Choice on Knives.

For what it is worth I just finished taking one of Troy Black's BBQ classes and he recommended to everyone in the class to get a VictorinNix knife.

Paul

hath said:

Please forgive me if this is one of those topics that has been covered over and over but im in the market for a really nice couple of knives. Ive been looking at the Gunther. But was also interested in the Cutco brand. I dont know the difference in forged or stamped knives. I have no idea of the pros or cons in this area. what I do know is that I love a razor sharp knive and believe in buying 1 good one rather than multiple cheap ones. Can someone please advise my and point me in a general direction as to what to look for? thanks.

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Knives are an area where personal preference makes a huge difference. If you haven't used a variety of different knives and qualities it can be hard to make the right choice. You mentioned Cutco, and a few years back I did buy a set of them for kitchen use and have not been disappointed. They are great for cutting vegetables and general, rough kitchen duties. The steak knives are nice because they keep cutting steak after steak without any attention. The Cutco paring knife without the serrated edge is useless after one or two uses. The knives requiring a bit more attention to keep them sharp are by far superior for the meat preparing and cooking duties of BBQ. I have decent carbon steel knives to expensive damascus bladed Japanese ones and I have found one major difference in the less/more relationship. The less they cost the more sharpening/attention they require, and the more they cost the less attnention they require (aside from some p[retty astounding asthetic differenes that don't make them cut better or worse). Whatever you plan on acquiring, plan on getting adept at blade care and and after that it won't matter much.

I like Mundials as well, and just got an 8" chef's knife for Christmas. IMO they are the best quality forged steel knife for the price level. As mentioned, they are make in Brazil of German steel.

BBQchef33 said:

I just bought a set of Gunther Wilheims and love em! They replaced my Henckles and Forschners(sp?)

IMO, better than both in the way the feel in the hand, especially for the price. Im sure there are better knoves out there, but for the cost of the set, I have no complaints. The suckers cut like a razor. (yeah, they're new.. lets see in 6 months).

http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/showthread.php?t=77781

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I just pulled the trigger on this set, I spoke to the founder of the company and let's hope they are as good as he says. Thanks for the link which helped me get a great price even though they were not coming to the Costco in my area.