DP Gyutou - 9.4" (24cm)

If you’ve got 100 pound I’d sink it all into one nice Gyuto and avoid cheap Chinese dropship knives like the ones you’ve mentioned, unless your partner truly doesn’t care about quality/performance and values aesthetics above all else. Something like this Tojiro DP would be an outstanding gift https:

First of all, really nice gift! And good compromise to get the Aliexpress version and an actual good knife as well. I found one on Ali for ~€35, brand is XITUO. This gives you around £160 for the good knife. You're looking for a general purpose knife. Main questions for me would be, what size is mos

Yea I bought the Amazon stones before reading that could be actually harder. I have pretty decent knives I feel (misono carbon steel gyuto and Tojiro dp gyuto are my main work horses) just super frustrating learning curve i guess. Especially when im using them everyday for precision knife work.

What brand knife is that, imo some knives are so cheaply made with trash steel they aren't necessarily worth the effort. I'd practice sharpening on a decent quality knife you already own, and then buy a basic, but high quality japanese gyuto or German chef knife once you've mastered the basics of sh