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has anyone ever used a forschner chef's knife?

America's Test kitchen voted the best chef's knife ...it's what they use in their testing...now I have a henckel's 6" utility knife that I love but want a larger blade for major chopping...just wondering if anyone has used forschner...and what you think.....thanks guys and a HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!! money not the problem....just want the best for my buck....if ATK is soliciting to vendors...then I won't listen to their advised...it's why I asked you guys hey chef davi...do you like the shun?

Public Comments

1. If Im not mistaken, America's test kitchen is funded by the manafacturers, and Forschner is a less expensive blade (cheaper made) JA Henckels is one of the best knives around (forged friodor steel), plain Henckels is their cheaper line. I use Henckels Five Star and Global. I recently decided to buy a larger knife and ended up with a Ken Shun. These brands cost 80-130, but can last a lifetime if properly maintained.
2. better than henckel professional "s",no way how much do you want to spend?food network store has 8 inch pro s chefs knife,with side scallops,a beautiful knife,your kids will inherit it,....on sale for 79.99,in my mall that knife is 166.89[Canada],if i was American that is the knife i would recommend i've always wanted to try your "ken onion" by Shun knife,is it that good? DAVE H ...your not left handed are you???? RICKY D=VERY SMART!!GOOD ADVICE,my next is going to be a wusthof 8" or 9" 'wide' blade chefs,mt friend has one and its awesome
3. I am a former chef from Canada and I had one, it was one of my first knives when I did my apprenticeship in Toronto at the Windsor Arms Hotel in 1978-1979. I bought it at the original Nella Cutlery place on Harbourd St east of Bathurst, it was a nice knife, kept a decent edge, but I had it re-sharpened by Nella and got the concave edge on it after that. It is a good all purpose knife and I would recommend it to anyone starting out, Henkels are fine, I have a tool box with 40+ knives that I accumulated over my career, some Asian ones as I worked in both Singapore and Japan. If your in the market for another good sturdy french or utility knife then go a head, It is well worth it.
4. I am a professional of twenty - two years, when I was in J & W we were issued forschners good knives descent steel, well balanced but seemed to lack durability after about three years of constant use from stone to steel to the boards. I have always had faith in henckels I have had a set for over ten years personally I'll never use any thing else.
5. I also have several brands in my knife collection including both JA Henkles 5 star and Forschner knives. I got the full complete line of 5 star Henkles for my HS graduation present over 20 years ago and they are all still in tip top shape. I use my knives daily and only sharpen once a year but put them on a steel many times a day to keep them their sharpest. Forschners do seem to last no more than 3 to 5 years of daily use in a commercial kitchen. But, they are a great knife to get started with a collection. If you dont want to worry about price go for Henkles I'm glad I got the whole set and swear by Henkles. Remember that you need to have skills to safely handle a knife and because you own expensive knives doesn't make you a good or great cook or chef. I learned from the best in N.Y. and some of who taught me used a more inexpensive knife and had better cooking skills than those with Henkles. If you're using your knives at school or work get your name engraved into them so everyone knows who they belong to if they get misplaced, or stolen. I had a Henkles slicer stolen and found it 3 days later in a coworkers bag. He was not only fires but arrested for the theft of other things from the restaurant. My engraved knife came back to me and im glad i did it.
6. im not going to tell you im a chef or a star or been cooking for 35 years or any of that crap...im just telling you that forschners are good cheaper knives...if you want good knives you wont have to replace every 2 years then Wusthof is your best bet...as a chef in your kitchen you only need three knives...a good chef's knife...a good paring knife...and a good serrated knife.....enjoy your cooking!!!!!