Hey there and welcome to the forums snakeman!

Knives are, as the kind mr grumpy already mentioned, a very personal thing. These are my suggestions:

You do not need many knifes. Basically you only need a 18'' (inch) cooks knife, a smaller vegtable knife, a bread knife and a speadpeeler (not quite a knife, though).

You should spend more money on buying good quality on those three, rather then buying a cheap set as the will go blunt very quickly. J.A. Zwilling and Henkels 4**** Line (the 5***** is just the same, but with a non-slip handle, ergonomically formed) is very good. Sabatier is another high standard producers which I can recommend. Jamie uses the J.A. Z&H 4**** and some Sabatier.

If you do not want to spend that much money on a knife, I can recommend Victorinox. You will get good quality for your money but the blades are pireced instead of forged, which makes them - in my opinion - a bit wobbly when chopping hard stuff like onions and carrots.

I presonally use "Thomas. Member of the Rhosental

Last edited by Torilla (Sun 08 Mar 09 2:46pm)

Thanks Torilla.

Love Bavaria by the way. Heading over to Munich this September.

Markus

Torilla wrote:

You do not need many knifes. Basically you only need a 18'' (inch) cooks knife.

Thanks a lot Torilla,

Your information has been very helpful. Did you mean an 8 inch not 18 inch?

Markus

Torilla, thanks for the link to the Henckels instructional video.  Apparently I'm using the wrong knuckle as a guide, but I think that trying to change is likely to result in having one fewer from which to select!

This was a good knife thread:

http://www.jamieoliver.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=32677

Last edited by Mr Grumpy (Sun 08 Mar 09 10:06pm)