Henckels Santoku knife

Peter said:

Thinking of picking up the Henckels Santoku "international line"
knife. It is their value brand, and a 7" knife, and a good price.

I've used one and I really like the feel of it as a daily use knife,
but can anyone comment on durability? If I take proper care of it,
can I expect it to last?

Yes.

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Peter said:

Thinking of picking up the Henckels Santoku "international line" knife. It
is their value brand, and a 7" knife, and a good price.

I've used one and I really like the feel of it as a daily use knife, but can
anyone comment on durability? If I take proper care of it, can I expect it
to last?

I keep hearing about Santoku knives. What is so different about them
and what do you use them for?

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Peter said:

Thinking of picking up the Henckels Santoku "international line" knife. It
is their value brand, and a 7" knife, and a good price.

OK, one more time:

whenever a company touts something as their "value" line, that means
it's not a value at all--it only means "hey, it has our high end name on
it but it's cheap".

You see, "value" implies much more than just "it's a low price". Yet
marketing people have suborned the word "value" to their own needs,
which means attracting people who don't know what "value" actually means.

In other words, stupid people.

So no, it's not a "value" unless you're looking for the lowest price
piece of some kind of random steel that has the Henckels name on it.

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I've used one and I really like the feel of it as a daily use knife, but can
anyone comment on durability? If I take proper care of it, can I expect it
to last?

You do understand that up to a point, you get what you pay for. Don't
you?

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Peter said:

Thinking of picking up the Henckels Santoku "international line" knife.
It is their value brand, and a 7" knife, and a good price.

I've used one and I really like the feel of it as a daily use knife, but
can anyone comment on durability? If I take proper care of it, can I
expect it to last?

I keep hearing about Santoku knives. What is so different about them and
what do you use them for?

It is a japanese style general purpose knife, used in much the same way as a
chef's knife. I'm sure there are lots of rules about what makes each one
different, I don't know them, I just like the feel of santoku knives.

Sharon V said:

Peter said:

Thinking of picking up the Henckels Santoku "international line" knife. It
is their value brand, and a 7" knife, and a good price.

I've used one and I really like the feel of it as a daily use knife, but can
anyone comment on durability? If I take proper care of it, can I expect it
to last?

I keep hearing about Santoku knives. What is so different about them
and what do you use them for?

Instead of having a curve like the French blade,santoku is straight.
Hubby likes the Santoku, but my initial reaction to it has diminished
and I've gone back to my french blade. I prefer the rocking motion of
french. Biggest complaint: I haven't successfully resharpened the
santoku back to my liking yet.

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Sharon V said:

Peter said:

Thinking of picking up the Henckels Santoku "international line" knife.
It
is their value brand, and a 7" knife, and a good price.

I've used one and I really like the feel of it as a daily use knife, but
can
anyone comment on durability? If I take proper care of it, can I expect
it
to last?

I keep hearing about Santoku knives. What is so different about them
and what do you use them for?

Instead of having a curve like the French blade,santoku is straight.
Hubby likes the Santoku, but my initial reaction to it has diminished
and I've gone back to my french blade. I prefer the rocking motion of
french. Biggest complaint: I haven't successfully resharpened the
santoku back to my liking yet.

The one I am looking at is not completely straight. It curves up towards
the last 1 1/2" or so, it is still fine for rocking the blade to mince.

Peter said:

Thinking of picking up the Henckels Santoku "international line" knife. It
is their value brand, and a 7" knife, and a good price.

It a great knife. It's the knife I use 85% of the time. All my
other more expensive 5-Star and Professional S Henckels take a
back seat to this one.

-sw

Elmo P. Shagnasty said:

You do understand that up to a point, you get what you pay for. Don't
you?

It's a very good knife. I've been using it for 3 years. How
long have you been using yours?

-sw

Peter said:

The one I am looking at is not completely straight. It curves up towards
the last 1 1/2" or so, it is still fine for rocking the blade to mince.

I think yours is better for the mincing action I like.

Mine is a Wüsthof. "Technically" you could call it curved, because
when you put it on a flat surface you might be able to fit a hair
(literally) under the front and back of the blade.

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OK, one more time:

So we won't have to hear you whine from now on?

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Peter said:

The one I am looking at is not completely straight. It curves up towards
the last 1 1/2" or so, it is still fine for rocking the blade to mince.

I think yours is better for the mincing action I like.

Mine is a Wüsthof. "Technically" you could call it curved, because
when you put it on a flat surface you might be able to fit a hair
(literally) under the front and back of the blade.

Whats up with the Germans making Japanese blades? :-)

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Peter said:

Thinking of picking up the Henckels Santoku "international line" knife.
It
is their value brand, and a 7" knife, and a good price.

It a great knife. It's the knife I use 85% of the time. All my
other more expensive 5-Star and Professional S Henckels take a
back seat to this one.

-sw

Thanks for the opinion.

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Whats up with the Germans making Japanese blades? :-)

In a word, $$$$$$$$$$$

Peter said:

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Peter said:

The one I am looking at is not completely straight. It curves up
towards the last 1 1/2" or so, it is still fine for rocking the blade
to mince.

I think yours is better for the mincing action I like.

Mine is a Wüsthof. "Technically" you could call it curved, because
when you put it on a flat surface you might be able to fit a hair
(literally) under the front and back of the blade.

Whats up with the Germans making Japanese blades? :-)

"Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?" - John Blutarsky,
"Animal House" 🙂

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Peter said:

Thinking of picking up the Henckels Santoku "international line" knife. It
is their value brand, and a 7" knife, and a good price.

I've used one and I really like the feel of it as a daily use knife, but can
anyone comment on durability? If I take proper care of it, can I expect it
to last?

It is the knife shown here:

http://tinyurl.com/2v5ekt

or

http://www.zwilling.com/locale/en_ww/index.php/bereich/sortiment/produktbereich_id/1/produktbereich/serien/serie_id/3306/artikel_id/25276

Is the link correct? It links to the "TWIN Cermax 30867-181" which is in
the $200 range.

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OK, one more time:

So we won't have to hear you whine from now on?

God forbid! No! We have to have a whiner. Steve is sort a "polite" Kevin S.
Wilson
who also knows a lot about food. We all lurk daily to hear his next message.

Keep them coming Steve,

Kent

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Sharon V said:

Peter wrote:
> Thinking of picking up the Henckels Santoku "international line" knife.
> It
> is their value brand, and a 7" knife, and a good price.
>
> I've used one and I really like the feel of it as a daily use knife,
> but can
> anyone comment on durability? If I take proper care of it, can I
> expect it
> to last?
>
I keep hearing about Santoku knives. What is so different about them
and what do you use them for?

Instead of having a curve like the French blade,santoku is straight.
Hubby likes the Santoku, but my initial reaction to it has diminished
and I've gone back to my french blade. I prefer the rocking motion of
french. Biggest complaint: I haven't successfully resharpened the
santoku back to my liking yet.

The one I am looking at is not completely straight. It curves up towards
the last 1 1/2" or so, it is still fine for rocking the blade to mince.

I have the same knife, purchased on sale, so I bought it.
It's excellent for thinly slicing a piece of meat, like ham, or bottom
round. It doesn't
chop onions, carrots, etc, satisfactorily at all. You can do it, but you
wish you had a better knife.
I wouldn't buy it unless you have a Henckel's chef knife along side. Even
then, I use the chef's knife
for most slicing. If you want to slice ham into thin slices, the Santoku
does the job better.

Kent

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Quoted message said:

OK, one more time:

So we won't have to hear you whine from now on?

God forbid! No! We have to have a whiner. Steve is sort a "polite" Kevin S.
Wilson
who also knows a lot about food. We all lurk daily to hear his next message.

Keep them coming Steve,

Yo, Kunt - he wasn't talking to me. But thanks for the
compliment.

-sw

George said:

Is the link correct? It links to the "TWIN Cermax 30867-181" which is in
the $200 range.

I didn't even look at the link. I just figured he was talking
about one of the $20 Henckels.

I don't see my exact knife on that site under any of their
brands. Mine was about $20 and has a scalloped/hollow edge.

-sw