Amazon has
8" Victorinox Fibrox Curved Breaking Knife (Black) for
$21.88.
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Product Details:
- An excellent choice for butcher work, this breaking knife was made to easily break down meat into smaller roasts and pieces.
- The added weight from the wider blade makes uniform slicing easier, while also preventing meat from falling apart or tearing.
- A superior and lightweight Swiss made knife with a high-carbon stainless steel edge.
- Easy to clean, extremely sharp and the prefect gift for everyday use or the culinary professional.
- Contemporary, textured handle with a non-slip grip -- even when wet.
- The handle is ergonomically designed to help minimize tension at the wrist and provides a much more comfortable grip.
- Hygienic, dishwasher safe, slip-resistant and NSF approved.
- These exceptional knives are weighted and balanced for easy handling.
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The steel is excellent, and the grip is fantastic. Are there better knives? Sure. But this is a professional kitchen's "workhorse" brand, and you can do FAR worse than buying a Victorinox.
The grip is made from a very nice non-slip material (similar to the micro-texture on a dbrand steamdeck "killswitch" case), and it has all the fancy curves in the handle to keep your hand from slipping forward or backwards.
This particular knife is meant for small-scale butchering work. It'll be somewhat awkward to use for daily kitchen use, but if you buy meats in bulk from stores like Scam's Club or Cost Corporation...it'll be useful in portioning them so you can freeze them in smaller packages.
The price is also excellent -- normally it's a $40-50 knife, and it doesn't typically go on sale.
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Other knife thoughts:
- If you're working with poultry, I'd suggest getting a flexible 6" curved boning knife instead -- it gives you the wiggle room to work around numerous bones in turkey and chicken.
- If you're looking for a regular general purpose kitchen knife, I'd suggest getting a 6" or 8" chef's knife -- whatever size you're more comfortable handling.
- Small paring knife --> excellent for finer work.
- Offset-blade serrated bread knife --> I can't stress the offset part enough. It really does make that big of a difference with bread.
- Oh, don't forget kitchen shears/scissors that you can separate the blades. Those are handy. There are many good ones, mine are made by Fiskars.
And there ya go -- those are all the knives you "need". Boning + chef + paring + bread + scissors. Everything else is just extra or highly specialized. Avoid generic knife sets full of blades you don't need.
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The steel is excellent, and the grip is fantastic. Are there better knives? Sure. But this is a professional kitchen's "workhorse" brand, and you can do FAR worse than buying a Victorinox.
The grip is made from a very nice non-slip material (similar to the micro-texture on a dbrand steamdeck "killswitch" case), and it has all the fancy curves in the handle to keep your hand from slipping forward or backwards.
This particular knife is meant for small-scale butchering work. It'll be somewhat awkward to use for daily kitchen use, but if you buy meats in bulk from stores like Scam's Club or Cost Corporation...it'll be useful in portioning them so you can freeze them in smaller packages.
The price is also excellent -- normally it's a $40-50 knife, and it doesn't typically go on sale.
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Other knife thoughts:
- If you're working with poultry, I'd suggest getting a flexible 6" curved boning knife instead -- it gives you the wiggle room to work around numerous bones in turkey and chicken.
- If you're looking for a regular general purpose kitchen knife, I'd suggest getting a 6" or 8" chef's knife -- whatever size you're more comfortable handling.
- Small paring knife --> excellent for finer work.
- Offset-blade serrated bread knife --> I can't stress the offset part enough. It really does make that big of a difference with bread.
- Oh, don't forget kitchen shears/scissors that you can separate the blades. Those are handy. There are many good ones, mine are made by Fiskars.
And there ya go -- those are all the knives you "need". Boning + chef + paring + bread + scissors. Everything else is just extra or highly specialized. Avoid generic knife sets full of blades you don't need.
The steel is excellent, and the grip is fantastic. Are there better knives? Sure. But this is a professional kitchen's "workhorse" brand, and you can do FAR worse than buying a Victorinox.
The grip is made from a very nice non-slip material (similar to the micro-texture on a dbrand steamdeck "killswitch" case), and it has all the fancy curves in the handle to keep your hand from slipping forward or backwards.
This particular knife is meant for small-scale butchering work. It'll be somewhat awkward to use for daily kitchen use, but if you buy meats in bulk from stores like Scam's Club or Cost Corporation...it'll be useful in portioning them so you can freeze them in smaller packages.
The price is also excellent -- normally it's a $40-50 knife, and it doesn't typically go on sale.
----------
Other knife thoughts:
- If you're working with poultry, I'd suggest getting a flexible 6" curved boning knife instead -- it gives you the wiggle room to work around numerous bones in turkey and chicken.
- If you're looking for a regular general purpose kitchen knife, I'd suggest getting a 6" or 8" chef's knife -- whatever size you're more comfortable handling.
- Small paring knife --> excellent for finer work.
- Offset-blade serrated bread knife --> I can't stress the offset part enough. It really does make that big of a difference with bread.
- Oh, don't forget kitchen shears/scissors that you can separate the blades. Those are handy. There are many good ones, mine are made by Fiskars.
And there ya go -- those are all the knives you "need". Boning + chef + paring + bread + scissors. Everything else is just extra or highly specialized. Avoid generic knife sets full of blades you don't need.
DM me when they get the chef's knife on a similar sale, I'll be all over it
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