Cooking Knives thread

[RicoTubbs]

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i second (third?) the advice against buying a set. you'll never use 3/4 of the knives in the set so just buy individual pieces.

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Ditto on this advice. I'd be fine with a chef's knife, a paring knife (maybe 2) and a santoku knife. Handle them in person, because some feel better than others in your hands. For example, balance will be different depending on how large your hands are.

By the way, I'd give the same advice for pots and pans. Don't buy the damn 15-piece set when you're probably only going to use a subset of those regularly. Better to build up your own set based on what you most frequently use.

Now that I'm thinking about it, there are a number of things like this that people should know before filling out wedding registries.