"B.Server" wrote in message
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On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 23:22:42 GMT, (Joe
Loewenstein) wrote:

My Forschner 10" bread knife (rosewood handle) has dulled. The last time
I
had a local kitchen store sharpen a good serrated knife for me, they
ruined
it, so I begin to suspect that I should simply replace it.

I'm willing to spend whatever it takes to get a good bread knife, long
enough
and robust enough to handle a decent-sized, heavy-crusted cottage loaf.

Is the smart money on a new Forschner every four or five years, or would
splashing out for Henckels or Wusthof or [your suggestion here] prove the
wiser route? Let's say that I have a good thirty years of bread-baking
and
-slicing left in me . . .

Thanks,

Joe

My money is on an inexpensive one from the local restaurant supply
store. They may be short in the rosewood department, but they are
made to cut a lot of bread in a production environment.

Actually, they are made to be cheap. I have and use a Forschner 10" bread
knife and I like it a lot-a good knife for the money. My very favorite
bread knife, though, is the Wustof because it features a blade with a lot of
belly (convex edge.) I find that it speeds the bread cutting process. Most
importantly, get a long one - 10" at least. Using short bread knives is
inefficient.

Fred
Knife Outlet
http://www.knifeoutlet.com