A good knife

If you have a knife that you are happy with, why not use an old fashioned 'steel' to keep it sharp? I have one and a few swipes puts back a good edge.

years ago I bought a stainless slotted cheese knife and its brilliant for slicing veg etc, doesnt need sharpening either.

Putting a good edge on a knife with a steel can be a bit hit and miss unless you know how to do it. I once asked a butcher the proper way to do it and found I had been doing it the wrong way forever. I now use a Chantry knife sharpener. They aren't cheap but they are good and easy to use. My mother had a steel, but bizarrely, she would sharpen her knives on the edge of the backdoor step! It worked too - for her!

My Dad used to sharpen the knives on the backdoor step too! I have a set of knives and scissors that came with a steel. DH used to have his own grocery business, so I have a professional to do mine!??

I bought a 2 in one knife many years ago from Lake land. It seemed a bit dear at the time but I bought it anyway. Fantastic little knife and my daughters have both bought one. They last for years. It has a potato peeler at one end and a sharp seated knife at the other end. It is white and the end you are not using at the time is in a wee kind of sleeve. Don't know if I have explained it very well

There are various theories about heat damaging the edge on a knife. When my son was doing his chef training with a (very expensive) set of Sabatier knives that was required equipment for his course, they were told never to immerse the knives in boiling water as it dulled the edges. Dishwashing is said to have the same effect. I chuck all but one of my knives in the dishwasher - life is too short.

I can recommend Global knives, they're certainly not cheap but they're wonderful!
I started collecting them about 20 years ago, I'd save up and buy one every couple of months.
I like them so much that when we go on self catering hols in this country, they get put in a knife roll and taken with me!
Having really sharp knives makes such a difference to food preparation. When DS was away at Uni he had Ikea knives, which were okay for a student, but as soon as he could afford to and had a place of his own, he also started collecting Global, and they featured highly on the wedding present list!
I keep mine on wall mounted knife magnets, so that they don't touch against each other, which blunts all knives.
Whatever type of sharp knife you use, never use a glass chopping board, they ruin knives faster than almost anything else!

I use Ikea knives and use one of those chantry knife sharpeners. I like Ikea knives as they are sharp and easy to resharpen. Also, because they are cheap, I sling them into a drawer and the dishwasher without a thought.

I have had lots of different knives and decided that life is too short to cherish kitchen knives.

I have at least 6 carving knives, all good at first then I can't sharpen them. I bought a steel but havnt got the knack. I have just googled Chantry and the blurb says only for use with Robert Welsh or Kitchen Devil knives. Do those of you who use them use them on all knives?

Oh my goodness I had totally forgotten about sharpening knives on the back door step! A trip down memory lane!

I got a knife sharpener out of the Betterware catalogue a good few years ago, it also has a slot for scissors. It's very good but not sure they have the same one in their book any more. I have recently bought a plastic sleeve thing from Aldi to cover the sharp edge whilst it is in the drawer. It has got a little sharpener on the end of it but it nowhere near as good as my Betterware one.

I use mostly ikea knives and various others and sharpen them all on the chantry thingy. Well DH does as it's obviously men's work.

Thanks kitty I have wasted so much money on knives and sharpeners and the Chantry one is £40 so didn't want to waste any more.

I sharpen all my knives on the Chantry, even my precious Granton knife. I don't recall seeing anything on the original packaging that said you should only use it with certain makes of knife. Surely if that were the case, they'd never sell any! One thing: when you have sharpened the knife, give the blade a wipe with a cloth because sometimes it can leave metal residue on the blade. Works on scissors as well, but fiddly! I got mine from John Lewis and it was £28. A bit cheaper at Lakeland I think.

Victorinox do good knives. Bought mine in JL a while ago, Perhaps online?

Famous for their penknives and its family owned

I had a Victorinox Swiss Army knife for years and then I lost it on a fishing trip and was heartbroken. DH bought me another in the summer and I very nearly lost that one too! Perhaps, given the cost of them now, I'd better consign that to the safety of the kitchen drawer!!

wear it on a chain grey

I too like Global knives and when going on a self catering holiday I always take my own knives. I have a steel that was my mothers, so over 80 years old, and it sharpens my knives well. The key I believe is to sharpen every time you use them, although I don't always do this myself.

Lakeland do an excellent make of knives.Robert somebody. I bought the set & it comes with a stone sharpener attached to set. Best knives I have ever had. Not cheap but will see me out!

Good idea grandMattie except that I have so many bits and pieces dangling off my fishing vest already I am in danger of the weight of them pulling me in if I lean over too far!!

Im in the same boat The amount of money i have spent on knives.However recently i spent £110.00 on a surberb on called GlobalThey sre japnese made and its the best knife ive ever owned.

My OH broke my Japanese knife last night chopping ginger! It's not that old trouble is I can't remember where I bought it. Does anyone remember the man who use to come around on a Sunday morning and sharpen knives our one had a three wheeler bike with a grinder in the front and for a few pence he would sharpen them for you.
But yes dad also would use the back step as well

We have Japanese knives Yaxell and Kataba and a Chefschoice electric knives sharpener. Quite dear but we got ours a year at a time...collective members of family's Christmas present. They are very good indeed. The secret is, I am told, to sharpen your knives almost after every use because once your knives are blunt, they can only be revived by professional who use high performance machine.

I had a sharp little knife for years until I must have thrown it away with the potato peelings.I searched everywhere for a replacement and the nearest, reasonably priced one, was a 'Kitchen Devil.'
It is very sharp and stays that way for a long time. They do a variety of sizes too.

Robert Welch from Lakeland. Best knives I've ever bought!! I've had lots over the years!! Expensive but fantastic!!