Carving Set of Knives

[CPASPARKS]

After Thanksgiving and Christmas...I realized I need a "Good Meat Carving"set of knives.

What would be some good recommendation?

[Classic Finn]

Even though Im far from the USA.. how about Chicago Cutlery?

Wusthof is a very good German brand of cutlery also.

Also here in Finland we have some very high quality cutlery sets.

Here is one example of Marttini knives and cutlery.

http://www.marttiini.fi/puukot/shop/eng ... &deptid=19

Classic Finn

[rbeemer]

After Thanksgiving and Christmas...I realized I need a "Good Meat Carving"set of knives.

What would be some good recommendation?

CPASPARKS,

It all depends on how much you want to spend.

I use Wurstoff Trident Classic they hold there edge really well.

If you do not like to sharpen try the ceramic knives.

Shun makes a very good knife but like all Japanese(including Global) you need a special sharpener because the angle is different and a lot of them are shapened only on one side of the of the blade.

You knives may just need to be sharpened. I use the chef's choice electric sharpener.

[Ken A Hood]

I like HENCKELS;
http://www.zwilling.com/locale/en_ww/index.php

[martha24]

I would think a starting question is what are you willing to spend?
As good knives can get quite pricey.
My daughter's favorites are Shun, but I won't spend that much.
http://www.kershawknives.com/searchresults.php?search_by=category&search_value=30

So a price range could help.

[CPASPARKS]

I want the very best....price is not really a factor....

[goldcoop]

Kevin-

Here's a sweet set:

http://www.leevalley.com/garden/page.as ... 0733,40738

Cheers,

Coop

[CPASPARKS]

Coop,
Those are nice...!

[Bill Fernandez]

Coop,
Those are nice...!

I think they are great too.

[Classic Finn]

Just dont go IKEA.

[asianflava]

Check here:
http://www.cooking.com/products/shprodl ... arving+set

I'd think that any set in the trip;e digits would be a fine purchase. I like Henckels but you have to be careful not to bo by brand name alone. Just about all of them make good knives, some also make cheapy ones.

[Woodbutcher]

I like the Henkels brand. But buy the ones form Germany. They have 2 men on the blade and say Germany on the blade. The single man figure knives are made in Spain. Expect to spend $50.00-125.00 per knife. Knives are tools, you get what you pay for.

[martha24]

Kevin,
I talked to my daughter who had done a lot of looking at good knives & here is her advice:
There is the eastern style/type and western style/type. In the eastern she likes Shun, in the western Wusthof. Henkels also have a good name.

Her advice would be to go to a good cooking store like William Sonoma or Sur la Table or whatever you have in your area to actually hold some different knives to see what they feel like, to see what feels balanced in your hand or feels good. A good store will have a variety of knives, so you can see what you like.
She also said if you want a beautiful knife, Wusthof makes a knife with an African blackwood that is absolutely gorgeous. She isn't sure if William Sonoma is the only place that sells them or not. But you can see them & other knives at the site below.
http://www.williams-sonoma.com/shop/cut/index.cfm?cm%5Ftype=lnav
Here's sur la table collection of carving knives
Surlatable cutlery carving knives

Have fun finding the right knives.

[Joseph]

I wouldn't own a stainless steel kitchen knife. I've assembled my own set over the years: an antique 12" "cook's knife" (the brand of which escapes me but it won an award at the 1900 World Fair), a 10" Dexter-Russell "Green River" butcher knife, a 9" butcher knife, homemade probably in the 1920s or '30s of very thin steel, and a 6" paring knife that I made from a 19th c. table knife. All of these are high carbon steel and will take an edge like stainless never could.

Joseph

[Steve Nikkel]

Visit my favorite historical bladesmith...... www.atar.com He's good enough for Emir's and the US State Dept.
OH Yeah the Doctorate is in Metalography.