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Chef Knife

A chef's knife that has to prove itself daily

Pro Pick Under $250
$124at Misen
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This is the knife you hand a new cook and watch to see what they do with it. No wobble on the cut, no fighting the blade through a case of onions, no guessing where the edge sits when it’s pointed down a rocker cut into fine dice. It’s built to work a full shift and go back on the mag strip clean. Cooks who’ve put it through actual prep keep coming back to the same question: does it hold up against knives that cost twice as much. That’s the bar it’s trying to clear, and it’s the one that matters on a line where the knife in your hand decides how fast ticket times move.

What cooks are saying
  • 01Cooks question whether a knife at this price can really compete with pricier steel
  • 02The slicing performance gets singled out as the thing to judge it on
  • 03People treat it as a test case, not a settled favorite yet
Why the pros use it

A line cook doesn't care about the story on the box, they care if the knife tracks straight through a proscuitto shave and doesn't need babying to hold an edge through service. This one earns a look because it's positioned to do exactly that without asking for boutique-knife money. It's not the knife you baby in a drawer. It's the one you hand to the new hire and see if it comes back sharp.

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