In my experience you need to ask yourself if you are a knife person or not.
If you are into knives and like sharpening and taking care of them, a nice higher end set is well worth the money. Like
@Gary , I have a set of the
Wusthof Classic knives.
I have had this set for over 20 years. My only gripe is that the pins that hold the scales on are aluminum and deteriorate over time. I have replaced the scales on a few of them with G10 and titanium pins. (I am a knife guy and run a machine shop.... lol)
If you are not a knife guy and just want a sharp knife, I have come to the conclusion that you should buy Ikea knives and a carbide sharpener. As soon as it gets a touch dull, two swipes on the carbide and its good to go. Something like this.
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So now all the knife guys are screaming at their screens...... "No... that destroys the knife and puts a crappy edge on" This is all true. What matters more is that you have a sharp(ish) knife. Sharp knives are safe knives.
You will have to replace your most used knives every year or two, but they are from Ikea and cost like 20 bucks.
The amount of households that I have been in where they have really expensive knives, but when you go to use them, you can't cut butter is beyond count.
My 2cents....
