Once you have finished reading this, please vote at the bottom of this page. I am interested in hearing from the few who did not find this info helpful, as how I can fix that. This guide has been created for...
You've been kicking around eBay, or maybe you've gone to your favourite Kitchen store, and you've started to see a new (relatively speaking) knife start to make it's way onto the shelves lately. Santoku?...
Wusthof, Sabatier, Henckels, J.A. Swilling. These are the top names in cutlery, for a reason! Many manufacturers have copied these knives and sell them for much, much less. You look at the cheap one, then the...
Once you have finished reading this guide, please do not forget to vote on if it was helpful at the bottom of the page. Many owners of fine cutlery for over 55 years have been changing their brand loyalty to...
The following is a how-to describing how I've learned to tell Zwilling J.A. Henckels Professional S series factory seconds, from NIB retail knives. The term "Factory Seconds" (or just "seconds") refers to the...
If you are looking into purchasing a high quality ceramic knife for your kitchen, then you need to read on. First, understand that ceramic cutlery is VERY hard, therefore it is prone to be brittle. If you use...
Please remember to vote on this guide found at the bottom of this page. Created 10/29/06 Cutco blocks are perhaps the most mislabeled Cutco item on eBay. Many seller resell old blocks found in garage sales and...
"Beauty in Form and Function"You like to cook, maybe you like knives. Hey, it could be both. You see german chef's knives (Wusthof, Dick, Henckels), you see Santokus (Global, Shun, Sekiryu). Maybe you already...
The only difference is the handle on the knifes. 5-Star knifes have a curved handle that fits your hand almost perfectly, and the 4-star has a straight handle like most knifes. This may seem like a small...
These are perhaps the best knives available to the general public. I sold these in college 30 years ago and my demonstration set is still sharp- or at least it was about four years ago when my EX-wife...