One thing is sure, when you want to choose a good knife (or "the right knife" should I write), you come up against a veritable tsunami of offers.
Not easy to choose a knife, especially when there are too many.
So whatever the purchase, for yourself, for a gift, for a replacement, for the pleasure of collecting, you don't want to go wrong. Nothing more normal.
But what to do when you are inundated with such a diversified offer and with immediate availability?
Here are some great tips for making an informed choice when buying a durable knife:
Indication 1: The correlation between the Price and the Description
If you see so-called "quality" knives, presented as "handmade" with "quality steel" at very low prices, there is a problem somewhere, isn't it?
Let's be clear, you will never find buschcraft or hunting knives with a correct blade (N690, Sleipner, D2, 80CrV2, O1...), treated, with a handle shaped in the rules of the art for "cheap" …
The idea is not to say that these types of knives are luxury products by definition, but rather to say that a very low price will rarely justify the price of quality materials and manufacturing time, not to mention , finishes, controls, sheath, packaging and production costs.
You should know that making and assembling a quality knife requires a study, a unique choice, and many operations, meticulous, often manual and therefore quite expensive, especially when you also have to use some equipment.
If you don't want to continuously invest ridiculously low sums in household knives or steak knives disguised as high-end knives, then you have to ask yourself the following question:
Could an artisan knife maker buy quality material and shape it for hours while paying the price I pay?
It is not uncommon to see on the market products stamped with a major brand or dressed in famous flies and other attributes for ridiculous prices.
Indication 2: The correlation between the Description and the Stock
If you see so-called "quality" knives, presented as "handmade", handcrafted, carefully shaped and you can choose a quantity of 50 copies (often already in stock), there is a problem, isn't it?
Indeed, either you create, you shape by hand, you personalize and in this case you have a certain variability, or you mass produce and you are in the industrial copy of a standard that you have created.
If having the knife of 50,000 other people does not matter to you, then we can only advise you to orient yourself towards a well-established brand, paying attention to the previous indication.
Otherwise, we invite you to take a tour of our e-shop. We hope you will find your happiness there.
If the "rare bird" does not exist, we are very attentive and we can try to make you a realization to order.
Indication 3: The correlation between the Frills and the Essentials
If you see so-called "quality" knives, presented as "handmade", handcrafted, shaped with great care, shining in a thousand colors and with lots of "bling-blings and frills" with a little mention of gender "stainless steel" without any other reference for the material, there is a problem, isn't it?
I give you some crisp examples that you will be able to detect easily:
- "Steel blade" - consider yourself lucky, it could have been wood
- "Carbon steel blade" - well thank you but what type? what hardness?
- "Lame en carbonstahl" - nice, it means "carbon steel" but in German
- "Molybdenum steel blade" - it's the best of anything
- "Stainless steel blade" - it's better but it doesn't tell much (butter knives are stainless even at the FoirFouille
Personally, I would prefer a simpler knife with the charm of its small imperfections due to handmade work, but without compromising on its durability, its robustness, its grip, its reliability, its resistance to stains...
Take good care of yourself and happy shopping