Mark Doherty
Assistant Cook
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- Jul 29, 2012
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as the title says really, say my budget will be £50-£60 for a good set no single knives tho please, thanks all who reply in advance
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Mark, if you read through the threads in the knife forum, you will see consistent advice to not buy a set. You can cover just about all your cutlery needs with an 8" to 10" chef's knife, a 4" paring knife and a bread knife. Use the money you would spend on a set to buy these three knives.
Just buy a set that looks well made and keep them sharp! Buy a sharpener to go with the set and use it often, even inexpensive knives can be adequate if kept sharp.
A steel is for honing, sharpening is a whole other skill set. The home cook hones knives, realigns the burr, realigning the edge. Sharpening is to mill a edge. Seems nit picky, it's just a culinary peeve, sorry for my ocd
Well, I guess it comes down to, do you want that scalpel honed or sharpened???
For a scalpel, I wouldn't worry, I would just open the surgical pack and go for it.
Mark, if you read through the threads in the knife forum, you will see consistent advice to not buy a set. You can cover just about all your cutlery needs with an 8" to 10" chef's knife, a 4" paring knife and a bread knife. Use the money you would spend on a set to buy these three knives.
£60 = ~ $95(us).who knows what is cheap in england. Where are our english men? They should be able to help.