Knives are most likely the most important kitchen tool for any cook. I am planning to buy my girlfriend some solid knives for Christmas since now she's working with some low end shit. The problem is that I don't know jack shit about knives. I'm also aware that knife preferences are highly personal regarding hand size and handles and stuff.
What are some good brands I should look into? I was planning on spending a maximum of 250 dollars including shipping to my shithole EU country. Ideally I want to buy a set of knives for her.
>Knives are most likely the most important kitchen tool >I don't know jack shit about knives Veeky Forums, everyone.
Cooper Perez
ikea and save your money
Jason Clark
Giving knives as a present is bad luck, m8
Isaac Barnes
If you don't have much money you should just get some shitty knifes and learn how to sharpen them.
Luis Kelly
There's knifefag shops in almost all EU countries, no need to order from far away.
Get a magnetic knife rack, a spyderco sharpener or worksharp WSGSS-G (neither needs clamping and they are reasonably affordable, of course learning to freehand is even cheaper), some IOUs for sharpening services and a nice cutting board.
Then use the left over money for decent low cost knives which look nice. Ikea suffices.
Adam Anderson
>EU I'm surprised you're allowed to buy knives, let alone talk about them on the internet without getting arrested.
