Harry Krause wrote:
JimH wrote:
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JimH wrote:
As a surprise gift for my wife I am considering upgrading our kitchen
knives to heirloom quality knives and cannot find anything to match the
quality of the JA Henckels knives, specifically the 'Pro S' series. They
are definitely not cheap but come with a lifetime warranty and I have yet
to read anything negative about them.

Has anyone had any experience with these knives?

I bought a full set of Henckels "Five Star" line. I liked the feel of the
handles better. I also bought a "Five Star" dropped blade bread knife, and
eight "Five Star" steak knives.

These are terrific knives. You do not want to run them through the
dishwasher. You wash them in the sink with a dish brush and dish soap.

Get yourself a good sharpener. The sharpening steel tool they include
really is useless. You want a good ceramic sharpener, I use this one:

http://www.agrussell.com/accessories...sharpener.html


Spyderco makes a similar unit. Do not use any sort of grinder.

Be very careful with the steak knives if you order them. They are as sharp
as razor blades. The other knives are damned sharp, too.


The ham-turkey carver is really nice.

Oh...get yourself a good in the drawer wood "keeper" instead of the block.
Saves counter space.

We have several ceramic sharpeners already.........thanks for the tip. I
have always used them on my filet and kitchen knives.

Why didn't you like the Henckels 9" sharpening steel?

http://us.st11.yimg.com/store1.yimg...._1882_52475724




I'm just not a fan of sharpening steels. I think the ceramics do a
better job.

Steels aren't the same. Steels just brighten the edge, where after ANY
use, the edge tries to curl over. The ceramic sharpeners are more
aggressive.