Thanks, Bob. Sorry didn't mean to be a boor about
stamped knives. One uses what works for him. Just that
I've been using a heavyweight for 15 years, and a lighter
knife just feels strange. This knife is about 12 oz. (330 gm.).
Not near heavy enough to what I'm used to. A pound or so
(450 gm?) would be more like more like it.
Thanks,
shield

"zxcvbob" wrote in message
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scyld wrote:

Pardon me if this is OT to this NG. I am also asking this in
rec.food equipment and rec.knives looking for answers.
Figured y'all'd know about knives:

After much research and agonizing after I lost my chef knife, I bought a
Messermeister Meridian Elite 10".

I got the knife in the mail the other day and have not used it yet as
I am terribly disappointed at its light weight. Undoubtedly it is a
fine knife but it just feels like a lightweight stamped POS. Yes I know
it is forged not stamped -- I bought it for that reason and because it
was so highly rated by so many people. But my old knife was a real
heavyweight & I loved it!

So I am still looking for a knife. If there were a place around here
where
I could go look at knives, I would have already done so, but there is
not,
so I have been doing all my research on the net.

QUESTION: Can anyone tell me the weight of the following knives that
are comparable to mine (i.e. 10", forged, riveted handles, high carbon
stainless)?:
- F. Dick
- Wusthof
- Henckels (I know, sintered, not forged grom a single blank)
- Any others I should know about?

TIA,
shield


I have an R. H. Forschner 10" chef knife, model 430-10. It has rosewood
handles with 3 rivets. It is an extrordinary *stamped* knife. I just
weighed it, and it's 206 grams, or about 7 1/4 ounces.

I don't know if that's heavy enough for you, but there you go.

Best regards,
Bob