Kitchen Knives - Santoku knives

[TIGHTCHOKE]

1 minute ago, Mungler said:

I didn’t get married to end up doing my own washing up 😆

I bet you load and unload the dishwasher though!   

[Mungler]

9 hours ago, TIGHTCHOKE said:

I bet you load and unload the dishwasher though!   

Nope. I married well 😆

[Robden]

Which bread knife to get?  One that can cut really fresh bread without tearing it apart.

TIA.

[JohnfromUK]

2 hours ago, Robden said:

Which bread knife to get?  One that can cut really fresh bread without tearing it apart.

TIA.

A personal view, but I find serrated is needed for fresh bread. 

I have an inherited very old straight edge knife marked "Bread" on the blade, but despite being old carbon steel and very sharp, it isn't brilliant on fresh bread.  Then because I find getting a blunted serrated knife sharp myself quite difficult, I bought a 'mid priced' serrated bread knife (Sabatier & Stellar, which is one of the cheaper of the many Sabatier variants) and it has been OK.  I'm guessing it comes from China as it doesn't say "Made in France" as my other 'Sabiatiers' do.

However, my guess would be that there are better around, and had I been confident in my abilities at sharpening serrated well, I might have spent more on a better one.

[harrycatcat1]

5 hours ago, Robden said:

Which bread knife to get?  One that can cut really fresh bread without tearing it apart.

TIA.

Serrated all the way as John said 👍

[JohnfromUK]

Old fashioned straight and modern serrated side by side;

[GingerCat]

For bread it has to be serrated. Couldn't imagine using anything else. 

[Jim Neal]

Pedant alert.........All steel contains carbon, otherwise it would be called iron.  The term "carbon steel" is a bit like saying "gravel concrete"

I bought a couple of Victorinox butcher's knives recently, they're damn good.

You don't need anything fancy for bread, but definitely serrated.  A chantry knife sharpener does the trick to get the best out of them, although I wouldn't use it on my best straight edged knives.  Whetstone and time......

[ehb102]

On 09/02/2023 at 14:04, JohnfromUK said:

Old fashioned straight and modern serrated side by side;

My Granny had one like the bottom knife. I loved the fancy writing. It had a very small serrated pattern that would be easy to wear off. Attached image is the closest version I could find. 

I've obviously hit middle age because I'd like to grumble about modern bread being so soft and spongy. I could never cut the wafer thin slices that you used to be able to.

[JohnfromUK]

2 minutes ago, ehb102 said:

My Granny had one like the bottom knife. I loved the fancy writing. It had a very small serrated pattern that would be easy to wear off. Attached image is the closest version I could find. 

I've obviously hit middle age because I'd like to grumble about modern bread being so soft and spongy. I could never cut the wafer thin slices that you used to be able to.

My parents had one much like that - wooden handle and the small serrations and it had a wheat ear carved on one side of the handle.  It had a matching breadboard and slotted in the side of the board.  I'm not sure what happened to it - maybe my sister has it, but I haven't seen it there.  I don't remember writing on it, but it's been probably close on 40 years since I saw it.

[ehb102]

On 03/03/2023 at 10:37, JohnfromUK said:

My parents had one much like that - wooden handle and the small serrations and it had a wheat ear carved on one side of the handle.  It had a matching breadboard and slotted in the side of the board.  I'm not sure what happened to it - maybe my sister has it, but I haven't seen it there.  I don't remember writing on it, but it's been probably close on 40 years since I saw it.

Yes! Had forgotten the breadboard but now ylI remember the wheat ear.