I'm very very tempted

[crackthatoff]

to buy these ! [url]http://www.ecookshop.co.uk/ecookshop/product.asp?pid=GR52SS6&m=53&d=[\url]

They are down to £350 in store today..... always wanted some but the mrs would kill me.
Any one use global knives? any good?

[Mobile Chicane]

I bought a similar set (includes a bread knife rather than the scissors) for £299.

It's quite useful to have a range of knives for specific jobs, but tbh the one I use 90% of the time is the large chef's knife.

[SpeckledJim]

I've a set of 5 unbranded Sabatier knives, and the large chef's knife gets at least 80% of the action. The longest thin one has been used perhaps 10 times in 5 years.

A big set is nice, but 2 or 3 proper doozies are probably more useful, £ for £.

[crackthatoff]

yes but you do get a shinny stainless steel knife block

[SpeckledJim]

crackthatoff said:

yes but you do get a shinny stainless steel knife block

Very nice too, but it carries the signature of a genial psychopath off the telly. Thus relegating it permanently into the naff column.

See Victor Kiam's Remington Fuzz-Away for more details!

[Pete Franklin]

you could buy all that lot seperately for similar amount of money if you shop around. in doing this you could get the knives that you want rather than a predefined set. For instance i dont quite see the point in having a very expensive pair of scissors and i would probably choose different knives from the range than the GS5 GS11 and GS38. The price seems about right for the kit if you do want all of them though.

[crackthatoff]

SpeckledJim said:

Very nice too, but it carries the signature of a genial psychopath off the telly. Thus relegating it permanently into the naff column.

See Victor Kiam's Remington Fuzz-Away for more details!

Rofl .. see what you mean I hate it when they do stuff like that... cheapens it alot

[zygalski]

crackthatoff]to buy these ! [url said:

http://www.ecookshop.co.uk/ecookshop/product.asp?p...

They are down to £350 in store today..... always wanted some but the mrs would kill me.
Any one use global knives? any good?

Try a Global first. Please!
They're the marmite of the knife world.
Really weird balance in my opinion & far, far too light & fragile-feeling.

[crackthatoff]

i have a full set of sabatier but they seem to get blunt quickly ( no plastic opening and a wood chopping board) got a kitchen devils knife that sharpens in two shakes of a dogs tail with a kitchen devil sharpener for 6 quid and the knife was about 18.
bought one of them japanese efforts from wing yip in manchester in a rectangular shape ... not for me.
I like a heavy feel and razor sharp ... weirdly i cut my self less with a sharper blade.
I call it the tomato test.... if it can slice a tomato without hacking at it job done !

btw .. are the plastic sharpening jobs better than a steel ?

many thanks noel

[Turn7]

Go to Richmond cookshops website and a couple of the knives you would genuinely use daily.

I have a G48 Sanotku and it gets used for pretty much everything in the slicing and dicing dept.

Does need to kept on top of with a Minosharp to be in tip top form though.

http://www.richmondcookshop.co.uk/index.php?cPath=...

[Badvok]

zygalski said:

Try a Global first. Please!
They're the marmite of the knife world.
Really weird balance in my opinion & far, far too light & fragile-feeling.

I didn't like them at all. Very happy with my Wüsthof

[Rooster]

I have used Global knives for over twenty years and they are the dogs.... I wouldn't change, I have several separate ones and a set in a block. They are amazingly well ballanced and very very sharp. I use a ceramic steel to keep them in tip top condition. The only down side is I have a stone floor and I recently dropped one on it and the knife shattered

[escargot]

Badvok said:

zygalski said:

Try a Global first. Please!
They're the marmite of the knife world.
Really weird balance in my opinion & far, far too light & fragile-feeling.

I didn't like them at all. Very happy with my Wüsthof

Same here.