https://laguiole.com/ make excellent knives but the french market is plagued by counterfeits
My favourites are from https://coutellerie-nontronnaise.com/en/20-knives-accessories
Opinel is the best bang for buck work knife I can think of. I like them so much I got a carbon steel one, darkened the blade with cold blueing solution, made the handle grippier and painted it black too. Tactical mushroom picking 😎
Opinels are really nice
I have two I take on every holiday with me for cooking, one I use for veggies, one I use for meat. Whether it’s camping or self-catering, I always have sharp cooking knives. Both carbon steel too, for that harder edge.
I use mine for cooking too sometimes. They are perfect for anything that doesn’t involve brute force since carbon steel is a bit brittle. The blueing solution stopps them from rusting btw. Oil still doesn’t hurt but you don’t need to be as careful keeping them dry.
Makes me think we need a European cartoon template for this! I could see what I can find/make, as well!
I feel like Tintin and Asterisk and Obelisk would be full of suitable imaged
I support this. Here I’ll give you some german ones
Benjamin Blümchen, Biene Maja, Wickie und die starken Männer, Kleiner Dodo, Lars der kleine Eisbär
That would be cool indeed!
First thing that came to mind is this (for a horizontal layout), but not a perfect fit for several reasons. Nevertheless a classic.
I love my morakniv
No Laguiole ?
This is missing a few very well known brands like Zwilling J. A. Henckels, Wüsthof and WMF.
I swear my life up and down with victorinox knife of the multitool in my pocket, best damn thing ive ever owned
Fabini makes great kitchenware, including knives. Got a steel pan and a knife from them. Both are best i ever had in these categories.
I’m very happy with my classic Wüsthof. That said, I’ll probably buy Victorinox next time I’m out to get a knife - I’m just too darn happy with my Swiss Army knife.
I hate Western-style knives though. Do any of these brands do Asian-style?
if youre looking for kitchen knives boker has some santoku style blades.
These are fantastic, thank you. To be honest, that there exist knives outside kitchen knives hadn’t really occurred to me, lol.
You forgot the best one: Dick
I’ve never specifically thougt about where I source my kitchen knives but I have:
- Sabatier Aîné & Perrier1 20 cm chef’s knife and a paring knife, carbon steel, olive handles.
- Wüsthof 20 cm chef’s knife
- Henckels boning knife
- Victorinox filleting knife, an insanely dangerous tomato knife, and half a dozen paring knives which get used for everything and are so cheap you’d be mad not to have a few.
So, I guess I’ve been buying European as long as I’ve been buying kitchen knives.
- Back in the early 19th century, two separate knife makers, both called Sabatier, started making knives in Thiers, France. There weren’t any real trademark laws back then and many other ‘Sabatier’ manufacturers appeared. By the 1970s there were as many as 30 different manufacturers all using the Sabatier name. Some of them were really cheap crap. Sabatier Aîné & Perrier are one of the two originals, and I really like their knives.
I have firsthand experience with Helle knives and I have only positive things to say. Very high quality knives, they have this… feel to them.
