To ask for kitchen knife recommendation

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All my knives are rubbish, all need throwing.

We're having a new kitchen out in and I want some really decent knives.

Any recommendations?

Posting here for traffic.

TIA

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All I can say is don't buy these! Black coating peels off after a few washes, the blade snapped on the second smallest, I emailed hoping for a refund and they sent a second damn set out!
Waiting for recommendations too 😆

Firstly, YABU for posting here.

You don’t need a knife block. Most people only use a chef/santoku knife, a paring/utility knife, and possibly a bread knife. I have a Victorinox Fibrox chef knife and i think it’s great. I bought it as a cheap knife, which is still well regarded, to help me figure out what I wanted in a knife but I don’t feel any need to replace it. You haven’t said what your budget it, but I imagine this would be fine. If you are looking at a very high end knife, I would recommend posting in the chefknives subreddit, as they have huge a makings of knowledge of different knives if you share your requirements and budget. I’d also try to see if you can hold the knife before committing as the greatest blade in the world isn’t going to help you if the handle feels horribly uncomfortable.

Also no knife, no matter how high quality, will maintain itself. Never put your knife in the dishwasher. When you wash it, dry it immediately. Use a wooden or plastic chopping board, never glass or cutting on your countertops. Store your knives in a knife block or magnificent strip, as having them loose and clattering against each other in a drawer will blunt them. I use a honing steel several times a week to to maintain the edge on the blade. You should only need to sharpen with a whetstone every few months/year to truly sharpen the knife. Pull through sharpeners tend to be bad for blades, so I’d avoid those, and I find a honing steel easier anyway.

For smaller everyday knives the Victorinox ones are very good, they also go into the dishwasher.

I have really expensive ones but the ones that stay sharpest and are nicest to use are my Zyliss ones.

Thanks for that! Shame for you though.

Global knives are the best imo

Sorry but what on earth were you thinking buying these, the rose gold trend has gone too far🤣🤣

You need to pop into TK Max and get a basic set

I'll look, thank you.

As a chef in a former life, I would say don't bother with a knife block and buy Victorinox as the PP said. I have mine for over 20 years, a veg knife, a carving knife and a chopping knife along with a good kitchen scissors. I will say mine have never seen the inside of a dishwasher and they are still perfect.

I'll look, thank you.

I store my knives in this, you can get different colours, then you can choose your knives rather than buying a block

https://www.bodum.com/gb/en/11089-01s-bistro?gclid=Cj0KCQjwlPWgBhDHARIsAH2xdNfxRHTxhOV0AFvyJA1_tgDklQ-lVS4BMYYJzIIXj1HL7I0IMamQR4IaAu_GEALw_wcB

Definitely Global. We do have a block and it's great.

Great! Thank you.

Thank you

2 for global now!

Global knives and a sharpener

I got a great set of global knives from Costco about 10 years ago. A bit expensive but feels like will be using them for a long time to come

3 for global.

I'll take a good look at those.

I'll look at Costco, I have a card!

I have a global block. Bought circa 2004 and still going strong!

Been through about a thousand dishwasher cleans and all seems well.

No complaints from me at all. In fact, they may be the oldest kitchen item I have, come to think of it.

Scroll on if you've nothing nice to say!
Op asked for advice not people jumping on other people's poor choices.

Wusthof chefs knife has been great for us. And then I have a Lakeland bread knife and another chefs knife that’s not so good. That’s all you really need and sharpen them regularly.

Thanks @toastofthetown I actually appreciated the ‘lecture’!