"brooklyn1" > wrote in message
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>> Sorry for only getting back to you all now.
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>> 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.
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>> brooklyn1 & Neil: Please don't start throwing knives at each
>> other. :-)
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> We don't have knives in Brooklyn, we have shivs, switchblades.
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But the good switchblades are all made in Italy. Just got mine, I'm ready.