Spyderco Kitchen?

[Arcanus]

I know the steel is something of an exotic and more expensive but it would be nice if it was a set with ZDP 189 :cool: . My primary kitchen knives are Henkel but I've got the good fortune to have a William Henry paring knife with ZDP 189 steel and a warncliffe profile. I like my Henkels but I LOVE that William Henry cause it's always razor sharp, able to handle anything in the kitchen. Probably the knives I use the most in the kitchen are the chef's knife, santoku, cleaver, and paring knife. For me the chef's knife, santoku, and cleaver are knives I use for the same tasks depending on how heavy the vegetables, meat, or fruit I'm cutting. I sometimes just pick the knife depending on the mood I'm in but I always follow up with the paring knife so it gets the most work with me.

[Zdenek]

... My primary kitchen knives are Henkel but I've got the good fortune to have a William Henry paring knife with ZDP 189 steel and a warncliffe profile. I like my Henkels but I LOVE that William Henry cause it's always razor sharp, able to handle anything in the kitchen. ...

Now I am using Henkel Cermax knife (21 cm) which is razor sharp - no wonder with 66 HRc edge. Only one drawback is that sliced vegetable sticks to the blade, the same effect as with using Kai Shun.

[Arcanus]

. Only one drawback is that sliced vegetable sticks to the blade, the same effect as with using Kai Shun.

I've read and been told that the hollow edge is supposed to help keep stuff from sticking to the blade Zdenek. My Santoku has the hollow edge on it, it's the only one of my kitchen knives that does, and it works fine but truth be told I've never noticed much of a difference in performance between it and my chef's knife. The main difference for me between it and my chef's knife is that my santoku is smaller and it has a thinner blade so sometimes it works better for onions and tomatoes for me. Truth be told I prefer the look of a blade without the hollow edge but my trusty santoku has done very well so maybe there's something to the hollow edge that I just haven't noticed.