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What three knives are most important to you?

by Robin Garr » Wed Jun 18, 2014 8:52 am

What three knives are most important to you? My chef's knife is my go-to, and the serrated is great for slicing bread. The paring/utility knife makes a decent third option, but I like my Chinese cleaver, too!

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Re: What three knives are most important to you?

by Carla G » Thu Jun 19, 2014 10:52 am

Love all my knives but have recently learned to love my pair of jointed chef shears. Makes cutting up a chicken a breeze. Also use them for quick julienne herbs and once cutting a pizza. (Although I admit, it just didn't seem right cutting the pizza that way.)
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Re: What three knives are most important to you?

by Jay M. » Thu Jun 19, 2014 1:10 pm

Chef's and serrated (bread and tomatoes) for me, too. The rest are also-rans, but next up would be two with thin blades one about 6 inches long (boning knife?) and one about 12 inches long (carving knife?). I rarely use a paring knife and use the chef's for small jobs where others might use a smaller knife. I feel like I have better control on the chef's.
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Re: What three knives are most important to you?

by Robin Garr » Thu Jun 19, 2014 1:34 pm

Similar here, Jay. I love my 9-inch chef's knife - really don't need anything bigger - a Chicago Cutlery that I've had since 1974 (!) before they were bought out and took a quality tumble. I do agree with the serrated, which I don't use often but really beats the competition when I need it, mostly for slicing bread. The third is kind of a tossup for me, too. Paring knife, probably, but there I'm torn between a very nice CHi-Cutlery of similar vintage or a modern model I got on an Internet deal, with a micro-something blade that has a grippy cut and never needs sharpening. Or my real made-in-China-bought-in-Chinatown cleaver that keeps an amazingly sharp edge. I do like to play with knives (kitchen knives), and put out some bucks for a Santoku that I don't use much, and a small ceramic mini-chef knife that's pretty nice. And more, but we did say just three. :oops:
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Re: What three knives are most important to you?

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Re: What three knives are most important to you?

by Don Wagaman » Thu Jul 03, 2014 3:00 pm

I generally agree with the author, but believe having special purpose knives makes life simpler. All my knives are Wusthof. I have three different chef's knives, two different standard variety, and one Santoku which is used most. I have three serrated knives of different lengths, one is supposedly for tomato slicing. I have seven different paring knives, one is serrated and one is a bird beak design, one is serrated, and one has a santoku edge, and the others are normal paring knives of different lengths.(all are not shown in the attachment) In addition, I have a carving knife and a fish filleting knife,
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Re: What three knives are most important to you?

by Carla G » Sun Jul 06, 2014 8:13 am

Question -
What is the "bird beak" paring knife designed for?
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Re: What three knives are most important to you?

by Robin Garr » Sun Jul 06, 2014 1:05 pm

I'm eager to hear Don's answer, since it's one of his favorites, but I'll take a shot at it until he comes along: It's intended for precision cutting of small items, turning the blade toward you. In an haute kitchen, for tourné, making foo-foo little rounded veggies. :mrgreen: I don't have one, but I wouldn't mind playing with one if I saw one.

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