Renaissance

Victorinox is the darling of this subreddit, and Kiwi a close second, but my preference is Mercer. I own knives from all three makers. For the same price as the Vic Fibrox, Mercer will sell you a full tang chef knife with a very nice handle: Mercer Renaissance. The fit and finish on my Renaissance i

For a cheap kitchen knife Dexter and Mercer are basically the same as Victorinox. Cheap stamped blade and grippy cheap handle made to be bought in bulk by restaurants/food processing plants/culinary schools but they’re still priced at what they should be. Mercer also has the Renaissance chef knife f

Mercer Culinary 7" santoku or 6" chef's. Millennia for budget, Genesis for something a little nicer, Renaissance if you want a traditional riveted handle.

I have worked abroad as a chef and have some of these knives in my possession. DO not place your knives in a cabinet, tendency is that they might be place on top of each other and there might be cracks when placing it back in. if something harder than the steel you have is placed to the edge, you wi

There are a lot of budgets out there below 50 USD, heck even at 10 you could get a gem out there. Here are a few that I haved used: Kiwi Chef Knife no. 21 quite cheap, most asian kitchens have these, you go to a thai or a malaysian kitchen they will have one, great, versatile but doesnt hold an edge

THere are a lot of knives out there, if you really want to save up and dont spend as much, how about a Kiwi chef knife, found almost everywhere in Thailand, it does its job well and is quite cheap. Not really a full tang, steel isnt bad and its easy to sharpen. Great for doing things easily. Other t

Mercer renaissance set, ergonomic, good delrim handles, full tang and affordable, cons now are ok edge retenton, bit heavy and handle is delrin

I would have just picked a few knives from tojiro and other brands. you could do with 2 to 3 only. but if i am going for a set, Mercer Renaissance has one the handles are ok, good grip, slix design but bit heavier than the tojiro