Great knives!!! (Global Knives)

Member Name: stickyjs

Product:	Global Knives
Date:	03/06/09 (9 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Nice weight, range of sizes and uses, good price for pro knives

Disadvantages: Global accessories not good value for money

My husband got me hooked on these great knives.
Never much of a cooking enthusiast before we met, and had a bog standard set of knives from the supermarket, complete with matching knife block.
Well, since using Globals, the old knife block has gone, and we've got a very full set of these great Japanese knives!
Using an Eva Solo knife block which prevents scratching of the blades, and seems safer than other storage methods (magnetic rack, drawer storage), and more convenient than keeping them in a knife roll, we use these knives for everything.
My favourite is the multi purpose GS-13 - a serrated 15cm knife, which cuts through more or less anything, and is the best knife I've used for tomatoes which can be an absolute nightmare with other knives.
The flexible range of knives are great for skinning fish, and truly are flexible.
The serrated bread knife is not only comfortable to use, but gives nice clean slices.
The whole range of knives are just the right weight, with other knives I've tried being far too heavy to use regularly or for long periods (I occasionally do large scale catering, so can spend hours chopping veg sometimes!), and some equally too light giving you wrist ache as the knife leaves you to do all the work instead of helping you along.
RRP prices are expensive, but shopping around and buying online guarantees reasonable prices.
We've also bought the ceramic steel and a whetstone - the steel being the easier of the two to use, but the whetstone however difficult provides a sharper blade.
And, we splashed out and bought a couple of extras - palette knife, spatula, and tweezers. All very comfortable to use, but probably no better than other brands especially value-wise.

Summary: Really good selection of profesional knives, best knives on the market!