A Knife Primer: Re: Welcome to Suite101.com

» sckaroly - Re: Welcome to Suite101.com

In response to message posted by Ravenlea:

Ditto on the welcome to Suite101. I've been in the business for 30 years (I'm just a few years older than you) and have considered going to culinary school, something I never did. I may not because of time, money and a family to support, so most of my current education is self-learning.

I've been looking for new knives to replace my Connoisseur set (by Russell Harrington Cutlery). I've found that you can get a Henckels 10" chef knife for $80 (4 Star line) to $90 (Pro "S" line) on the Internet. (That compares to $110 at a specialty gourmet store in Placerville, Calif.) I'd advise anyone looking for knives to search here:

A Cook's Wares

Professional Cutlery Direct

If you can find these knives within $10 to $20 of these prices on the local market, pick up the knife. When you consider shipping and handling that the online and mail order houses charge, you break even.

Lindsay: What knives did the school sell to you? I've done some research into culinary schools for my 17-year old daughter and have found that most of them "sell" you a set as part of the tuition package.

-- posted by sckaroly