November 20, 2013 - 10:57am
Need good serrated knife for cutting bread
The one we have now is probably 8 years old, still very sharp but I'm having trouble getting thru a hard crust. As many of you know, a dull knife is a dangerous thing to use. I'm looking to get a better serrated knife wonder if anyone has any recommendations.
thanks,
Ken in Illinois
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I'm very happy with my Victorinox 40549 bread knife. Wicked sharp stainless, non-skid grip, reasonably priced. Just search the web for the Victorinox name and you will probably find several sources.
GregS
I don't have advice for knives, but I found the most useful tool for my knives is a diamond coated sharpening steel. They are only about $ 25 and well worth the price to keep your knives sharp. I've tried various types of knife sharpeners.
I have a Lansky sharpening system with regular and diamond sharpening stones. After about the 3rd knife it's drudgery. I also have choc sticks sharpeners in a block of wood, a Chef's Choice electric knife sharpener and a diamond coated sharpening steel.
The diamond coated sharpening steel is the easiest and probably best choice for the average person.
It's really easy to sharpen a serrated blade if you've got the right tool. Or you can get a serrated blade sharpened for you. Often hardware stores and butcher shops have favorite sharpeners. You might look up "sharpening a serrated bread knife" on Youtube for ideas.
Just remember, any knife you buy will ultimately need resharpening. Do you really want to end up with a whole bunch of dull, though easily sharpened, bread knives when, instead, you could, with a little investment of time and money, learn to sharpen the one you already have?
King Arthur has one that's rated five stars up and down the board. I have one and love it. It even cuts hot fresh baked bread easily and cleanly. (Yes, I know...but don't tell me you've never cut a loaf straight out of the oven.) :)
http://www.kingarthurflour.com/shop/items/offset-bread-knife
Ken, based on a suggestion on this forum, I bought the edgecraft chef'schoice model 610 and love it. It is obviously bigger and more expensive than an ordinary bread knife, but I haven't used my bread knife since. Chef'schoice makes a number of difference slicers, as best as I can tell, the more expensive you get, the more steel, and less plastic, and better motors. The 610 has worked great for all the bread i have thrown at it.