Victorinox 40520 Fibrox 8-Inch Chef's Knife
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Victorinox 40520 Fibrox 8-Inch Chef's Knife
Customer Review: An excellent go to chef's knife
Summary: 5 Stars
America's Test Kitchen said this is a well balanced knife, comfortable, with an excellent grip for different size hands, all true in my opinion. I am very satisfied. no sharpening necessary either. Also an excellent price ( 19.60 ).Customer Review: Another glowing review
Summary: 5 Stars
I love this knife. For starters, Forschner made the very smart move to grind it properly in the first place so that when it arrived, it was hair-shaving sharp right out of the box. Good first impression. I loved the feel of the handle and the wide blade -- both good for someone with big hands.
But before writing this review, I wanted to wait for the blade to dull and then resharpen it, to get an idea of its edge retention. So I waited. And waited. (Note that I am not a professional cook, but I am a serious home cook who makes almost everything from scratch and routinely throws multiple-course dinner parties for 10-20+ guests.) About 4 months later, with only occasional stropping as blade maintenance, I noticed the slightest drop in performance -- the blade still shaved hair, but needed more passes to clear a patch. So I busted out the whetstones and got an arguably sharper-than-the-factory edge with only minor effort and my quite meager sharpening skills. This is without reshaping the edge or taking down the fairly conservative factory angle.
Now here I am to write the review. This knife is fantastic. The only complaint i could begin to muster is that it looks like a cheap knife. If i could, i would give it a 4.9 star review on that basis. But as I prize function and value over form, it's certainly no biggie.
I actually prefer the forschner to my old roommate's Henckles (though certainly not to his Hiromoto gyuto - that thing was a lightsaber). But comparisons to high-end knives are beside the point. Compare this knife to any other $20 piece-of-junk knife I've seen and used in kitchens. The difference in blade quality is downright hilarious, forged or not. Heck, compare this knife to anything whatsoever in your kitchen that you paid $20-$25 for. In terms of bang for the buck, I have not seen a better deal available in kitchenware.
Edit: One other minor drawback of this knife that I only remembered after posting the review --
The knife doesn't come with a sheath, even a cheap cardboard one. And it's too wide to fit into most wooden knife blocks (the width is a good thing otherwise). Making your own sheath isn't hard at all, but I would advise people to either do that or get a magnetic knife strip rather than let it bang around in your drawers uncovered. A blade this nice deserves better.
Customer Review: As good as Cook's Illustrated said
Summary: 5 Stars
I'd read Cook's Illustrated reviews about different knives for years, and in each review, the Victorinox knives always came out on top. Well I finally bought this one and I can feel why.Customer Review: As recommended by Cook's Illustrated
Summary: 5 Stars
This was recommended by Cooks Illustrated, and since I was wearing out a cheap knife, I decided to order this one.
I'm no expert with knives, but this one works well for me and at a price I can't complain about.
Customer Review: At Last
Summary: 5 Stars
My wife and I have tried all those County Fair, expensive Chef Cooking, high end Kitchen Outlet, "Miracle" knives, all to no advantage to anyone other than the Manufacturers and Salespeople. But this knive - is the one, lightweight, fits well in either hand, "SHARP", and it keeps it's edge. Not adviseable for cutting through bone,or frozen meats, foods, but all else - go for it, it actually does it's job so well it gives you the feeling that you want to cut more, and again be careful - it's sharp - watch those fingers!