Reputable kitchen knife brands
Buying reputable kitchen knife brands will not only assure durability and will make food preparation much easier and more efficient as opposed to cheap brands that won’t sustain their edge and won’t last as long.
Although many consumers may be put off by some of the prices of reputable kitchen knife brands, in the long run those knives will generally prove to more economical because they will hold up to repeated use as long as you take care of them, i.e. keeping them sharpened, protecting their blades with a sheath or a knife block, and giving them a thorough cleaning by hand after each use instead of using a dishwasher which can gradually take a layer off the knive’s blade.
Depending on the brand knife sets can be a great value for your money.
If a set you like cost more than you are willing to pay then purchase each kitchen knife separately until you’ve built a nice collection.
Notable kitchen knife brands (by manufacturer, country, URL)
The following knife manufacturers are not placed in order of their quality or price. Although partially subjective, I have chosen these knife brands based both on my personal experience with them over the years as well as reading online and print reviews by other consumers.
- Calphalon -American – calphalon.com
- Cuisinart – American – cuisinart.com
- Cutco – American – cutco.com
- Ginsu – American – genuineginsu.com
- Dexter-Russell – American – Dexter-Russell.com
- KitchenAid – American – kitchenaid.com
- Rada – American – radamfg.com
- Spyderco – American – Spyderco.com
- Füri - Australian – furitechnics.com.au
- Sabatier – French – sabatier-k.com
- F.Dick – German – fdick.com
- J. A. Henckels – German -zwilling.com
- WMF – German – wmf.com
- Wüsthof Dreizack – German – wusthof.com
- TC Blades – Israeli – tcblades.com
- Sakura – Japanese – kitchen-chef-knife.com
- GLOBAL – Japanese – yoshikin.co.jp
- Kershaw Knives – Japanese/American – kershawknives.com
- Korin – Japanese – korin.com
- Kyocera – Japanese – kyoceraadvancedceramics.com
- Victorinox – Swiss – victorinoxswissarmy.com
Of the above group of manufacturers, Japanese made knives are considered by many professional chefs to be the best with regard to how lightweight they are, their excellent craftsmanship, their sharpness out of the box, and their ability to hold their edge.
