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Suggestions for a nice chef’s knife?(r/Cooking)
Quite honestly, this is one of the best knives out there: The Victorinox Chef Knife
Cook’s Illustrated did a review on dozens of high end knives with prices running up in the several hundred dollar range and they concluding that this was their favorite (they are not sponsored in any way by this company)
I was prepared to drop around $300 on a good chef knife, but I’m so glad I didn’t. The one and only downside is that is not a fancy looking knife. If you don’t care about that sort of thing, then this is the knife you want. I like it better than any Wusthof
Edit: the reason I like it is that it is very easy to sharpen and if just feels perfectly balanced. I really like the feel of the grip too. Out of the box it comes insanely sharp and it stays sharp. The low pricetag makes more me willing to abuse it, and it’s taken the abuse and then some.