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1 The Perfectly Balanced Kitchen Knife

Wüsthof 10-Piece Classic Block Set

$400 wusthof.com

Before discovering the awesome blade of the Wüsthof knife, I avoided recipes that called for cutting up fresh ingredients. Cutting things is more fun when you’re doing it with a high-carbon specialty knife that was crafted with a laser beam.

Now, armed with my Wüsthof Classic knife set, I’ve been tossing freshly cut veggies into omelets, creating my own fruit trays, and leaving precut loaves of bread for the culinary patzers.

The knives come with a sharpening ...

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