Like many my lady has Chinese made kitchen knives and they fail to remain sharp for more than three uses , I keep sharpening them but I wonder if maybe we should get some Japanese or maybe heinkels ? .

MY ex wife (thankfully ex !) used to destroy any knife I bought her so I stopped after a while .

It's been a while now (longer her gone than we were married), I don't think my lady now would appreciate me bringing home any good quality knives I found in estate sales, I have to watch my budget closely as I'm on a fixed income now .

She's bought at least two sets of kitchen knives off HSN, I don't trust anything bought from the T.V. .

Thoughts ? .

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My girlfriend swears by her Cutco knives.

I have been dissapointed with many knives over the years. Strange as the technology is so old. I tend to use eletcric knives on turkeys and large roasts automatically for years now.

My employer sells those when the road show comes through. They are god awful expensive but many say they are worth it. I got some of the knives that come in a block and have that black plastic handle molded over the shank of the knife. I have had them for well over a decade and had them sharpened twice. Seem to work very well for me and I paid may be $100 for them.

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Thanx fellas ! .

I hope more chime in .

We can't have a butcher block full of knives because we're a Foster care facility .

Stupid I know but the rules are there .

They didn't even want us to provide the boys with butter knives, I held firm on that and they let it slide .

I keep the cooking knives put away .

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Ignorance is the mother of suspicion and fear is the father

I did then what I knew how to do ~ now that I know better I do better

Up close and personal using a knife seems to be growing. Kind of hard to understand.Seems to be more knife incidents in Canada reciently than shootings.

For example two multiple stabbings yesterday. In one case he stabbed five people.

Purchased a couple of Messermeister Oliva Elite kitchen knives recently and I really love them. Sharp, beautiful and pleasant to handle.

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Anyone who's married or in a long term thing with a seriously independent woman knows I have to approach this carefully.... .

Bummer about the rise in knife attacks, maybe Canada's firearm laws actually have some teeth ? .

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Every now and then I'll ask the lady at the Subway if I can have a couple of their knives which is my "go to" knife in the kitchen. Stays sharp for a long time if not misused.

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We have had the shooting thing with pistols. Now it seems that more knives are being used than guns. Almost like a cultural change.

As for gun laws almost impossible to get a carry permit in Canada. Plus pistols are illegal. The supply coming in from the south is steady for those in the drug business. Most shootings in Canada's big cities are drug business related. The knife usage issue seems to be more random or general.

Too bad about estate sales being off the list. I picked up a nice set of bone-handled, carbon steel (anyway, not stainless) knives. No name on blades or hilts but the seller claimed they are French. I’ll go with that. Doesn’t matter. What matters is they hold an edge and a couple of swipes of the sharpening steel dresses the edge nicely. They are slightly butt-heavy with wide tang and deep bolster. A small brass guard.

I have had a set of these for about three years, they perform well. After I cut up a tomato I simply wash the knife off with water and put it back in its holder for the next go.



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We had some good knives around here till the wife bought a knife sharpener. Bless her heart she screwed every one of them up. Thank goodness for Subway.

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I'll second the carbon steel route. My 90 year old mom has been using the safe knife in the kitchen my entire life. I cut an apple with it last time I was there and it still hold a sharp edge. They do discolor over time but you can call it patina.

If those Subway knives are not serrated. I have noticed they do a decent job on fresher bread rolls. Yet another franchise that does not seem to be doing as well anymore in Canada. I can see a company owned store employees giving knives out.

When I find something I like I try to stick with the item when it needs replacement. Hoping the original quality is still present.

Taken to extremes I just replaced my razor saws after sixty years.To facilitate repairs on almost everything requires a mass of tools it seems. Aquired over time it is not noticeable. Total cost today almost unimaginable.