Steak Knives

[J-Melt]

As noted in another post, I got a $50 eBay gift card to go towards a new to me set of steak knives. Our current ones are cheap Chicago Cutlery knives that are okay, but not great. What steak knives do y'all use for your table and what would you recommend? I use Mercer for most of my other knives nowadays.

[barelfly]

This is something I’ll follow - the steak knives we have I can’t stand. They are serrated and just seem to tear everything rather than slice. I kneed to replace them with something!

[Oak Smoke]

I thought I’d just pop over to eBay and see what was there. Good grief there’s so many that sound and look like good stuff. There’s lots of German and Sheffield stuff. I looked in the pre owned stuff hoping for a bargin. Sorry but someone with much more knowledge than me needs to weigh in here. I’ll just watch and learn too. Good luck Josh

[Johnny Booth]

We have a lot of knives but I don’t think we ever considered a steak knife.
Ours are the cheap, plastic black handle, serrated, rounded point. Strictly Rip and tear.
Then I think; heck, most of my bbq is fork tender. 😁

[theroc]

We made a similar search a few years back. Settled on Maserin 2031/MCG knives. A bit more than $50, though ($88 for set of four at Knife Center now). Micarta handles. Non-serrated blade so they are easy to keep sharp. Great feel in the hand.

[Mosca]

We got these. They make a nice appearance on holidays, and you get 8 rather than 6. $60.

ZWILLING Contemporary Steak Knife Set of 8, Oval handle, Stainless Steel, with 12" x 10" case https://a.co/d/cjyhe29

[J-Melt]

Thanks! I’ll see if they are on eBay as well.

[briano52]

I have a set of Cangshan Swedish steel steak knives. I have them in regular serrated edges. They have been performed very well. In fact, surprising well. I really like straight edges better from an aesthetic point of view. But straight edges require more maintenance. So, I save my fancy straight edges set for entertaining and use the serrated edges for everyday use.

The Cangshan steak knives have held up well and stay very sharp. They cut meat like butter. And they are a good value as well.

[bbq_esq]

Not sure what is or isn't on ebay but I love the Messermeister Avanta knives. Have gifted them as well. Really enjoyable to use.

[ecowper]

a number of years ago I bought a set of Amazing Ribs steak knives. This past Christmas Stacy have me a set of Jean Dubost Laguiole 6 piece set ..... I thought the AR knives were nice .... and then I got these Jean Dubost knives ...... beautiful and extremely functional

[Murdy]

I thought those were our knives (which I am not particularly impressed with), but ours look similar, including the wood block, but they are a different brand, obviously some sort of knock off.

[ecowper]

according to what I have found, Jean Dubost is the sort of affordable Laguiole style knives in France. They are considered one of the top brands, but the most accessible of the authentic options.

[Midway]

I've used a Henckels set for decades. We have 8 serrated steak knives and one straight blade that must have come with the set. The serrated knifes were ordered separately and are the most used, primarily because while the non-serrated steak knife works better if sharp, it losses its edge fast. The serrated knives do a very good job anyway. I have never had them sharpened and should send them out since I don't want to mess with trying to sharpen a serrated knife. The are very close to the same size, it is just the angle of the image.

[smokenoob]

have the Henckels Professional “s” steak knives, happy with them!