> wrote in message
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> Sorry for only getting back to you all now.
>
> Thanks for all your input which I found most informative. My knives
> have broken tips and are simply getting long in the tooth and frankly
> since I do so much cooking, I deserve better. In a sense I was
> deliberately vague about what I wanted because I expected one brand
> name to be THE best, but I guess it's not the case. I'm not bothered
> with steak and carving knives. Most of my work in the kitchen is
> chopping veg and cutting meat.
>
> brooklyn1 & Neil: Please don't start throwing knives at each
> other. :-)

We don't have knives in Brooklyn, we have shivs, switchblades.