The following is a list of the most popular mid-priced ranged brands of kitchen cutlery (sorted by brand name, country and URL). Most if not all can be purchased online, in culinary speciality stores such as Williams Sonoma, Sur La Table etc., and in the kitchenware sections of dept. stores.
Note: Shun, a well known kitchen knife brand which was originally manufactured in Japan but now copied by a few Western manufacturers, is widely used by both novice cooks and professional chefs and is considered to be one of the best on the market. For whatever reason the company does not have a website, however, it is available through several online retailers.
- Calphalon – U.S.A – calphalon.com
- Cuisinart – U.S.A – cuisinart.com
- Cutco – U.S.A – cutco.com
- Ginsu – U.S.A – genuineginsu.com
- Dexter-Russell – U.S.A – Dexter-Russell.com
- KitchenAid – U.S.A – kitchenaid.com
- Rada – U.S.A – radamfg.com
- Füri - Australia – furitechnics.com.au
- Sabatier – France – sabatier.us
- F.Dick – Germany – fdick.com
- J. A. Henckels – Germany – zwilling.com
- Wüsthof Dreizack – Germany – wusthof.com
- TC Blades – Israel – tcblades.com
- Sakura – Japan – kitchen-chef-knife.com
- Chicago Cutlery – U.S.A – chicagocutlery.com
- GLOBAL – Japan – yoshikin.co.jp
- Korin – Japan – korin.com
- Kyocera – Japan – kyoceraadvancedceramics.com
- Victorinox – Switzerland – victorinoxswissarmy.com
Of the group, Japanese made knives are touted as the best with regard to how lightweight they are, their excellent craftsmanship, their sharpness out of the box and edge retention after repeated use.
