Arri London <Arri London >> wrote:

> blackhead wrote:
>>
>> I'm in two minds to buy a 29.99 knife block set with 15 knives from
>> Argos - is there really a need?
>>
>> What do you recommend as a knife set?
>
> Don't buy a set at all and Argos is no place to get decent knives
> anyway; the listed ones aren't high quality. Go to John Lewis/affiliates
> or else a restaurant supply and buy your knives one at a time. The
> handle for a large chef's/chopping knife needs to be different than for
> a small paring knife and cleavers different again.

Another advantage of buying your knives one at a time as you can
afford them is that you learn how to use them for different purposes
and appreciate them more.

The first "real" knife I bought was a 4-Star Henckles cleaver. I
treasured it, but I also learned what it could cut well and what it
wasn't meant for as soon as I got my second knife...

-sw