"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> On 12/19/2015 7:08 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>> Spent somewhere in the vicinity of $100 but my what a difference! sw's
>> post about the good deal on knives at Costco got me yearning for some
>> new knives. But those were sold out. So I began searching around. I
>> got this set in red. Good reviews from Wayfair but some at Amazon did
>> not like them at all.
>>
>> http://www.wayfair.com/Ragalta-12-Pi...t-RGX1132.html
>>
> That's a nice looking set and it's nice to have things match in the
> kitchen. Do you really need those steak knives? The knife block I use
> contains a chefs knife, a carving knife, a boning knife, a couple of
> different size paring knives, kitchen shears and a steel.

No. I haven't had any steak knives in over 20 years. In fact I think we
only ever used them once. I gave my steak knives to my husband before we
were married. I have no clue what he did with them. I never got them back.
They had been my parents.
>
> I have steak knives but they go in the drawer caddy with the regular table
> knives.
>
>> But I also needed something else for my utensils. Every other place I
>> have lived at has had enough drawer space for them. But not here. I do
>> have one small drawer. It holds things like the cherry pitter, peelers,
>> ice cream scoop, etc. But it is too short and shallow to hold things
>> like the potato masher, large spoons and pancake flippers.
>>
> Got any wall space? I have an ancient rack that hangs on the wall next to
> the stove. From it hangs a pancake flipper, a spatula, a couple of large
> spoons (one slotted), a soup ladel and the potato masher.

No. There is so little room between the bottom of the cupboards and the
counter.
>
>> Not long after we moved in, I bought some insufficient, bamboo utensil
>> holders. They were too short and small but they were super cheap. I
>> made do with those until I began having the knife troubles. I hated my
>> Wusthoff set so much that I began buying odd knives in sheaths. Those
>> went into a chrome, wire caddy. It didn't work so well either and it
>> didn't match the others. So I got these:
>>
>> http://www.surlatable.com/product/PR...Utensil+Crocks
>>
>> Three large and two small. The large are enormous!
>>
>> I wound up having to shift things around. The new knife set is too tall
>> to push back under the cupboard. I could not get the larger knives out
>> when it was back there. So... I got rid of a few things, some of which
>> were gifts and I never really used.
>>
>> Now I have more counter space, I can get to the utensils easily and I
>> don't have to get ticked off because the holder fell over or other
>> utensils flew out. And I can fit everything in with no worries.
>>
>> I did keep the odd knives with sheaths just in case these don't work
>> out. But they sure are purty!
>
> I'm glad you're happy with it... so far.

We shall see about the knives. I haven't had to use them yet.