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Originally Posted by PaperBagger'14
Some of you know I'm big into smoked meats, now it's time to invest in a quality set of knives for trimming and basic butchering. What brands do you use and where are they sold?
I dont know how to sharpen knives with a whetstone yet but thats something id also like to learn.
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Learning to sharpen knives will be more important than the knives you choose IMO. Something like this will be more than adequate.
https://www.amazon.ca/Sharpening-Whe...5199209&sr=8-5
Just watch a ton of youtube videos and go slowly. Start with the crappy knives you currently own. The principles are basically the same whatever the size.
If you need more hands on training, I don't know if knifewear has resumed those classes yet. Worst case scenario, just pay those guys $10 per knife or whatever it is to sharpen for you if you get a nice knife but aren't proficient in sharpening yet. IMO I wouldn't suggest getting a nice knife until you're a bit more proficient in basic sharpening, but that's just me.
The stuff at knifewear is awesome though! But it's so overkill it's not even funny.
You can get away with the following which is still well above a basic set of crappy knives, but doesn't blow the bank:
- Meat cleaver $15-20 on Amazon or Chinese supermarket like T&T
- Boning or filet knife. I suggest either Mercer or Victornox Fibrox. ($20-50 on Amazon)
- Chef knife. Again Mercer or Victornox Fibrox will suffice. ($30-50 on Amazon).
Also consider a decent pair of scissors.
The stuff I suggested are stamped knives. They're lighter than forged and thus less durable, but we're probably talking like a decade of heavy use before you really notice the damage to the knife.
There's also a $170 knife block set at Costco for forged Henckels knives. It's a great set. I got mine nearly a decade ago and they're still going strong. This set has extra steak knives vs the set I got.
https://www.costco.ca/henckels-forge...100692339.html
It doesn't have a boning knife, but I've used the paring knife in lieu of the boning knife in the past.