What's your favorite knife?

[r8rpwr]

I could not live without my Henckels Santoku knife. What about you?

 

[ainjel]

I have no idea the brand that our knives our but my boyfriend has a nice chef's set from when he took a few culinary classes. I use the paring knife and the butcher's knife all the time. I'm horrible at sharpening them though so I just have him do that part. : )

 

[peacherina]

paring

Mine is the paring knife. That 's funny because I didnt know about the different knives until my husband got me a set too .

 

[Raquelita]

I love our tomato knife. It's serrated and makes cutting them so easy.

 

[spiceplace]

My favorite knife is the one pictured below. It's a thin and easy to sharpen knife that you have to get at an Asian market. Great for slicing potatoes thin, cucumbers, tomatoes, chicken and beef. The blade is about 9" long, and 2" high.

My next favorite knife is this Henckels cleaver. It's a dangerous knife and you could loose a finger. It is sharp and boy can in cut. The blade is about 7" long and 4" high. It's the newest of the bunch with a nice dishwasher safe handle.

The finale of my favorite knives is this heavy Asian meat cleaver. If you have something you want cut up, say chili meat, this sucker will do it. But keep one hand behind your back as it weighs about 2 pounds. No extra meat in the meat please! We hide is one away unless we need it as it is a scary knife.

Oh, I have one move favorite knife. It's a Betty Crocker sandwich knife. I don't have a picture but it's about 5" long, 3/4" high and is serrated and excellent for slicing sandwiches in half.

 

[aeiou]

I love my Henckel knife and it came with a sharpener. I do not know the proper technique to sharpen the knife with the sharpener. The sharpener is long and round and has a wooden handle. Can someone explain the proper sharpening technique to use for this type of sharpener?

 

[muffinman]

Yikes Looks like a license might be required to own that knife.

 

[r8rpwr]

Forgot to post a picture of my knife - here it is:

It's also Rachael Ray's favorite knife, although I believe hers is a Wusthof.

Do I qualify as a genuine cooking nerd now, since I know what kind of knives are used by celebrity chefs? LOL.

Oh, I do also like my paring knife and tomato knife. The chef's knife used to be my favorite, till I got a Santoku and then it became the king of knives.

 

[Mrs. Chipotle]

I prefer the Santoku as well. It's such a great all-purpose knife.

I do use a paring knife and a few others on occasion, but if I only had one knife I'd have to pick the Santoku.

I prefer Wusthof over Henckels. I find that people prefer one over the other based largely on how it feels in your hand and which is more comfortable.

 

[peacherina]

You know what now that you brought that up, I like my Santoku knife too. I prefer that one over the Chef knife. Now the parer is good for smaller things like opening stuff quick etc. But for chopping and stuff like that I prefer the Santoku knife

 

[TexasRose]

I prefer the chef's knife. It feels better in my hand than anything else.

In general I find that people's preference on knives has a lot to do with just how it feels and how it moves.

 

[cooking4life]

My Santoku as well. Second is my bread knife, it's either a henckels or Wusthof, and I dont just use it for bread!

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[rt49andellis]

My favorites are my utility knives. I suppose you'd classify them as paring knives, but.... they were marked utility. 4 for $2 at dollar general. woohooo. I paid $100 for my knife set and my dollar general knives are the only ones that wont squoosh a tomato or loaf of bread. So sad....

 

[shannone]

I love my chef's knife. I have so many knives and this is about the only one I use. I guess I just wasted my money becasue half the knives I have never get used.

 

[medako]

I just got 2 Calphalon santoku knives (5" & 7") and I don't know how I lived without them.

Also, the paring knives from Pampered Chef - they're the best $1 knives ever!

 

[clara]

I just use whatever's handy, I don't know the types of knives. I'm not very particular with brands.

 

[loubear]

I have a boning knife that I inherited from my ex husbands grandmother. It is the best knife that I have ever used. I also have a bread knife that I only use for bread.

 

[pinklife]

Cannelle Knife

The knife is great for carving stipes in the skin of citrus fruits. It is also ideal for decorating cucumbers and other soft-skinned vegetables. Pare off thin strips before slicing the fruit or vegetable, to make an attractive edge.

 

[kwinem]

I also, would have to say my Cooks Santoku knife. My boyfriend & I love it, he cooks too, a lot. I have a bunch of knives as well, but that one if the one we both tend to grab first for everything.

 

[CanMan]

My favorite is my Smith & Wessen "BullsEye" multi-purpose cleaver in gun metal grey.

Great for kitchen duty, camping, and other things during a disaster. Has a nice holster with two other knives -- long carving knife and smaller paring knife.