What's your favorite chefs knife?

I like a santoku shape; a good one should cost around $125—$150.

serated or beveled blade like a cuisinart or farberware.

My hands

I’ve been happy with my Henckels. I don’t have these but they’re on my maybe list:
Professional S – 10 inch
Twin Four Star II – 10 inch

I still have two carbon steel chef’s knives from the late 1950’s. There is nothing to approximate them any more. I have also a 6” paring knife. My new expensive part stainless steel knives don’t hold a candle to the old ones. They take a really nice edge and can slice through the skin of a raw tomato with almost no pressure.

Shun makes good Santoku. You can probably find them on Amazon.

A small plastic handled tomato slicer, slightly angled, tough – it goes through onions and potatoes like buttah.

I love my old carbon steel knives. Even my great grandfather’s carving knife from 1880 still attains a keen edge. However, these days I tend to use my knives from Cutco. When my son takes them and leaves them outside in the rain they don’t rust.

Maybe someday I can buy a really good set of knives and know they will stay in the drawer or in the block where I left them.

I like my Henkels chef knive pretty well for chopping, and Cutco has a handy carver that I seem to pull out quite a bit. I tend to use just the larger chef knife to chop, the smaller one is wasted.

I saw a really nice knife block that has tightly packed thin plastic rods instead of slots for knives.

I also have a J.A. Henckles. Though, 10” is too long for me; I use an 8. It’s similar to what we used in culinary school, and I love it.

how much do you want to spend? Henkels is very good… Wusthof is also very good, I have a Wusthof filet knife that could skin a pig in a minute… (ok a bit of an exageration)
I cook a lot and my ‘go to’ is the Henkels, (most importantly, keep it sharp)

I was hoping to keep it under $130.00. I’m 40 and have just discovered how much I love cooking. I’ve heard that global knives are on par with Wustof and J.A. Henckels.

@Bobbystaton: A chef’s knife is a permanent purchase. Don’t stint.

I love my Shun knives from Crate and Barrel.

@sarahsugs They are lovely, are they not?