I asked for one and was gifted 3! I had found the bottom knife on amazon for $40 and said why not, let’s see what this knife is about and plus it’s cheap. Well the weight is nice and heavy, the blades are sharp and it’s just a great quality. I’m really shocked. Not sure what type of knives the 2nd and 3rd knife are and what the best purposes are. Could anybody inform me? Thanks! Just started a serious career at a country club and working my knife collection.
by stratblaster69
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uh oh.
Those handles look really uncomfortable
Middle looks like nakiri, great for veggies. Other is a santoku, a good all pupose knife.
The old hillbilly in me says gifted knives are bad luck. Please for the old ones, pay off your folks with some paltry pocket change. The forgotten gods will spare your fingers.
The nakiri knife was designed to make it easy to cut through dense root veg, like Carrots, mooli, potatoes, swede, turnip etc. This is because it has weight and its not too sharp to blunt easily.
The top is a santoku, traditionally they are single bevel and have a more acute cutting edge, making it sharper but easier to blunt. It’s perfect for cutting softer veg really thinly – the oval divets are designed to make it harder for wet slices to stick to the blade by reducing contact surface area for whatever you are cooking. Good for cutting meat too but be sure to keep it away from root veg, and bones.
Top 5 inch (?) Santoku not really sure what is the point of it since santokus are usually smaller (around 7 inches) then chefs knives anyway but it’s an all around knife (meat and veggies).
Middle is a Nakiri. Really great for veggies and fruit, kinda not great for meat but it can be done.
Usually 8 inch Chef knife. General all purpose knife, great for every thing. Kind of the “Jack of all trades, master of none”
A work colleague of mine has these. I’ve borrowed them a few times. What a great set
3 knives but only 2 hands something here doesn’t add up