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Decent breadknife

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  • 09-10-2020 12:40pm
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    Maggie Benson
    Registered Users Posts: 88 ✭✭


    Can anyone recommend a decent brand for a breadknife?
    Must have discarded my old one in the bin and I am lost without it!
    Many thanks.


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    The Red Ace
    Registered Users Posts: 1,365 ✭✭✭The Red Ace


    If you are looking for a decent one Newbridge Cutlery seem to have what you need, it can be ordered online even have it engraved with your name and get 10% discount on your first order


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    Maggie Benson
    Registered Users Posts: 88 ✭✭Maggie Benson


    Thanks a lot Red Ace


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    skooterblue2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,816 ✭✭✭skooterblue2


    Go get a professional chefs brand like serrated carving knife by Wurstof or Victornox. My mother swore by Prestige. Sabatier have outsource manufacturing from France to China in recent years and arent the brand they used to be. Never buy a knife that is either unbranded or "looks like" or is "as good as" the brand you want. Buy a proper set of knives when you are young and make them last you a life time.


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    Maggie Benson
    Registered Users Posts: 88 ✭✭Maggie Benson


    Good advice Scooter. The one I had was used for everything and I had it for years. Went in the bin with the cooking apple peels!!
    I will try for one of the brands you recommended and thank you.


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    skooterblue2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,816 ✭✭✭skooterblue2


    Maggie Benson wrote: »
    Good advice Scooter. The one I had was used for everything and I had it for years. Went in the bin with the cooking apple peels!!
    I will try for one of the brands you recommended and thank you.

    I used to be a chef (*throws eyes up to heaven*), never buy from a man in a van or the brief case with "all the knives you will ever need", Soligern and inox mean nothing. Buy from reputable dealers even if they are more expensive. Better buying over priced knives that will last rather than great bargains that are fakes. My wife and I got a lovely present of these "swiss knives" that came in a lovely box that were all the colours of the rainbow. They werent worth anything, I gave them to a charity shop. Anyone buying knives for a wedding gift? You are better off buying one high cost Victornox rather than a set of the above.

    If you have money to blow global knives are a great investment. They are Japanese, suited to chefs with smaller hands and will last you a lifetime if you take care of them. Watchout for knockoffs. If it looks like Global and doesnt have Global on the side its a knockoff.


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    Seamai
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    I'd go for Victorinox, might cost up to €30 but will last, bread crusts are actually quite hard blades, you wouldn't think it.


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    skooterblue2
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    Seamai wrote: »
    I'd go for Victorinox, might cost up to €30 but will last, bread crusts are actually quite hard blades, you wouldn't think it.

    Over a life time that is very reasonable.


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    Seamai
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,250 ✭✭✭Seamai


    skooterblue2 wrote: »
    Over a life time that is very reasonable.

    It is and they will last, I worked as a purchasing manager for a company that sold Victorinox products for many years, they're a good balance of price and quality.


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    Maggie Benson
    Registered Users Posts: 88 ✭✭Maggie Benson


    Having a look at the Victorinox knives. I have a drawer full of useless knives which I need to dispose of and that is another problem.


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    skooterblue2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,816 ✭✭✭skooterblue2


    Maggie Benson wrote: »
    Having a look at the Victorinox knives. I have a drawer full of useless knives which I need to dispose of and that is another problem.

    If that is the case, it might be cheaper to buy a set and start again.
    It should contain:
    A Chefs knife
    A boning knife
    A small straight edged utility
    A small serrated edge utility
    A serrated bread
    A sharpening steel

    A fish filleting knife and straight carving knife are optional.


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    Maggie Benson
    Registered Users Posts: 88 ✭✭Maggie Benson


    skooterblue2 wrote: »
    If that is the case, it might be cheaper to buy a set and start again.
    It should contain:
    A Chefs knife
    A boning knife
    A small straight edged utility
    A small serrated edge utility
    A serrated bread
    A sharpening steel

    A fish filleting knife and straight carving knife are optional.

    Many thanks Skooterblue for your advice. Purchased some of the Victornox knives you recommended and I am more than happy with them.:)


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