Need a replacement set of kitchen knives

Skip the set...buy a few really nice knives in the style you use the most. A good 8" chef's knife and a smaller 5" vegetable/utility knife are a nice start. Move on from there and build a collection. A few good knives is much better than a bunch of knives you rarely use.

Agree on skipping the set. Get a chef's knife, the largest you can comfortably hold (6" if you're tiny, or all the way up to 10" if you're a lumberjack). It will do most everything. I prefer it to a santoku as an all purpose knife because of the point...a pointy end is frequently useful.

Buy other knives according to your needs:
If you bake bread, then add a decent serrated bread knife.
If you hack up whole chickens, then a cleaver is nice.
I don't have use for many others in my kitchen, aside from an inexpensive paring knife and a heavy duty fillet knife.

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I prefer it to a santoku as an all purpose knife because of the point...a pointy end is frequently useful.

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Not following you hungry. I prefer a santoku too, but I don't consider them pointy. A chef's knife is way more pointy unless I'm missing something.

My santoku:



My chefs knife:

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I prefer it to a santoku as an all purpose knife because of the point...a pointy end is frequently useful.


Not following you hungry. I prefer a santoku too, but I don't consider them pointy. A chef's knife is way more pointy unless I'm missing something.

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In the sentence above, replace "it" with "chef's knife". A chef's knife is pointy. A santoku is not pointy. That's why I prefer a chef's knife to a santoku. The chef's shape is more versatile.

'Sokay, I understand the LSU handicap. (all in good fun, I have multi degrees from our alma mater)