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If you could have one knife...

...in the kitchen, what would be your goto?
Pentwater, MI

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  • hapster
    hapster Posts: 7,503
  • Lit
    Lit Posts: 9,053
    210-240mm WA Gyuto. This is my go to knife. http://www.chefknivestogo.com/tagyas24.html
  • ChokeOnSmoke
    ChokeOnSmoke Posts: 1,942
    edited April 2013

    Best $60 I've spent:

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    Packerland, Wisconsin

  • Lit
    Lit Posts: 9,053
    I also have the knife chokeonsmoke has and its amazing also. I wish I would have ordered it with a custom handle but the blade on the tojiro is amazing. If you don't want to spend a bundle it out performs knives twice its price easily.
  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 15,429
    My 6" Henckel's chef's knife.
    I've got about 8 different Henckel's in my knife block, and the black plastic handles have a matte finish.
    But, even from across the kitchen, you can spot my favorite because the plastic has been worn perfectly glossy, just with my hand.  
    I'd really miss the paring knife, and the bread knife, if they were taken away, but otherwise I really could get along just with my 6"-er.   Um, you know what I mean.  
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    "I mean, I don't just kill guys, I'm notorious for doing in houseplants."  - Maggie, Northern Exposure


  • Mickey
    Mickey Posts: 19,669
    edited April 2013
    If I could only have one, these two work for me. image<img
    Salado TX & 30A  FL: Egg Family: 3 Large and a very well used Mini, added a Mini Max when they came out (I'm good for now). Plus a couple Pit Boss Pellet Smokers.   

  • Focker
    Focker Posts: 8,364
    edited April 2013

    What fun is that?

    10" Shun Classic chefs knife, far right

    Brandon
    Quad Cities
    "If yer gonna denigrate, familiarity with the subject is helpful."

  • @mickey What are those?  They look great.  Damascus?
    Brighton, IL (North East of St. Louis, MO)
  • Mickey
    Mickey Posts: 19,669
    @mickey What are those?  They look great.  Damascus?

    image
    Salado TX & 30A  FL: Egg Family: 3 Large and a very well used Mini, added a Mini Max when they came out (I'm good for now). Plus a couple Pit Boss Pellet Smokers.   

  • Lit
    Lit Posts: 9,053
    They are shun onions. Not real Damascus they are nickel plated around a vg10 core. Before you order the onions go to sur la table or William Sonoma and see how they fit your hand. I did not like the handles. I actually bought the onion and returned it and got the William Sonoma bob Kramer shun with the WA handle. If you like western handles the kaji shun is nice and is made of better steel sg2 than the other shuns and was discontinued so you can get deals on them now on eBay. Personally I think shuns are overpriced for what you get.
  • cookinfun
    cookinfun Posts: 129
    the Shun 6" paring and 9" ? cutting/carving knives I have are always my "go to" knives.  Great edge resilience and endurance. 
    (2) LBGEs,  WSM, Vidalia Grill (gasser), Tailgater Grill (gasser)
  • Mickey
    Mickey Posts: 19,669
    @Lit the reverse happened to me. Bought the round handle (org) at sur la table and had to take it back as it would turn in my hand. Like these, fits me better.
    Salado TX & 30A  FL: Egg Family: 3 Large and a very well used Mini, added a Mini Max when they came out (I'm good for now). Plus a couple Pit Boss Pellet Smokers.   

  • gdenby
    gdenby Posts: 6,239
    Can there be just 1? I could get by w. an 8" chef's and a 4" petty/paring. And they would nrrf to be able to take and hold a 15 degree bevel in each side.

    But if I was forced to haver just one, here is one I think I could live with.