I'm thinking about treating myself to a better chef's knife. I've had a victorinox for over 20 years and it's served me well, I want something higher quality and I think I've earned it! I'm thinking about MAC, Zwilling and Wusthof, happy to get feedback about any of those. I'm leaning towards the MAC MTH-80 at the moment.

One thing I've been seeing is dimples, all the top end knives seem to have dimples. I understand they are supposed to reduce sticking, but does dimpling actually work? I'm happy to spend extra for it if it's actually going to help.

@GdD I feel like that's a potentially useful question for the site

I think some of the japanese cheapies had holes in the blade allegedly for the same reason

Thanks @JourneymanGeek, I actually thought it would be opinion based so I didn't think to ask it on the site. But of course like most questions I have it's already been asked. Although I the answers don't seem to be based on any kind of evidence.

finding it is half the fun :D

The consensus seems to be dimples are a marginal, but detectible improvement when cutting some things, otherwise no difference at all.

yup

@JourneymanGeek My knife set came with a knife like in the top picture of the answer there, and I rarely use it. Things stick to it just as hard as to the regular chef knife that also came with it.

which is what the post says :D

Yeah. i.stack.imgur.com/LxEID.jpg < That's the knife set I got.

(Maybe mine just doesn't work as well because it was cheap? :P)

lol

bad workman.. tools etc

Eh, they're good enough knives for the kind of cooking I do :P Sharp too, I can do that 'cut through paper while only lightly holding it' trick with them ;)

(That is, if I remember to sharpen them regularly :P)

But I can imagine someone that's used to much better knives thinking "heh, no". OR the dimples not working 'as advertised' :P

those look like perfectly good knives to me

I can tell you they are good enough, don't just look it :)

lol

are those tefal?

no wait

@Tinkeringbell I SWEAR I have one of those same kitchen knives

Jamie Oliver Branded. Got it at the local supermarket for stamps :D

@JourneymanGeek same :P

tip's bent cause my dad will break any knife he touches

Oh I kinda like those

Oof yeah I have a similar dad, uses knifes like screwdrivers

lol

(to be fair, I have a small potato peeling knife with a bent tip for similar reason, trying to wedge something open :P)

we have a chinese style clever with.... multiple chunks broken off

Oof!

Nah, the ones I've bent are just cheap ones, like these:

hema.nl/dw/image/v2/BBRK_PRD/on/demandware.static/-/… < like that

mom loves ceramic knives - they come with covers. They're all chipped cause dad refused to cover them up

When I get my place, I am literally raiding daiso and getting a dad set

Hahaha

You're expecting your dad to use the knives at your place? That he goes cooking your kitchen? Or are we also talking dinner eating knives?

I'm pretty sure there will be times the parentals will barge in and do things

O.o

better safe and spend a tenner on a set I don't care about, than "oh snap, dad managed to snap a good knife"

To be fair mine kinda did that when I just got the keys and there was loads of DIY-ing to do, but not anymore (thank goodness... I wouldn't like them to barge in on e.g. a weekend afternoon when I decided to have an 'early drink' :P)

lol

@JourneymanGeek Yeah definitely then!

But how are you going to make sure dad uses the 'right' one?

I have a labelling machine and I am not afraid to use it

What do you use to sharpen? I've been thinking about a knife sharpening kit but not sure what to get.

Also, leave the sacrificial knives in the open...

or in an easier to reach place

@GdD we used to have a electric sharpener (I KNOW I KNOW) or a pull through

now we don't bother. That's something I need to look at when I settle in

I've got this one: cdn.webshopapp.com/shops/296198/files/446843962/image.jpg

(just an image, no actual shop ;) )

I like mine, easy enough to use, doesn't require a lot of force... and if you get a bit acquainted with it, you can almost 'hear' when you're good.

that's a pull through

they're solid/no nonsense

Yeah. Does what it advertises it does :D

I'd say "It does what it says on the tin"

but that's a britishism so old, people don't even know the source :D

@GdD personally I’m a fan of Zwilling’s Four Star line - it’s what I grew up using, but they have solid plastic handles that I find comfy and are easy to clean. And my parents don’t particularly take care of theirs super well (they put them in the dishwasher) but the knives are still good. Recently got a few of them sharpened and they work like new.