(Closed) Which knives?

posted 5 years ago in Gifts and Registries
Post # 1
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1769 posts
Buzzing bee
  • Wedding: June 2014

We’re registering for the Wusthof IKON series knives….but I keep can’t decide WHICH knives to register for. Currently I have a small set (that’s actually really nice for inexpensive knives – it’s a Rachel Ray three piece set for those in the market) that I use – it’s a 6″ santoku, a 5″ serrated utility, and a 4″ paring knife.

I feel like I should upgrade to an 8″ santoku or chef’s knife because I’m a big kid now, but my parents have an 8″ knife and it feels SO big. When I tried one out at C&B I just felt like it was too big for my hand.

 

Currently on our C&B registry I have:

– 3.5″ paring knife

– 5″ tomato knife

– 7″ hollow ground santuko

– 8″ bread knife (I bake a lot of bread and have been sorely missing a bread knife. I know this is unnecessary for most, but we’ll definitely use it)

– 8″ classic chef’s knife

 

I think the chef’s and santuko knife are redundant probably….right? I had a 6″ flexible utility knife, but I can’t imagine using it for anything except fileting fish…which I’ve never done. I just want a nice serrated utility knife, but the IKON line doesn’t have one. They have a 4″ utility (not serrated), but to me, that’s super close to the 3.5″ paring…right? But I’m thinking that the tomato knife can replace the utility for me – I mostly use my (current) utility knife FOR tomatoes/peaches/soft things…so…perfect, right? Could I downgrade to the 5″ Santoku/chef? Or should I stick with the big boy?

Ugh. So difficult. Advice?

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Post # 3
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706 posts
Busy bee
  • Wedding: October 2011

We have a few Ikon knives, but we don’t have a chef’s knife.  I think that one is KEY.  We do have a Santuko, which we really like.  

We don’t have a tomato knife; I just use the serrated utility knife.  And I have a paring knife for other general things.

Post # 4
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1611 posts
Bumble bee
  • Wedding: June 2012

Darling Husband and I are building a set of Ikon knives and LOVE them!  Because of the sets see have gotten, the utility and paring knife are a pretty much the same.  You don’t need both.

Post # 5
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Worker bee

Only ones in my set I always use are the chefs knife, boning / utility, bread knife and pairing … kind of want a santuko and a vegi cleaver but I can do all that stuff with a chefs knife … if you left me with only one I could survive with only a chefs knife.

Post # 6
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3885 posts
Honey bee
  • Wedding: September 2011

You probably should go into the store and actually hold each knife, better if you can pick up multiple knives in different brands. Grip the knife. Is it comfortable, or does your hand feel crowded? Is it balanced appropriately for your hand? Heavy enough? Too heavy? Are you comfortable sharpening it? It really isn’t enough to just pick a style and maker, if you want to keep the knife for many years.

Post # 7
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1769 posts
Buzzing bee
  • Wedding: June 2014

@fishbone:  I did that, I just can’t figureo out which types of knives to register for.

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