I was watching Everyday Italian and noticed that Giada was no longer using the Global Chef’s Knife anymore.  In it’s place was the Shun Ken Onion Chef’s Knife.  For those unfamiliar with Shun, it is recognized as one of the sharpest and top knife brands.  Here’s a bit of detail on how the knives are constructed.

Clad Construction
The wavy pattern on our blades is called a Damascus look; what gives it that pattern are 16 layers of SUS410 High Carbon Stainless Steel pounded to 3/1000th of an inch and then “clad” …

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I just got my Global Chef Knife two days ago and I already managed to draw blood with it.  I was cutting up some chicken, and as I finished and placed the knife down, I somehow pricked my left pinky finger with it as I was removing the last piece of chicken from the cutting board.  It felt like a scratch.  I think I’m gonna need more band aids.  It’s funny, I’m actually having some trouble controlling this knife.  Going from a cleaver to this type of lightweight knife …

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I’m not going to lie, it’s kind of scary to use this knife.  How it cuts food with little effort is disturbing.  Compared to the Wustoff chef knives that I have used in the past, it feels like I have more control with the Global knife.  For it’s size, it is lightweight and well-balanced.  It cuts well…maybe too well.

I’m in the market for a new chef knife. Well, it’s not like my chef knife is old. It’s that I don’t even own one, never did. Before I moved out of my old place, I was using my former roommate’s Wustoff knife set. It was a great, but I really want something else besides Wustoff. When I finally got my own place a couple of months ago, I bought a Chinese meat cleaver when I was in Queens. It …