upgrade.

I use this one.
https://www.wusthof.com/collections/specialty-knives/products/wusthof-classic-7-craftsman-hollow-edge-4577-718

I have been using Wüstof Ikon knives for the past 20 years. You stupid fucking niggers and your $600 squint eye knives that are nothing but a meme.

>>14878385
is it trying to look like a hunting knife?

>>14878392
So you've been doing dumb shit for 20 years and finally realized you should use something not made of pot metal?

>>14877919
What if I used that knife for suicide? The moment I did it would be the moment I no longer needed to. I'm gonna get high so I can think this thing through.

>>14878404
>a hybrid design combining the features of a chef's knife, boning knife and carving knife

>>14878011
they are pretty good as long as you prefer a housewife grip and dont use a professional style pinch grip. The handle is too bulky for the latter. Vnox makes a version of that knife with a slimmer handle now, the Classic line.

>>14878355
>Tojiro DP
get a Fujiwara FKM instead, the DPs are way too thick behind the bevel OOTB.

>>14877919
just a lowly greasy spoon cook but personally I really like this series
pic related is my favorite of the 3

>>14880544
reddit recommendation

>>14880556
Thats because I regularly recommend the same thing on r/chefknives you dumb faggot. I have two 240mm DPs in my collection of chefknives and both were almost unusable for splitting carrots because they wedged so badly. My 270mm FKM is wayyy better as far as the grind is concerned.

>>14880555
this is the more traditional chef knife

>>14880595
and theres a chooper

>>14877919
I use this knife. It works for cooking and gutting faggot-ass retards like you who meme shitty ass knifes to the point that you suggest suicide.

>>14877919
nothing personel, kid

>>14877919
are the santoku line from that brand even worth getting? my wallmart knife died

>>14880642
That looks like a bitch to sharpen

>>14880642
I'm trying to convince my mom to let me get one of these, can you post a pic of you cooking with it, she seems to think its just for stabbing bad guys.

>>14877919
>full bolster
You will be glad until first sharpening.

>>14880572
you have to go back

>>14880847
sharpening with a bolster is a minor inconvenience at best. Sure you might as well get a knife without a bolster but people overestimate how much of an actual issue it is by a shitton. I have the exact knife in the OP and got it as my first nice knife when I knew next to nothing about knives and sharpening. Aside from my pocket knife it was also the first knife I'd ever sharpened and the bolster made next to no difference. All you have to do is just stop yourself before hitting it, wow, so hard

>>14877919
I would rather use a barbers razor blade, vertically.

>>14880847
Well, actual all purpose pro knifes need a bolster.
Lack of one is fine for your specialised japanese veggie knife, but i personally use a chinese cleaver for that anyways.

classic ikon series >>>>>>>> classic series

>not using a scalpel
Fucking butchers.

>>14877963
slav here, what do you mean by throwback and retro humor? that type of knife is considered outdated in the west? or is it the brand that's considered old fashioned? it looks perfectly fine to me

>>14880544
> way too thick behind the bevel OOT
That's what "needs some work" means, dumbass

>>14877919
Tried to an hero but knife wasn't sharp enough

>>14881164
They were extremely popular during the cold war for boomer couples to get for their misery house in white flight suburbia.

They're "perfectly fine" but for the price they are not impressive. Enthusiasts look down on them because they are sold to ignorant rubes who don't know any better and just buy whatever's on display at the big department store. The Bose of knives.

>>14878046
>I'm not poor therefore I'm rich
-10/10

>>14880555
>>14880595
>>14880603
are those even legal to use in a commercial kitchen? looks like the ferrule would be a bacteria magnet

>>14881193
i think i get it.
>misery house in white flight suburbia
i think i need you to explain this one as well

>>14881224
Who cares? This board is not for those people.

>>14881228
Read "revolutionary road" by richard yates for anthropological background material
>>14881232
>those people
You mean people who work in restaurants, like the guy posting those knives?

>>14878392
>$600 squint eye knives
what knoif costs that? genuinly curious, is it because the finish/look is done merticulously or what? i spent like 35 dorras on a cleaver and I considered that pretty fucking expensive

>>14881249
probably won't. looks really nihilistic and misanthropic. those kinds of stories really bring me down. it's hard enough not to get depressed from simply living in this shithole, i really don't need to be inviting depression by reading works like that.

>>14881095
>classic ikon series >>>>>>>> classic series
The IKON series knives are tailheavy as fuck when held in a pinch grip because of the massive steel pommel. Even the 9'' chef knife I got to hold a while back. The 10'' might be OK.

>>14881251
>what knoif costs that?
Handmade knives, with all specs according to what you request - steel, hardness, length, height and thickness of the blade, the grind and finish, the handle ...

>>14877963
Bullshit, they are perfectly fine knives with a good profile, good balance and ergonomics and an indestructible blade steel that is easy to sharpen and holds an edge well enough for professional use. Even the grind is halfway decent (thin enough behind the edge)

>>14881335
I don't think a lot of custom knife makers will just make any random homer simpson knife just because you asked. Try emailing watanabe and asking him to make you a 4mm thick 55 hrc hollow ground clip point mirror finish chef knife of x50crmov15 and a leather stacked handle with lapis/sterling silver pommel and a bible verse engraved on it and see if he agrees

>>14881345
>holds an edge well enough for professional use
so does a $15 dexter knife, at 1/10th the price. "adequate for professional use" is a pretty low bar to set if you're shopping for $150 knives

>>14881344
For standard prices - maybe not the top end makers who can afford to make whatever they fancy and people will still trample each other to buy them. But for enough money even Watanabe will make whatever you want.

Do you think he is going to say no when Jeff Bezos calls and wants just such a knife for 5.000 or 7.000 bucks? That is barely pocket money for some people, they will burn 5.000 bucks worth of diesel to crank up the engine of their yacht to travel 10 miles down the cost to some bar their buddy told them about.

>>14881354
If you paid me $100,000 to suck you off, I'd probably do it, but if your argument is "blow jobs cost $100,000" you'd still be wrong

I use a couple of Wusthofs but only because Jap knives are stupidly expensive and hard to get a hold of in the UK. Companies only seem to import the expensive ones.

>>14881365
you guys don't have mail order in the UK? there's a ton of ecommerce sites and ebayers based in japan that will ship you a knife for a reasonable price that americans buy from

>>14881369
Of course that's an option but then you have to pay 20% VAT on top plus customs duty if it's over £135. Plus all the delivery companies rip you off again with a stupidly high handling fee from the import.
It's so expensive to import shit here.

>>14881378
>over £135
but I thought you wanted something inexpensive that's better than a wusthof? why are you worried about VAT in that case?

>>14881388
VAT is on any amount. And for a decent knife I consider £135 inexpensive.

>>14881388
>>14881378
for example a JCK kagayaki blue #2 240mm is 105 bongbux and it's way better than your wusthof

ITT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWl8EbNN8NM

why do many autistic people make a big deal about kitchen knives?
as long as it's sharp and decent quality, any knife can do the job.

>>14881601
I don't even have a knife, I just use a box cutter to open my dinners

>>14881601
every hobby has stupid elitists who think the minute differences between their overly expensive gear is a matter of life and death.

See: cooking and knives, camping and backpacks, guitarists and their strings, etc

>>14881613
and it also has elitists who claim to not care about gear because they're desperately hoping someone will compliment their amazing skills that don't require gear, or ask them how to be cool like them by buying their extremely specific preference in gear which they supposedly don't care about hence why they need to weigh in anyway on every gear argument

>>14877919

>full bolster
>garbage steel
>terrible grinds

I mean it'll cut stuff but it's department store tier.

>>14881613
many butchers who cut meat all the damn day use $20 professional knives with plastic handles, but according to some you can't cook unless you own a $300 japanese knife.

>>14881699
show me one post ITT where anyone said that except to rile up retards like you
the arguments are always over whether it's a good idea to spend $300 on a german piece of shit when you can spend $60 on a high quality japanese knife

>>14881613
Don't forget the vocal coffee snobs on this board.

>>14881601
because they want to feel superior
people who give recommendations for expensive knives are the worst

>>14881727
t. samefag g*rman victim

nobody is buying your obsolete overpriced boomer knives. globalization happened, seethe harder adolf

>>14877919
Hard fucking pass
It's like you don't want to cut shit properly

>>14881754
not samefagging, i think wusthof knives arent worth a buy

>>14877919
somewhere there was a thread of knives that got me into an onlineshopping-hole and I ended up ordering one of these with another household knife and a cutlery block among other things. I'm excited to use it.

>>14877919
wusthof outsourced some of their production to the middle kingdom. now if you buy new you have to check the fine print

>>14881754
what is the significance of this molybdenum stuff, is that an important material or something

>>14881859
Improves toughness and corrosion resistance while keeping carbides from getting too large

>implying I am broke

>>14881896
well I like to hear that. is a smaller carbide better?

>>14881936
The question should be, better for what
For a home kitchen knife, yes
For drills, saws, stuff like that, larger carbides can be a good thing

>bolster

>>14881977
Children need them to prevent accidents. same reason they are tempered to avoid chips if you use them to chop paper clips.

G*rman knives are the sippy cup of cooking tools

>>14881757
i used that knife to cut a steak in half and it achieved it.
i dont see the problem

>>14882265
There isn't any actual problem with the knife. The real problem lies with the person

>>14877919

Its trash, the blade is too curved. Also, because of the bolster, it wont last a lifetime of sharpening

My family keeps getting me Williams Sonoma gift cards. Should I save a couple and get a really fancy overpriced knife?

>>14882393
>lifetime
Do people actually want the same knife for 20 years? Never got this logic "oh it'll go to shit in 10 years". Also most of these products have lifetime warranties just bitch on the phone and get a new one.

>>14882400

No, you should buy a sweet copper saucepan like the sickcunt that you are

>>14882607

do you enjoy re-spending for something youd already bought? im 100% convinced that 99% of poor people are poor because theyre dummies

>>14877919
I use global g-2 as main chef knife. I love how light it is and the nice balance. At some point I may try a wusthof, but for now I am quite content.

>>14882784

This is what i always recommend for home cooks.

>>14881757
>>14881977
>>14881989
>>14882393
is this the latest meme in the knifefag community? i wonder if you pathetic creatures actually think you're impressing anybody with this nonsense.
>muh bolster
lol. you people are something else.

>>14882629
>No, you should buy a sweet copper saucepan like the sickcunt that you are
It’s not my fault that they know I like cooking and all they know about cooking is Williams Sonoma.

>>14882400
can you really go into a shop with 10 gift cards and combine their value into buying something expensive?

>>14882852

They sell them there you faggot. Whats wrong with williams sonoma?

>>14882857
Yes? Why wouldn’t you. Be able to?

>>14882857

Is this a serious question?

>>14882821

you cant sharpen bolstered knifes you retard, they will eventually get worn down so that the back of the knife doesnt make contact with the cutting board

Now the real question is how long should your knife be?

>>14882866
I thought sickcunt was an insult for going there. I can’t keep up with all the slang you people use these days. They’re over priced most of the time but I have no real issue with them either like some anons do.

>>14882876
yeah, it's a serious question. or at least it was back when i thought i was talking to a normal person and not a passive-aggressive effeminate faggot.

>>14881859
A common ingredient in many steels.
>>14881953
Tools benefit from higher carbide content, but the individual carbide particles should still be small.

>>14882895

thats not me being passive aggressive, its me legitimately wondering if that was a real question. have you ever been to a store before?

>>14882916
buddy, if you think
>have you ever been to a store before
is not a faggy passive aggressive question, you're probably an insufferable cunt to be around.
don't bother replying any further, i won't read it. i'm closing the thread since it looks like i'm not getting a normal response so i won't waste my time here anymore.

>>14882926
Man I knew /ck/ has a lot of women, but this is ridiculous.

>>14882926

>hes never been to a store
>he doesnt know how giftcards work

>>14882784
You sold me. Can you speak to the rest of Globals stuff or just that one?

>>14883022

not him, but globals are utilitarian as fuck, will never fall apart due to being one piece, sharpen and hold an edge well, are affordable, and feel really nice in the hand. i dont personally own any so im not shilling but theyre quality

>>14883030
Neat, I’ve really been wanting to upgrade from my twenty buck pos.

Every thread I post in gets deleted. I don't like your thread so TAKE THIS, BITCH

>>14882821
>literally no argument
k

so if I'm not up to falling down the sharpening stone rabbit hole, what do you guys recommend to sharpen a knife?

>>14877919
We call it "an heroing"

R8

I need a good knife guys. What should I get. Not afraid to spend providing it'll last me a lifetime.

I typically just use one big knife because I'm too lazy to sharpen the other knives that everyone else dulls

>>14881365
Do you guys have asian communities in bongland? Can you go to any Asian market and pick up a cheap knife or two?

>>14883244
>he fell for the boning knife meme
Other than that its ok. Knives' functionality are 85% maintenance anyways. The rest is split between materials and ergonomics

>>14883244
how do you like the victorinox? looks well loved

>>14883210
Tormek

>>14883249
nobody regrets buying a UX10

>>14883825
I used the shit out of it until I got the Shun . Would recommend.

>>14883904
Thanks for the recommendation. Looks like a nice knife. Thanks for giving me a direction to google in. Googling from scratch for high quality stuff is a tad difficult due to the spam articles

>>14880539
What about this one?

>>14880539
>>14878011
Can confirm. I've been using one for five years and while I like the blade and can maintain it well with a honing rod it is bad for a pinch grip because of the handle.

>>14883288
not him but what do you use for deboning if not a boning knife

>>14880647
based

>>14881187
>Buy a brand new cheap knife
>spend six to eight hours thinning it on a set of stones worth $300 that end up half worn through to have a knife that is all scratched to shit

yeah makes sense, retard

>>14881699
Thats because they cant afford any better knives, dumbass, or it wouldnt be worth it because they get worn away so quickly when working 10 hours a day. They dont use those knives because they are so good or even near equally good as an expensive knife.

>>14882393
>because of the bolster, it wont last a lifetime of sharpening
Just set the bolster back when it starts to protrude beyond the profile, Jesus Fucking Christ

>>14883030
>will never fall apart due to being one piece, sharpen and hold an edge well, are affordable, and feel really nice in the hand

the blade is welded onto the handle and they are known for snapping at exactly that spot when you drop them on a concrete or tile floor, they are known for being laborious to sharpen and holding an edge only middling well and they are overpriced for what they actually offer. They were thebulldog's bollocks when they came out and have been living off that fame ever since but they are barely middle tier nowadays

>>14883210
Oiled sandpaper glued to a bit of particle board, plywood or an old tile. I have a bunch of really nice stones and I sometimes use that just for fun. Also look on ebay, you can buy diamond coated metal plates from CHina that cost just a couple of bucks and work quite well. I have a few of those too and I was quite pleasantly surprised by them. Just dont use too much pressure or you will tear the diamonds from the metall surface.

>>14883249
Suisin Inox from korin.com., Gesshin Ginga from japaneseknifeimports.com or Kagayaki Basic, Fujiwara FKM or CarboNext from japaneseknifeimports.com.

>>14884730
I have neever held one but I think the handle is slightly slimmer than the Fibrox handle. Otherwise a really nice knife and the choice of many professional chafs.

>>14882821
try using one and sharpening it and you will start to see why you will run into issues. at that point you have to grind it down and reshape it and it will always look shit

>>14885858
>six to eight hours
>250 grit stone that costs $20
If you don't know anything about knives, why post?

Recommend me a good knife set please?
Moving out of my parents house finally, we've got global, so I've grown up using them, but I'm not sure if i can get better quality for my money?
Any recommendations welcome

>>14880539
>>14884763
>the handle is too bulky for pinch grip
lol handlets

>>14877919
wa la!

>>14886498
there's like 20 recommendations in the thread already, what makes you special?

>>14886541
Haven't seen any recommendations of sets in the thread, just individual knives

>>14886579
every single knife mentioned in this thread comes in different models. what's the matter? you don't know what models you need? then you don't need a knife. just buy pre-cut stuff, they sell it now.

>>14886617
Why so bitter dude? Can't afford a good set of knives?

>>14877919
How would I do that without that knife?

>>14886622
KYS

>>14886676
So salty

>>14886703
You can buy food pre-salted too

>>14886737
No you can't

>>14877919
My girlfriend got me that knife for Christmas she got it engraved with my name on it I love that knife wusthof is the best brand

>not using zwilling
Pathetic

I found a 10" 44S at a thrift store for $2.00
Had it professionally sharpened. It's the best knife I have ever owned, and because it was so cheap, I don't mind abusing the fuck out of it.
I had a set of MAC knives before this, but I would get pissed at roommates for leaving them in the sink under a pile of dishes. Still love the 6" MAC knife, but the 44S is a beast and I love it!

>>14880642
Have fun chopping vegetables with that.

>>14888080
I treat all my knives like that, even the expensive ones

>>14890261
>>14888080
Except the part about sharpening that is. I fix whatever problems I cause. That's part of the fun. I've broken tips off and I'll spend an afternoon fixing that for fun

>>14888290
I prefer to call them "Mentally challenged," but whatever floats your goat.

>>14877919
I hate bolsters so no.

>>14881601
If you use them for several hours every day you start to see limitations with cheap knives. Even cheap reliable brands like Richardson and Victorinox.

>>14881622
>t. triggered pretentious knife snob

>>14882792
They're way too thick and those handles are uncomfortable as fuck. But I guess lots of people swear by them.

>>14883030
They're overpriced housewife knives still clinging onto the name. They're not made from one piece, either.

>>14883210
Shapton 1000

Have you taken the dengpill yet? My new favourite workhorse it's an absolute beast for £30.

>sharpened my knives
>cut myself next time I used them
Why am I such a retard

>>14877919
>bolster for faggotass whitebois
checks out

>>14881260
read yates faggot he's one of america's best short story writers

>>14880642
>Not getting full serrations
Lynn Thompson is disappointed in you, son.

>>14890507
Are any of these Chinese shitblades good, or are they just cheap?

>>14881094
You have never worked inna kitchen you larping neckbearded retard.

>>14886924
>Internationals
Chinkshit trash.

>>14877919
Same knife, no bolster.

>>14892140
That still has a bolster, just a partial one instead of a full.

>>14892143
Yeah, nice place to rest your finger without messing up your cutting edge or sharpening.

>>14892155
I find it gets in the way of fine blade control more often then it becomes helpful, but you do you.

I got my brother one of these. He seems to like it so far

>>14892140
I want that cake

>>14892157
Idk. Seems to lock in a comfy grip for me.

>>14892166
https://www.delish.com/cooking/recipe-ideas/recipes/a54546/death-by-chocolate-cake-recipe/

>>14892115
They actually are decent, just the quality control is all over the place and fit and finish is practically non existent. Mine had a bunch of sharp edges and the carbon coating was flaking off so I sanded it off and filed it all down til it became comfortable to use. It's razor sharp and holds its edge pretty well.

>>14892184
>https://www.delish.com/cooking/recipe-ideas/recipes/a54546/death-by-chocolate-cake-recipe/
Thanks :)

>>14877919
>That bolster
Absolute pleb detected

>>14881249

Can't you explain it in your own words?

>>14877919
I tried but my knife wasn't sharp enough

>>14877919
If you posted this thread and all you have is this knife picture, kill yourself, homo.

Funny how there's a knife thread on a fast-food board.
Do you faggots slice your burgers up with these shit knives?
And don't say you "work in the trade" we all know you don't, you're all just fucking fast-food ordering NEET's

>>14882876
>you cant sharpen bolstered knifes
This is a well known FACT and it's why professional kitchens are just throwing out hundreds of blunt knives every week. The fools!

>>14884730
I've heard some people complain that the antibacterial treatment in their rosewood stuff smells like piss. I have one of their rosewood bread knifes that doesn't give off any odor, though, so maybe it's a regional or batch thing? Also, I doubt a slight ammonia smell would really make me think it smells like piss enough to make me hate a knife if it performed well, but that's conjecture.

>>14892185
Flaking happens on fancy japanese knives too, that’s why modernity means a clean finish but spergo aspies just love their carbon filth so manufacturers pander to their autism

>>14892441
You can smell the projection on this one. The raw inexperience and insecurity. Yep we got ourselves a virgin here.

>not buying the messermeister oliva elite line

>>14877919
you cant sharpen that shit properly... fucking bolsters man

>>14893051
This.
I might consider a bolster if I worked in a kitchen cutting shit all day, but for a home cook bolsters are retarded

>>14886498
Victorinox, 1 8inch chef, 1 boning, 1 paring
anything more is financial masturbation

>>14892441
>fast food board

>>14881107
you ever held a butchers knife, sharper than anything you posted

>>14878011
do more expensive knives hold an edge longer? i sharpen mine with a whetstone and within a few uses it's noticeably duller. i'm not doing retarded shit like hacking bones apart either.

>>14893103
harder steel holds an edge for longer but is more likely to chip

>>14893103
harder the steel the longer it stays sharp but also the easier it chips, the more dificult it is to sharpen. It's rare to get knives that are on the harder side cheaply. Some chopping boards blunt knives faster. Bamboo or plastic are bad, glass is horrible, endgrain boards are ideal. different cutting techniques will need different levels or sharpness to be effective. Thanks for reading my autistic stream of conciseness on knife sharpness.

>>14877919
wustolf is pretty alright, i like mine but there are better knifes out there

>>14893148
whats wrong with bamboo isnt it a fairly soft "wood"

>>14892392
No, because the janny will get assblasted and delete all my posts

>>14893212
do it anyway, no reason not to

>>14893221
t. report monkey

>>14893227
how would it be report worthy, youre just engaging in discussion

>>14893076
Does it matter which line to buy from? Quite like the look of the rosewood handled ones? Assuming the steel is all the same regardless of handle material?

Tempted by a wusthof set, as they clearly get very good reviews, but I'm not sure now because I've never used a knife with a bolster, and half of you are sperging out about it

>>14893269
plastic is easiest to clean

>>14893272
i wouldnt get a set unless you just want one. a chefs knife and a paring knife will do everything you need in a kitchen. bolsters are fine it just makes sharpening a little annoying as you have to be more careful. if you think the bolster would be annoying to grip then wusthof makes a a version without it called the gourmet i think

wusthof is a good starter knife that will do anything you need it to do for relatively cheap

>>14893272
I personally dislike bolsters as they make my preferred grip uncomfortable, and they get somewhat in the way of sharpening. While these issues can be circumvented, I see zero actual benefit to a bolster, so they get a pass from me.

>>14893265
I can't even express an opinion about vegetables in a thread about vegetables without the jan-jan pressing the ban button, why would I be able to talk about american cold war suburbia in a thread about knives

The only off topic discussions permitted here pertain to jack scalfani's dysfunctional home life, celebrity c-list fast food endorsements, and youtube squabbles involving a publishing and media empire

>>14893272
theyre a useless feature, contribute nothing to the knife and they just get in the way

What exactly is a bolster?

>>14893294
its basically a little metal handle on the back of the blade by the actual handle. like what if the last 8th of an inches was wider. its supposed to be a place to put your thumb and finger. some people like it some dont, its all about personal preference and doesnt really effect sharpening unless you are retarded

you can see the wider metal part in OPs picture

>>14893301
I figured it was that part but I wasn't sure. Thanks for education me, anon

>>14893294
check this one
>>14881757

>>14893309
Thanks. It seems to be pretty stupid to put that part there but what do I know.

>>14877919
why? does the knife suck my dick and do my dishes too?

>>14893318
no, but nothing else will either

>>14893312
It is only there to have a certain feel when you hold it. You can get that brand with no bolster if you really don't like it but like the brand.

>>14881193
>The Bose of knives
Absolutely savage

>>14893283
Idk each to their own, but i love to have sets, also do none of you guys cut bread? I need my bread knife, that's interesting about the one without the bolster though, cheers, I'll check it out

Is there any reason the wusthof gourmet is so much cheaper than the one in op? In the uk that one is £90 whereas the gourmet is only £40 is the only difference the lack of bolster?

>>14894294
>also do none of you guys cut bread?
i dont really eat bread that much that isnt in the form of a sandwich bun which you dont need a bread knife to cut

>>14894328
the gourmet is pressed by a machine instead of definitely totally hand forged steel like the other knives are. as someone who has both there is not any discernable difference in quality or function

Anyone use vintage knives? I'm thinking about getting an early La Trompette.

>>14893312
My issue with them is the bolster tends to hit the board before the edge, and even if it's a minute amount it's annoying as fuck and either stops food cutting all the way through or makes the knife skid.

>>14894783
I've used other people's vintage sabs and they're fun as long as I didn't pay for it.I actually went to a store in SF that carries mostly vintage, fully intending to walk out with a vintage sab, but after playing with it for 5 minutes I realized it really wasn't my thing.

You can get some great lightweight modern carbon knives and they'll have better QC, better F&F, and better construction. Like Misono Sweden Steel.

>>14895020
Yeah, I know OBJECTIVELY vintage knives will be outperformed by modern mid-tier+ stainless steal knives for a lot less money but I still want one.

>>14895108
I understand. If I lived in a 1600 square foot house I'd probably have bought it anyway but I live in a city apartment, I can't just buy random garbage on a whim unless I want to live in a junk store with drawers and closets full of crap that I use once a year. House people have a lot of leeway when it comes to buying unnecessary things.

If the Wusthof Ikon is good enough for the greatest chef alive, Gordon Ramsay, then it's good enough for me