re: Shun vs. Wüsthof

I have a Shun, Wusthoff, Henckel, and a Global.

I rarely use them.




95% of the time I use my $25 Victorinox 8 inch. The other 5% of the time I use the other ones out just out of guilt.


Personally I find that the Victorinox is just sharper. It loses its edge rather quickly, but a quick passes on the honing steel (or a little hand held sharpener) get that thing right back up to speed.


I think the Japanese knives (Shun and Global) were probably sharper at first, but their shape is different and you have to know what you're doing to sharpen them (i.e. they won't work on my little handheld sharpener).


That said, of all my knives I actually paid money for, I probably use the Wusthoff the most. I feel like the Japanese knives, while sharper, are too fragile. I can really hack into stuff with the German knife. I feel bad deboning a chicken or something with a fine Japanese knife. The German knives, by contrast, can take the punishment better (but admittedly don't get quite as sharp).