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bernman:
Looking for recomendations for a kitchen knife set. I am not a pro chef so I don't need a $400.00 set of knives. I am looking for something good quality in the $100.00-$150.00 or so range. I have read reviews for a number of sets in that price range and they mixed. I was looking at Victorinox 8-Piece Knife Block Set
 online and the reviews are good and it is in my price range. Any suggestions or recomendations?

Thanks

greatplainsbrewer:
Have the Fibrox handled victorinox and really like them.  Might just get the chefs knife and build up from there.

denny:

--- Quote from: greatplainsbrewer on December 01, 2012, 02:53:10 PM ---Have the Fibrox handled victorinox and really like them.  Might just get the chefs knife and build up from there.

--- End quote ---

Same here.  Choice of Cook's Illustrated and I love them.  When I bought my last one, the guy at the knife shop said they're what just about every chef in town uses.  Great knives don't have to be expensive.  The 8" chef's knife is $25-30 and the 3 1/2 in. paring knife is about 6 bucks.

mihalybaci:
I have a Shun 8" santoku and a Shun Pro 10 1/2" yanagiba knife, and I highly recommend them. They are extremely sharp and they're well-balanced. They'll run about $120-160 each, depending on sale price. I haven't used the Victorinox Forschner Fibrox, but, as already mentioned, they're the preferred knife of America's Test Kitchen and performed just as well as $100+ knives in their tests.

Joe Sr.:
Wusthoff.  We love the ones we have.

Bought the cheaper version (classic?) for my mother in law, because her knives were atrocious.  They're fine knives.

Never really tried anything else, except a few Chicago Cutlery knives that I still have around and use regularly.

Anything with a good weight and a good edge should do you just fine. Keep them sharp.

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