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Choosing a Shun Paring Knife

KitchenKnifeGuru — Thu, 01 Feb 2024 23:07:47 +0000

Last updated 02.01.24 — A Shun paring knife offers you more than just the ability to slice up a pickle or peel a peach—which it will accomplish quite excellently. Japanese artistry in a pocket-sized package, it brings a bit of beauty to every mundane kitchen task. Again, and again. That’s one of the things I […]

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Best Chef Knife Sets

KitchenKnifeGuru — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 15:43:02 +0000

Last updated 06.14.23 — True confession: I have never owned a chef knife set. All those perfectly-matched blades, all from the same knife maker and the same line—their uniformity seems excessive. And they often encourage you to buy knives you don’t need, without offering you the variety that might be more useful. On the other […]

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Is Shun the Chef Knife for Bobby Flay?

KitchenKnifeGuru — Sat, 20 Nov 2021 22:06:37 +0000

Last updated 11.20.21 — It’s a logical question, isn’t it? If you’re shopping in the kitchen knife ocean, trying to figure out what the best chef knives just might be. What do the pros use? Would Bobby use a Shun chef knife? Lord knows, when I was a kid, eons ago, and I was first […]

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Calphalon Knives — a Cautionary Tale

KitchenKnifeGuru — Fri, 14 Jul 2017 18:31:15 +0000

Last updated 01.31.24 — Or, one man’s story of seduction and betrayal by Calphalon knives. Once upon a time, on a whim, I bought a Calphalon santoku (see above) at BB&B. For a long time, it lay in a cupboard as some kind of backup knife to be used for experiments in honing or sharpening […]

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Bladesmithing Class with KitchenKnifeGuru

KitchenKnifeGuru — Thu, 10 Nov 2016 21:47:53 +0000

Bladesmithing. Have you ever wondered what what it would be like to hand forge a knife from just a bar of steel? Wonder no more and join my journey. . . Just a few weeks back I had the gumption to take a two-day bladesmithing course from Joe Szilaski, an ABS Master Smith, who lives […]

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Solingen, Germany — Wusthof Factory Tour

KitchenKnifeGuru — Thu, 31 Dec 2015 23:07:41 +0000

This past October I had the pleasure (along with my 11-year-old daughter) of visiting Solingen, Germany in order to take a tour of the Wusthof factory located there since 1814. (Well, not in the exact same place, of course.) Solingen is not only home base for Wusthof, but one of the knifemaking capitals of the […]

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Quality Kitchen Knives on Sale

KitchenKnifeGuru — Sun, 06 Dec 2015 19:53:17 +0000

Here are some of the latest deals on high-quality kitchen knives. We’re talking name-brand blades that will get sharp, and stay sharp, for a serious amount of time. They should feel great in your hand and make you want to have fun in the kitchen. And most are priced at around $100 (though prices fluctuate […]

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Best Carving Knife — Some Recommendations

KitchenKnifeGuru — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 04:41:31 +0000

A carving knife is a thing of beauty, even if it’s used only a couple times a year. When you need a long, thin, and most important of all, sharp blade to do your slicing, nothing else will do. (Above: Wusthof Classic 2-Piece Hollow-Ground Carving Set.) If you’re in the market for a carving knife […]

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Wusthof Knives — Outlet Store Bonanza

KitchenKnifeGuru — Sat, 28 Mar 2015 20:05:24 +0000

Wusthof, Wusthof, Wusthof!! I’ve got Wusthof knives on the brain. . .mainly because I’ve been working on a definitive article to add to the KitchenKnifeGuru website that should cover everything Wusthofian. Weeeell, let’s not get carried away, but at least it should offer shoppers some serious guidance to help them wade through the merchandise. Working […]

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Kitchen Knives — Top Quality on Sale

KitchenKnifeGuru — Thu, 15 Jan 2015 05:36:19 +0000

It’s that time of year again—post holidays—when everywhere you look prices on everything are getting slashed. Kitchen knives are no exception! Here are just a few (and some of the best) deals out there in kitchen-knife land. These are all high-quality kitchen knives—many of them on my recommended Best Chef Knives list, and if not […]

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