I bought cast iron pan which I think is the best ever purchase I made.
Good knives. Well worth it.
This and knife sharpening kit. I brought back two Farberware pieces of crap and use them more than my Wusthof chef’s knife now.
If you know how to use it. If you do not know got to use it a kit that you just stick in the knife is going to be way better.
It is worth learning. A single two sided whetstone and some basic skill will give you sharp knives for the rest of your life.
Bonus, keep your cheap knives. They are typically a softer metal that will require maintenance more often so you can practice.
Also learn when you need to sharpen and when you need to hone. Your knife may be sharp but the edge is out of shape (folded, bent over). A few swipes of a hone and you could be back to 80-90% sharp.
At this point I use medium value knives and sharpen them once a year. I have no regrets regarding learning to sharpen with a whetstone. I also typically don’t sharpen beyond 1000 grit and it’s still enough for people to remark on how sharp the knives are.
Best of luck.
I bought a really nice Benchmade pocket knife. I like the way it opens Amazon packages
For anyone reading this, do not “get into” pocket knives. You’ll not know what to do with all the damn knives!
I wish I had more upvotes. Good knives make cooking easy and, more important, prevent injuries.
I bought some knife set that cost like 1000 dollars. It was an impulsive buy when I won an award at work.
Damn I learned expensive knives are worth every penny. I’ve had them twenty years. Normally I’d buy a knife and have to throw it away after a couple of years because they couldn’t be sharpened as they were cheap.
I cook every day and it makes it so much easier.
You can sharpen every knife. Better knifes stay sharper for longer, but they still need to be sharpened regularly. This also applies to ceramic knifes, which stay sharper even longer, but also need to be sharpened after a lot of use.
Couldn’t agree more sharp knives don’t slip. Yet some people out there are purposely blunting kitchen knives.
