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This month, we’re exploring all the different considerations that go into finding the right knife for you — and there are several. Are you buying your very first knife or are you already a member of the knife club? What are you planning to use the knife for? Are looks important? And what’s your budget?
Still, when it comes down to it, there’s one thing that is critical — and that’s how it feels in your hands.
“Holding it is absolutely the most important step,” says Bryan Mayer, director of butchery education at Fleishers Craft Butchery. “I buy a ton of knives; some of them I use once or give away, just because it doesn’t feel right.”
Josh Moses, the co-founder of the Kickstarter-funded knife company Misen, agrees. “It’s very easy to go down the rabbit hole on everything from steel alloy grain structure to edge angles. At the end of the day, the right knife for you is the one you’ll want to reach for over and over again. Find a knife that feels great in your hand, and you’ll know it’s the one.”
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