“I now own 3 knives from New West Knifeworks, all bought at once,mall because the chef's knife was reviewed so positively They're all beautiful, mostly well-balanced, and they're just not sharp!!
I don't mean they're dull, but that they're the sort of sharp one gets after a long period of use before sharpening again. The chefs knife required a great deal of force to dice parsnips. It didn't exactly cut a large carrot as if going through butter, more like going through a resistent sludge.
IOW, they're not a good value, at least in my experience. I'm going to sharpen all of them: paring knife, utility knife, and 7 " chefs knife. Maybe I'll change my mind. I hope so.
For the relative amounts being charged, these knifes should pare veggies all by themselves, rather than requiring a crew of younger sous chefs to ease the burden.”
“Unbelievably dull. I have 2 other knives that even after a year and a half of use are still sharper than this one out of the box. I sharpened the chef's knife to an average sharpness, but I may be returning this one. Absolutely love the other knives I own.”
