If you're in the market for some new knives, especially if you're new to the professional knife world, OnlyKnives has some great advice for you. Seriously, check it out. The article talks about how many knives you actually need, knives in different price ranges, what to really look for in knives, and even a little (tiny) bit of kitchen knife history.
My favorite piece of advice is that you don't actually need to go with the biggest knife set available. You can get along wonderfully with a smaller set, if you don't have any yet. Actually, you can get along wonderfully with only a few knives. I work in a professional kitchen, and I end up using the same few knives for everything (not counting specialty knives like the oyster knife and such).
If you want to get your collection started, this is a good place to start. If you want to replace a few knives, this may be a good reference source. Either way, it's some good advice and interesting reading.
5-14-2008 @11:03AM R. P. McMurphy said... biggest mistake I made when I first started to learn how to cook (not so long ago!) was buying a knife set....and I bought a SMALL Wusthoff set.
I wish now I would have bought a bigger chefs knife, a bread knife, a pairing knife (cheapies) and maybe a filet/boning knife.
then MAYBE a carving set. but for the most part, a chefs and a pairing. I think I've "grown out" of my 8" chefs knife and have been looking for a 10" and will go with sometihng http://www.japanesechefsknife.com/ most likely.
While those fancy japanese style knives (shun, etc)look good, play with them...see if you like them....they are a much different feel than say wusthoff.
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