Recommend me some Knives....

[NicoG]

BIG, fk Off Shiny ones.....

Hello All,
Mama Nico was kindly asking what I wanted for Christmas, and it's occurred to me some decent knives might be a good idea.

I don't have much of an idea about them, so rather than heading to House of Fraser (other Department stores are available) blindly, I thought I'de ask on here...

The only items I've ever bought were the ones that came as part of what I have come to refer to as "My First Kitchen Set" Sounds like Fisher Price doesn't it, but in reality, that's overstating the quality - think a pizza cutter that literally folded on it first attempt to traverse a pizza and that's where I am...


The only requirement is quality - I don't care if that means I only get 2 decent knives...
Chopping and carving would be what I would see it/them being most used for - I'm not interested in cutting bread for example..

Thanks! - Nick.

Edited by NicoG on Wednesday 30th December 11:52

[NicoG]

I've been on the internet, and I found - "Global" look re-assuringly expensive!

Are these the Cat's Pyjamas?

[NicoG]

zygalski said:

Global are very much a love/hate knife.
I can't stand the balance on them & they feel flimsy to me. The blades are un-reassuringly light! Try before you buy in my opinion.
Handle a 20cm Global chef's knife alongside something like a Sabatier Stellar 20cm one & see which you think feels better in the hand.
The Stellar is about half the price of a Global & I reckon you'll be very surprised....
If you want to impress dinner party guests though, go for Global or Wusthof.

Thanks Chap - plenty of suggestions here.

I have set of Stellar Pans and I am very impressed with them, so if the knives are of similar quality, they'er probably worth a look...