G-2

What is your budget? Mercer, Victorinox, Tojiro (Fujitora is the same brand), and Global are all reliable, quality knives. Mercer is the generic culinary school knife. The Global G-2 is the "Anthony Bourdain" knife. Victorinox and Tojiro just have a reputation for being high quality and fair prices.

there is a reddit forum so you can do research (truechefknives or chefknives) there are western knives and japanese knives. Japanese knives are more delicate but are lighter to control for fine work. Western knives are bulkier and sturdier. Western knives are workhorses. Over time what redditors thi

Glad to help! Since you're on board for "cool factor" being important, I'll share a bit more of the rabbit hole I fell down chasing the same. The Global G-2 is the "Anthony Bourdain" knife because he said a professional chef could use it for everything and he'd be fine. The implication was that spen