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Hey /ck/,

So 2 of my best friends just got married and for a wedding present I am going to get them a good kitchen knife.
I know victorinox do good knives for what they cost but I was just wondering what other knife brands I could look at.
One extra thing, the bride has a bit of a thing for Japanese culture (not a weeaboo though, far from it) so it would be nice if the knife was a Japanese brand, but its not essential.

Are the Miyabi knives like in the pic any good?

>> No.4007920
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4007920

> getting a knife as a wedding gift

Why not just get them matching voodoo dolls stuffed with their own hair. You can then cast a hex on them at the reception instead of a toast.

>> No.4007928

>>4007920
Well it's more of an additional gift, I put money in the wishing well at the reception and now am just going to get them something they need, and a good kitchen knife is something they definitely need.

>> No.4007943

>>4007915

Get them a gift card to sur la table, you never gift a knife, it cuts bonds. A dear friend of mine sold me my favorite knife, for 5 cents... never gift a knife bro...

>> No.4007948

>gifting a knife

this is bad juju, dude.
never gift a knife.

>> No.4007950

>superstitions
wut

>> No.4007972

>a knife as a wedding gift
Seriously? It is like you are trying to imply something.

Buy a dishware or something. or a japanese tea set

>> No.4008011

>>4007972
>dat feeling when I bought 2 Shun knives when my friends got married this summer

>> No.4008015

The common practice is to give them the knife with a penny or nickel attached, so they can send it back with the thank you card.

>> No.4008026

>>4008015
Why would you think people don't want a good knife or set of knives?

>> No.4008031

OP here

I'd never heard about gifting a knife being bad juju before, and in what way is it bad? The married couple are like family to me, we lived together for years..... so does that make it ok?

>>4007972
what would I be trying to imply?

>> No.4008037

Fun fact: the whole "penny with a knife" thing was invented by AG Russell in an effort to improve business during the holiday season. In reality, it is never ok to give a knife as a gift, token purchase or not.

>> No.4008064

superstition is for faggots.

...why don't you homos go worship cows and blow ip buildings while you're at it?

>and here I thought 4chan moderately intelligent and enlightened.

brb guise, gotta drill a hole in my skull to let the bad spirits out

>> No.4008081

Whats your budget OP?

>> No.4008102

You don't get a Japanese knife because lolweeabo, you get a Japanese knife because with the decline of the various Sabatiers over the past 50 years they're now the best examples of French style chef knives (except for Shun, who do a German pattern). Anywho, for me it'd be related to that and not superstition that buying a knife could be awkward--would they actually want a French pattern, or are they comfortable with German (Wusthof, like Shun, is the classic German shape while Henkel is a hybrid), or are they idiots with no skill or sense who use Santokus?

Anywho, if you do want to go the Jap/French chef knife route, japanesechefsknife.com is probably the best place to get one.

>> No.4008109

>>4008102
which variation would be ideal for stabbing you in your pretentious fucking mouth?

>> No.4008113

>>4007915
Global

/thread

>> No.4008114

>>4008102
since when is there something wrong with a santoku knife, dif knives for dif purposes

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>>4008109
Horrible to know a bit about the tools you make a living with, hey?

Anyhow, you'd want the French pattern for that, since they taper to a point equidistant from the top and bottom of the knife. And since Japanese knives use harder steel which allows for a thinner (but more brittle) knife you'd probably want one of those.

>> No.4008118

>>4008102
Chefknivestogo.com has a larger range than jck, its cheaper too.

>> No.4008121

>>4008114
Santoku doesn't have a proper purpose, though. It's a 19th century cross between a nakiri and a French chef that was meant to appeal to Japanese housewives who were considered unable to master "real" knives and whose husbands wouldn't want to buy a foreign knife. It's a marketing creation that doesn't work as well as either knife it takes cues from.

But hey, knowing shit is probably too pretentious, so whatever.

>> No.4008128

>>4008118
Last I ordered from JCK was last year, and it does look like the prices have gone up. Good to know there's another/cheaper option now.

>> No.4008133

>>4008109
Would CutCo be the best knife for somebody who didn't want to be pretentious?

>> No.4008164

>>4008109

I'd probably go with a honesuki. They have a good thick tip for breaking teeth and the thick blade gives good leverage for twisting action to separate bone from gristle.

>> No.4008689
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4008689

Hey, OP!

You should buy them knifes they're comfortable with and of which they can take care of themselves.

It's sorta pointless to gift normal consumers with knifes that need more than maybe a honing once in every while. Or exotic types they're unfamiliar with.

>> No.4009447

>>4008689
Thanks man, yeah I know that the knife will not get honed at all, and at most they may run it through some cheap "knife sharpener" type contraption a few times a year.

The miyabi knife like in my original post is around the price range I'm looking at, anyone had any experience with them?

>> No.4009558

I know Henckel knives can be pretty nice if you spring for the higher-end models.