I've been a professional chef for more than 22 years and I love this knives since I discovered them 20 years ago, I recommend them to everyone I know, excellent knives and excellent value and this offer is as good as it gets on this ones, I purchased them more times that I can count.
Go for it!!!
Amex has a 30 off 150 offer to sweeten the deal
Sign up email on BB to get 20% coupon and come out to be $160.
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While it is a good knife, I HATE sharpening these because of the THICK part at the back of the blade. They should have grounded the back end of the blade and just leave the handle part to make it easier to sharpen.
I like the 8" chef's knife but my wife prefers 7" Santoku.
EDIT: "bolster" is the word I was looking for.
One knife expert said that he considers it to be a design flaw. Wusthof feather theirs back a bit but after a couple of years and maybe 2-3 full blown sharpenings, you have to do that again. In my case, I've got a band-type sharpener and that works fine to grind back the bolster. You are correct; that should be done at the factory as Wusthof evidently do.
Fifty bucks though, this is a lot of knife for not so much money, and an excellent Christmas gift idea.
With the 8-piece bundle being the best deal for these knives, I was hoping to score one with the Amex offer combined with a coupon. The one time that I read the knives were back in stock on Zwilling's site, I checked and they were out of stock already. I went a different route then and looked for a comparable deal elsewhere since a number of sites had these for $199.99 also.
In doing so I found Bloomingdales had them and offered a 15% coupon for first time customers. That combined with 10% back on a particular cash back site gets me close to the same deal.
The interesting thing is that originally the Bloomingdale's coupon didn't work. I reached out to chat support about it and they said it was excluded. I had read through the exclusions not seeing Zwilling on the list so I asked them to show me where it was excluded. They didn't see it either so they manually applied the coupon. I looked at the exclusions while they were doing this and saw what hadn't been seen by the support rep or I which is that "cutlery" was listed. I kept my mouth shut so I guess I got away with one there. Good luck if anyone else tries this.
There's always a chance that the cash back site transaction falls through I suppose. I've never had one fail but I have heard others that have. We'll see. Even without the coupon and cash back it's a pretty decent deal. It's shipped so I'm anxious to check them out.
They're probably decent, but the Zwilling Pro is the real top-tier. Had my Pro set for 5 years, found a deal for around $260 for the 7-piece set with sharpener and block on Black Friday. Had to sharpen them for the first time about a month ago. Very solid feel, cuts are buttery smooth, full tang blade.
Don't get the cheap tier though, the steel is poor quality and you'll end up hating them.
I've been a professional chef for more than 22 years and I love this knives since I discovered them 20 years ago, I recommend them to everyone I know, excellent knives and excellent value and this offer is as good as it gets on this ones, I purchased them more times that I can count.
Go for it!!!
i've had a full set of these knives for years, and they constantly dull on me. i've had them professionally sharpened several times but they always seem to cut poorly to me. i'm assuming i'm assuming I am the problem here - as a professional, any advice on how often they should be sharpened, how they should be sharpened, and what I should be doing to take proper care of them? They are only ever hand washed, they are always kept in their block, yet within a week of getting them sharpened I can't even properly cut through raw chicken breast…
Damn, wish bread knives were on sale. Target is a joke when they come to misrepresenting MSRP and 'sales'. Nice they matched the ones on actual sale, but they lie about some of the others being on sale.
The 20% off coupon they sent to my account worked fine for me. I ordered one on Saturday with 20% off coupon and it is currently being processed for shipping. If you were BBB reward member previously before overstock took over, they may have given you some welcome rewards. Just check your account. In my case, I was surprised to find $20 rewards. So I actually only paid around $5 total out of pocket. This knife makes a great Xmas gift. I have been using this same paring knife in my kitchen for years and given it as gift multiple times in the past.
Are these knives a valuable upgrade from the classic victorinox chef knife or about even playing ground?
Mine is getting a bit long in tooth and I can never quite hold a sharp edge on it for long.
Here's the exact truth. victorinox fibrox line can be very sharp, in fact it's a bit harder to sharpen a forged knife to the same level of sharpness because the stamped knife has a thinner spine to begin with (must remove more material for some crazy japanese 10-13 degree blade sharpness. HOWEVER...these Zwilling are thicker forged knives (and I think they havefull tang), making holding them and using them more pleasant than a stamped set.
If you like to pair tomatoes, peaches, pears using the "thumb pushing fruit towards the blade" technique, then you either want to use a dull knife (fine for paring soft fruits but won't cut your thumb) or if you love sharp knives and want to use that technique, then this design is the one that will make complete cuts/splits without cutting your bare thumb:
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I like the 8" chef's knife but my wife prefers 7" Santoku.
EDIT: "bolster" is the word I was looking for.
Fifty bucks though, this is a lot of knife for not so much money, and an excellent Christmas gift idea.
In doing so I found Bloomingdales had them and offered a 15% coupon for first time customers. That combined with 10% back on a particular cash back site gets me close to the same deal.
The interesting thing is that originally the Bloomingdale's coupon didn't work. I reached out to chat support about it and they said it was excluded. I had read through the exclusions not seeing Zwilling on the list so I asked them to show me where it was excluded. They didn't see it either so they manually applied the coupon. I looked at the exclusions while they were doing this and saw what hadn't been seen by the support rep or I which is that "cutlery" was listed. I kept my mouth shut so I guess I got away with one there. Good luck if anyone else tries this.
There's always a chance that the cash back site transaction falls through I suppose. I've never had one fail but I have heard others that have. We'll see. Even without the coupon and cash back it's a pretty decent deal. It's shipped so I'm anxious to check them out.
They're probably decent, but the Zwilling Pro is the real top-tier. Had my Pro set for 5 years, found a deal for around $260 for the 7-piece set with sharpener and block on Black Friday. Had to sharpen them for the first time about a month ago. Very solid feel, cuts are buttery smooth, full tang blade.
Don't get the cheap tier though, the steel is poor quality and you'll end up hating them.
Go for it!!!
i've had a full set of these knives for years, and they constantly dull on me. i've had them professionally sharpened several times but they always seem to cut poorly to me. i'm assuming i'm assuming I am the problem here - as a professional, any advice on how often they should be sharpened, how they should be sharpened, and what I should be doing to take proper care of them? They are only ever hand washed, they are always kept in their block, yet within a week of getting them sharpened I can't even properly cut through raw chicken breast…
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Looks like Target is price matching this deal and ships for free:
https://www.target.com/p/zwilling...A-76070435
https://www.target.com/p/zwilling...A-76070435
https://www.target.com/p/zwilling...-76196887?
The 20% off coupon they sent to my account worked fine for me. I ordered one on Saturday with 20% off coupon and it is currently being processed for shipping. If you were BBB reward member previously before overstock took over, they may have given you some welcome rewards. Just check your account. In my case, I was surprised to find $20 rewards. So I actually only paid around $5 total out of pocket. This knife makes a great Xmas gift. I have been using this same paring knife in my kitchen for years and given it as gift multiple times in the past.
https://www.target.com/p/zwilling...-76196887?
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Mine is getting a bit long in tooth and I can never quite hold a sharp edge on it for long.
If you like to pair tomatoes, peaches, pears using the "thumb pushing fruit towards the blade" technique, then you either want to use a dull knife (fine for paring soft fruits but won't cut your thumb) or if you love sharp knives and want to use that technique, then this design is the one that will make complete cuts/splits without cutting your bare thumb:
https://cutleryandmore.