Subject: Re: sharpening knives
If you cook a lot, it's probably worth getting one or two really good knives. Usually a chef or santoku, and a petite.

Yes, nothing frustrates me more when cooking than bad knives. Mine are not of the quality spoken here, but relative to the furnished rentals we stay at, mine tend to be fabulous, so I bring a large and a small of my own as you mention. A pair of really good scissors too. That's all I use at home anyway. The big knife blocks filled with knives are an almost useless waste of counter space.

IP