Steak Knives?

[RESSE]

I am looking for some quality steak knives - does anyone have any recommendations?

Something like these (maybe)?



Thanks in advance.

[dmitsi]

They look like Laguiole steak knives, we have some multi coloured ones. They are sharp and comfortable.

[LooneyTunes]

Does good steak actually need a steak knife?

[Gargamel]

Strictly for losers....

[Scantily]

I don't really see the need, as long as you buy good quality tender meat then it shouldn't be so tough as to require a sharp knife. I bought some about 3 years ago and i think i've used them twice.

[RESSE]

LooneyTunes said:

Does good steak actually need a steak knife?

Probably, but that is not what I asked.

[randlemarcus]

Check your local fancypants kitchen shops. I picked up a set of Laguiole steak knives for fifteen quid a year or so ago, as they are not hugely fashionable, and the RRP was eye-watering.

[LooneyTunes]

RESSE said:

LooneyTunes said:

Does good steak actually need a steak knife?

Probably, but that is not what I asked.

In that case, to answer you question more precisely: my recommendation would be to buy meat that doesn't require a steak knife.

[SimonMaidenhead]

LooneyTunes said:

RESSE said:

LooneyTunes said:

Does good steak actually need a steak knife?

Probably, but that is not what I asked.

In that case, to answer you question more precisely: my recommendation would be to buy meat that doesn't require a steak knife.

Might as well forget about the red wine glass and drink out of a coffee cup whilst you're at it

[spikeyhead]

SimonMaidenhead said:

LooneyTunes said:

RESSE said:

LooneyTunes said:

Does good steak actually need a steak knife?

Probably, but that is not what I asked.

In that case, to answer you question more precisely: my recommendation would be to buy meat that doesn't require a steak knife.

Might as well forget about the red wine glass and drink out of a coffee cup whilst you're at it

There's good reason to drink red wine from a red wine glass. Good steak needs only to be leaned on a little with a spoon.

[SimonMaidenhead]

spikeyhead said:

There's good reason to drink red wine from a red wine glass. Good steak needs only to be leaned on a little with a spoon.

Same can be said for fish, but I prefer to use a fish knife. Most people I know use a tea spoon to stir their hot beverage not any implement that will fit inside the cup and and rotate.

[dmitsi]

I didn't realise there was an anti-steak knife snobbery. For what it's worth, my steak is good quality, cooked rare and sliced up with a nice steak knife. I'm sure I could use a spoon if the mood took me, but it would feel a bit strange.

[escargot]

Those laguiole knives are perfectly fine mate,

[RichB]

dmitsi said:

I didn't realise there was an anti-steak knife snobbery..

I don't think there is, just that on Pistonheads some people simply can't resist an argument

[Flibble]

dmitsi said:

I didn't realise there was an anti-steak knife snobbery. For what it's worth, my steak is good quality, cooked rare and sliced up with a nice steak knife. I'm sure I could use a spoon if the mood took me, but it would feel a bit strange.

The argument is usually that properly cooked steak can be sliced just fine with a normal dinner knife and so there's no reason to own steak knives other than to look poncy or because you can't cook steak.

[RESSE]

Flibble said:

The argument is usually that properly cooked steak can be sliced just fine with a normal dinner knife and so there's no reason to own steak knives other than to look poncy or because you can't cook steak.

Agreed, but (again) that is not what I asked.

[Pothole]

SimonMaidenhead said:

spikeyhead said:

There's good reason to drink red wine from a red wine glass. Good steak needs only to be leaned on a little with a spoon.

Same can be said for fish, but I prefer to use a fish knife. Most people I know use a tea spoon to stir their hot beverage not any implement that will fit inside the cup and and rotate.

Fish is completely different, you fool. A fish knife is broader than a regular knife so one can separate the flakes of fish with it, a steak knife is a hangover from a time when people didn't know how to select a good piece of meat and cook it properly.

A properly cooked, good quality steak should not need a specially sharp, serrated knife.

That said, if the OP is after an affectation which will make many of his friends sneer inwardly at him, a set of those French jobbies mentioned above should fit the bill.

[escargot]

If money was no object, these would be my weapons of choice: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wüsthof-Dreizack-Gour...

[dmitsi]

Flibble said:

there's no reason to own steak knives other than to look poncy or because you can't cook steak.

Well we're definitely in the poncy section, they're multi-coloured!

[RESSE]

Pothole said:

Fish is completely different, you fool. A fish knife is broader than a regular knife so one can separate the flakes of fish with it, a steak knife is a hangover from a time when people didn't know how to select a good piece of meat and cook it properly.

A properly cooked, good quality steak should not need a specially sharp, serrated knife.

That said, if the OP is after an affectation which will make many of his friends sneer inwardly at him, a set of those French jobbies mentioned above should fit the bill.

Pothole has hit the nail on the head