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Just about any dish you make requires vegetables, so why not cut them with less effort? This drop features 11 different vegetable knives from Zhen, comprising santokus, nakiris, and multi-purpose cleavers Read More
One day when I can afford kitchen knives, I'll be buying as a whole set not individual knives. These individual kitchen knife drops are confusing. What am I supposed to do throw it in a drawer? Needs to be a set with block. Pretty though.
If you're dead set on buying a set with a block, try the Global Classic series. They're excellent quality, extremely sharp, and pretty much an industry standard. Make sure the set includes the 8" chef, model #G-2. There is a drop right now, 3 piece that includes that knife--it's sort of like a kitchen knife introduction as it also includes a vegetable knife and a paring knife. But if you shop around, you can find decent deals on a Global Classic set that includes the shears and a block. I've used Henkels for close to 15 years, both professionally and at home, but I've been using Global 10" at work for the last 10 or so. Honestly, at home I have a weird collection of knives, few of which match but all of them great at what they do.
Just received the vegetable knife. OMG, this knife designer absolutely nailed it. This slices through vegetables like a butter knife through butter. It is probably going to replace most of my knives now. It is just too easy to use. It does encourage and almost guide your hand into a rocking motion. If you insist on being a straight Chopper, this is not the knife for you. Otherwise it is the knife from heaven.
wincoreCustoms in many countries will seizen certain items or charge a ridiculous tariff or import duty tax. I’d far rather a company not ship an item than me paying for it and never receiving it or getting hit with exorbitant, unexpected, fees.
So I went to order one and the shipping is $3.50 then I went to add another to my order and shipping went up to $7.75 for two. That seems weird and wrong. If anything it should be $7 and most places would give you a discount on shipping for a multiple knife order to encourage more sales. So I'm getting just one knife and if I decide to get another I'll put in a separate order to save on shipping.
Gunnersmate2That's funny, if I order one the shipping is $8.25 (to Australia) but if I add another order it only rises by $3.50. As I keep adding orders the shipping goes up either $3.50 or $3.75 for each order.
I assume you're in the US? The good news is that if you add a third order the shipping doesn't increase at all, and a fourth only increases it by $1. Keep adding orders and it increases by between $0 and $1 each time. So it's just that 2nd order that triggers a big jump in the shipping price.
Of course that doesn't help you much if you only wanted 2 knives :)
JaggiRight. I did want two but decided to just get one. And I am in the US. Wish I was in Australia. I visited Perth and Adelaide in 1997 and in 1999 , the people were awesome and the country is beautiful.
As someone who cooks with a lot of vegetables, I am wondering what you guys think about the Veggie knife versus the Nakiri. All I've got in my kitchen right now is a Santoku, a Chef's Knife, a pairing knife, and a bread knife. I pretty much use the Santoku and pairing knife for everything right now, but it'd be great to make chopping veggies a bit easier. Thanks.
jmacdonaldI have their Nakiri in 3-layer/pakkawood. It doesn't feel like a chopper to me, more like a slicer, but a good one at that. I'd think you'd want something with more weight and a wider blade to guide through the stroke for chopping, but it's not a technique I use very often.
I own the 101-layer damascus nakiri, which is available in this drop, but the specs don't provide any details. For the record, that nakiri has a 1.1425 German steel core. (It's printed on the left side of the blade.) That steel is very similar to 440C. Zhen claim a hardness of 62 HRC, which is unusually high for that steel (but achievable with careful tempering).
The knife is very sharp out of the box, no issues. Fit and finishing are OK, but not great. The rivets stick out just a fraction above the surface of the wood, as do the bolsters; you can just feel a slight step up from the wood to the metal. The knife has a full tang, and the wood for the handle is attached to it in two halves. There are small gaps on my knife where the wood meets the bolster (on one side only),
Because of the full-tang construction, and because the blade is not all that thin (2.4 mm near the bolster, 2.2 mm near the tip), the knife is heavy for a Japanese-style nakiri: exactly 250 g. For comparison, another nakiri that I own, a Sakai Takayuki 165 mm with AUS-10 hammered damascus blade and rosewood Wa handle, weighs 146 g and can be bought for the same price.
If you don't mind a heavy knife, and if your are not anal about minor fit and finishing flaws, the damascus nakiri is good value. But be prepared to use your muscles when using it. I definitely wouldn't recommend it for extended prep sessions.
I am not familiar with these knives at all, but I am confused, because I don't see what all the options are. I am just seeing 3 choices of knives, not all sorts of options... what am I missing, please?
brenda52411There are four different blade geometries offered, I believe, in this drop. Some of the blade styles are offered in different steel(maybe method of steel processing would be more accurate) and handle material. The less expensive knives have a VG-10 steel core sandwiched between a different steel(cladding). The more expensive knives have several layers of two different steels that were repeatedly folded, but the core steel, that forms your cutting edge, is still VG-10. VG-10 is good quality steel for Asian style kitchen knives. It often performs better when paired with another steel by cladding or folding/pattern welded, often referred to as Damascus.
DSpeedI guess I missed the drop. If it's offered again (I have requested it) the knife over on the left is a nice looking knife. What would I purchase to get the best quality version of that knife over on the left? Thank you. Sorry I don't know much about knives.