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Originally Posted by Msmith
After couple months of research, I have come to the decision to buy the following items for my kitchen set. I must say this: your suggestions are extremely helpful and I am grateful for you people to take time to post in this thread.
I am going to order from this online company, CutleryandMore for the free shipping.
1. the Chef knife: Tojiro 8.25" Damascus blade for $120. The alternate is the Miyabi 8" knife for $100. The concern I have about this blade: it is designed by a celebrity, Miyabi Morimoto which sometimes a product like this may not be a successful design. |
FYI... there's some confusion in the bolded sentence. First, Miyabi is the name of a company. Morimoto is the name of a chef, Masahuru Morimoto. And Morimoto is a chef and knife maker first. He would only be considered a celebrity due to his amazing knowledge of knives and the fact that he starred on Iron Chef. This is hardly like some Hollywood celeb slapping their name on some crappy product they know nothing about. Morimoto is about as knowledgeable about the art of blades as anybody. Which is why Henckels chose him to help bring Japanese tradition and knowledge to a normally "German" line of knives. Morimoto is a brilliant guy, and a very cool cat on top of that.
And in my opinion, the Miyabi blade is hands down better than the one you chose in many different ways. While still being cheaper.