What knives make a complete knife set?

Well I fell down the knife hole, climbed up and stumbled straight in to the shaving hole, got a toe in the fountain pen hole and lets not even mention all the fishing gear

 

Yeah that will be scary, I have had really good knives but nothing amazing yet like a Shigefusa or similar

 

It quite addicting mate, imagine all your holes rolled into one. just the feel of the knife slicing through food. the texture of the food changes, the mouth feel changes. then you end up with this.

http://www.kitchenknifeforums.com/s...Knives-Gallery?p=309126&viewfull=1#post309126

 

Shigefusa is a good place to start!

Take your time and spend at least 100% more than you think you really want to. In the long run you will not miss the money.

 

12 inch slicer 10 inch chef 8 inch nakiri 4 steak knives (that act as utilitys ) and 3inch ish parer

 

Chinese cleaver
180mm petty
120mm petty/parer

 

I personally never use a paring knife. My kit would be

240mm gyuto
165mm deba
150mm petty
210-270mm sujihiki
270mm yanagiba

 

75mm parer , nothing fancy usually I use to open boxes anyway
165-180mm petty
270mm gyuto
270 mm suji
Beater any size yo deba , cleaver , Henckels etc

 

First they told you all you need is gyuto. Later you discover, that one gyuto is good, two gyutos are betters, and >3 guytos are terribly not enough!
Substitute gyuto with any other style of knives, and it still will be true.

 

And you don't see the obvious logic to this?

 

A hankotsu is really intended for hanging butchery and works best with an overhand grip. Makes a helluva steak knife, too. I think a honesuki is a more reasonable choice for a boning knife, but when was this hobby about reason?

Love your Misono carbons!

 

honesuki seems like a delicate knife. I prefer a deba for a boning task. I dont have to be scared hitting bones with it.

 

I've read that about the hankotsu, but I find it is much more versatile than a honesuki, which is pretty much a single purpose blade. I find the hankotsu is also much more maneuverable when cutting close to the bone.

 

A honesuki is delicate? It's the first knife I reach for when the revenuers knock on the door.

 

I better get 2 of those.