Culinar

Wusthof Culinar knives are superb! They're beautiful to hold and give you total control for cutting. The handle design is very ergonomic. It's a pleasure to use them each time you use them and adds another dimension to the kitchen. Global knives (Japanese made) are often argued to be a better knife but the honing angle when sharpening these are concave - you need a specific sharpening tool to get them sharp. The German competitor, Wusthof has a honing edge that is flat not concave/circular so it can be sharpened by any steel, though there is a diamond coated steel by Wushof that sharpens a knife in 3 swipes each side - very impressive and again it gives you ...  Read the complete review

UPDATE AT BOTTOM Being a keen and sometimes over enthusiastic chef, I feel it's my duty to tell you about these knives. It wasn't long ago that I was hacking my way through a crusty loaf that ended up squashed to half it's original height and torn to pieces. It wasn't long ago that I struggled to slice through a large cabbage. And it wasn't long ago that I discovered the Wusthof range of knives. There biggest range is probably the Classic range, which are, well, very classic looking with the three rivets in the handle. But in 1999 they introduced the Culinar range. A very sleek and sexy satin steel handle ...  Read the complete review