richardson sheffield Balance knives 154

On Fri, 22 Jul 2005 08:35:35 +0100, Jane Gillett

Have often wondered whether it would be worth investing in some of the more expensive knives around but there is obviously a problem if a knife is personal as described here.

We buy a new knife, as expensive as we can afford, as we need one. So we have a mixture.

Unfortunately I don't see any way of buttessing a knife's "useability" without actually using it for a while. This makes it difficult since although I might buy a cheap item and take a risk that it may not suit, I'm not keen on doing that with something costing as much as some of the knives I have seen. If you could get a knife "on trial" - I'd be willing to pay a small fee for a trial - then that may be a way. The only other way I can think of is to go and stay with the knife owner for a bit!

I stick to the handle shape I like which is "sabatier".

My knives are a mixture: a) Three knives (boning, carving, general) bought as Sheffield "imperfect" from a stall at an agric show; these sharpen up quite nicely and I've used them for years (20+). b)Kitchen Devils - cheap and good. c) A small and a vegetable "Sabatier" mild steel which also take a good edge and are probably around 30 years old. These get me by quite nicely but I'm always open to improvements.

Do you "need" anything else?

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