[CDBacklash]

Just went to my parents place and helped them prepare dinner. Had to cut some pork up.
It was bad.
Anyone got some suggestions for a good knife set I can pick up for them?
Cost as low as possible

 

[KingStyles]

I like to cook, so I like good knifes. I use a Santoku knives. All carbon, no steel, balanced nicely. Not to bad in price. About 30-40 dollers a knife.

 

[CDBacklash]

How many knives do you need to do more or less everything?
If you only need about 5 knives thats alright

 

[Jewmeister]

wusthof makes a great set of kitchen knives for the price with a lifetime warranty I believe. Also Cutco knives really arent bad...

 

[majid]

Anthony Bourdain says you only need one knife - a large chef's knife. Instead of getting a poor set of knives, get one really good single knife. Bourdain recommends the Global series for its light weight. I gave my Mom a Kyocera Kyotop HIP ceramic chef's knife and she swears by it.

 

[CDBacklash]

A good knife wont chop, cut and tear or cleave. You need at least 3.

 

[smallcaps]

i personally enjoy the Masanobu VG-10 Damascus Gyutou. its a great all purpose cooking knife in the western style. i don't tend to buy knife sets but purchase individually when the occasion demands it. here is a good place to order:

Masanobu VG-10 Damascus Gyutou - 8.2" (21cm) - Japanese-Knife

good luck!

 

[Jewmeister]

Actually me and my pro-chef mom use Nenohi Ao-ko Kasumi Kiritsuke for literally every cut in the kitchen (well she's branched out a bit). Western-style knives for the rofl, wustof is just a good set

 

[Uncle Erik]

You can cut through a tin can!

Still, I tend to stick with Wusthof Trident. You can get by with just two good knives: a paring knife and a chef's knife. Be sure to buy a decent steel and learn how to use it, too.

A few other handy ones are a bread knife, fillet knife, carving knife, and a cleaver.

Buy the most expensive models and you'll pass them on to your grandchildren. They really hold up if you take care of them.

 

[smallcaps]

i remember that knife! you can cut through all the pennies you save not buying a good knife.

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Originally Posted by Uncle Erik /img/forum/go_quote.gif You can cut through a tin can! Still, I tend to stick with Wusthof Trident. You can get by with just two good knives: a paring knife and a chef's knife. Be sure to buy a decent steel and learn how to use it, too. A few other handy ones are a bread knife, fillet knife, carving knife, and a cleaver. Buy the most expensive models and you'll pass them on to your grandchildren. They really hold up if you take care of them.

 

[XxATOLxX]

I have the same cheap Chinese cleaver that this guy uses. I've had mine for about 2 years and use it for just about everything.

YouTube - New York Magazine: Hung Huynh, How to Chop like a Top Chef

 

[cash68]

Chicago Cutlery, full stainless handles/tangs everything. Works good for me for a few years, only cost about $89 or so.

 

[Ttvetjanu]

Personally I am a culinary student (but I've already worked as a chef in many restaurants) and I swear by mac knives. The basic set should be sufficient. If you want to go as cheap as possible victorinox also makes quality blades, although they are really no match for mac. You basically only need a small paring knife and a 20cm chefs knife. The rest is for show. (I have a 20cm chefs knife, a paring knife, a fileting knife, a bread knife and a deboning knife) I recommend you go to a store and feel how the knives feel.

 

[fordgtlover]

I would suggest that even the best knife is useless if it's not sharp.

The best value sharpener I have found is AccuSharp; easy to use and effective. My mother-in-law loves it because she can now sharpen her own knives.

Maybe a decent sharpener is an alternative to new knives, or is it that your parents' knives are falling apart somehow?

 

[Drag0n]

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Originally Posted by Ttvetjanu /img/forum/go_quote.gif Personally I am a culinary student (but I've already worked as a chef in many restaurants) and I swear by mac knives. The basic set should be sufficient. If you want to go as cheap as possible victorinox also makes quality blades, although they are really no match for mac. You basically only need a small paring knife and a 20cm chefs knife. The rest is for show. (I have a 20cm chefs knife, a paring knife, a fileting knife, a bread knife and a deboning knife) I recommend you go to a store and feel how the knives feel.

Theres a song about it.....


YouTube - Mack the Knife- Frank Sinatra and Jimmy Buffett