A good kitchen knife should make dinner preparation easier without turning the purchase into a small financial event. Expensive blades have their pleasures, certainly, but chopping onions, trimming chicken and preparing a salad do not require a collector’s budget. The useful question is where an affordable knife makes sensible compromises. A plain synthetic handle is usually an … [Read more...] about Affordable Kitchen Knives Reviewed: Five Sensible Choices for Everyday Cooking
Victorinox knife
Wenger Grand Maitre Chef Knife, 250mm
The Swiss-made Wenger Grand Maitre chef knife (250 mm, stainless Swiss-made, model 355126), a veteran of my kitchen, survived about 5 years of every possible kitchen abuse, still sharp (with proper care) and usable as 10 years ago. It seems that since Victorinox's acquisition of Wenger in 2005 the knife is no longer in production. For an alternative to the older Wenger … [Read more...] about Wenger Grand Maitre Chef Knife, 250mm