Best Chef's knife <$150

I have shun and henckles. Shun wins by a mile.

I love my Shun knives, personally.

I have the 8" zwilling pro. I wish I had gone bigger. I think you will find the 6" to be too small after you get used to it.

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I think you will find the 6" to be too small after you get used to it.

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Definitely this for sure. Minimum size to get is an eight, but a ten or twelve is way better for doing a lot of chopping.

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I have the 8" zwilling pro. I wish I had gone bigger. I think you will find the 6" to be too small after you get used to it.

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I have the 10" and although overall I like the leverage and cutting surface it gives me, I would at times like an 8" in the same knife for smaller jobs. I guess that's the grass is always greener thing going on, but I do think the 6" is a bit too small as well. For myself I think it gets down to a leverage thing as I don't think I really utilize all of the cutting surface area of the whole 10 inches of the blade, rather the point to slice and the back end to chop and slice. The rest ends up being leverage for me, but it is advantageous when getting aggressive with a lot of veg. Another big advantage in the knife though is the width of the blade which for one reason or another feels more comfortable than other knives I have when using as a guide for my knuckles. I guess it just feels right and I'm more confident with it, so I end up being a little quicker and more confident with it because of that.

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What's the difference between a $120 Shun, and a $40 Victorinox? Are they that much better?

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First off, a Shun is cut at a different angle to most European blades.

The biggest difference though in between an inexpensive knife to a more expensive or professional knife is found in it holding an edge, it's balance, weight, comfort, and long term durability when you do a lot of cooking. If you may cook once a week and use your knife it probably doesn't matter nearly as much as if you're much more active in the kitchen and/or are looking for a long term knife. That's my 2 cents on it.

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I have all wustof and love them. I agree with the others, if only getting 1 knife go with an 8".