- 7-inch knife designed for chopping, slicing, dicing
- Blade, bolster, tang forged from single piece of high-carbon stainless steel
- Tough polypropylene handle with full tang and traditional three rivets
- Precisely tapered blade with hand-honed edge
- Made in Germany
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Wusthof Wuthof Classic 7 Inch Cooks Knife - Wusthof 458218Amazon.com Review
Tough polypropylene handles with full, visible tangs and the traditional three rivets distinguish Classic knives from Wüsthof's other cutlery lines. Otherwise, Classic knives are identical to other Wüsthof knives, embodying all the virtues that earn the German manufacturer world renown. The principal parts of a Wüsthof knife--blade, bolster, and tang--are forged from a sing... More >>
Wüsthof Classic 7-Inch Cook's Knife
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I already have the 6 and the 8 inch wide wusthof chef’s knives. I was looking for a more intermediate knife, which might let me chop, pare, slice and trim some without having to change knifes all the time.
After spending 4 weeks experimenting with it in depth, these are my conclusions:
- chopping – the blade is not quite wide enough or its curve convex enough, so when making a lot of chopping you end up rapping your fingers against the butcher block when doing your downward movement. You can still chop by being a bit careful, but it is way more efficient to use the 6″ wide chef’s knife or bigger.
- paring – too long, too wide, too heavy
- trimming and slicing – easy and comfortable
All in all, as a compromise knife I like the 3.5″ wide blade Global knife a lot better – it is wide enough to chop and small enough to pare (although if you wanted to do a lot of paring you would want to use a true parer). Still, it is a good short utility knife and if that is the purpose of your purchase I would have not problem recommending it for that use.
My recommendation to Wusthof – come out with a knife that would have a 3″ to 4″ blade, a bit more curvy than this one, a touch wider at the base of the blade, with a handle that is slightly angled up from the horizontal (to avoid rapping the bottom of your fingers against the table) and you would have an awesome general purpose kitchen knife -I would also release it in the high end wusthof line, which has an awesome handle, rather than the triple rivet handle.
Best to all from camisdad
Rating: 3 / 5
This is the best knife I have ever had. Since I’ve had it- I haven’t needed my food processor nearly as often. It is the perfect size and weight for my needs
Rating: 5 / 5
Wow…What a knife. This is as fine a feeling knife as I’ve ever held. The edge is awesome. The balance is perfect and it cuts great. Quality. What more can you say.
Rating: 5 / 5
I spent weeks of research before deciding on what to buy as my new 10-inch chef knife. I wanted something big and heavy for crushing through melons, pineapple, big blocks of cheese, or whatever other food that might normally give me a hard time with my smaller and lighter 8 inch Global. I was also looking for a bigger knife that I could lift higher off the board without removing the tip from its place while rocking out julienned vegetables. I finally selected Wüsthof, only to discover to my horror when the “package sent” notification appeared, that when I placed the order I overlooked one vital detail. I had ordered this 12 inch monster.
I was very nervous about using it because I felt that I’d have much less control over the tip that resides a whole foot away, and that it would be too easy to accidentally lift the blade too high off the board while cutting, either way resulting in a few less fingers on my guiding hand. But I decided to give it a try, and here’s a truly amazing fact that I discovered. The point of leverage in which this knife rocks on is the exact same distance from your hand as an 8 inch blade. THE EXACT SAME. I then grabbed my buddy’s 10-inch chefs knife (he apparently paid attention to what size he was buying) to see just as I thought. All knives, or at least all good ones, are designed so that the point of leverage is about 7 inches from your hand regardless of the length of the blade. That makes this knife a whole lot less scary.
With the fear of extreme length behind me, I then proceeded to test my new “sword” on everything in my extremely large banquet kitchen. I found that it works great at breaking down large fruits such as pineapple and all sorts of melon. Large blocks of cheese that are too big for shorter knives proved to be no match for this beast. Even slicing turkey was a breeze as I used the entire length of the blade to make each slice smoothly and very thin. Lastly, I tried cutting batonets of carrots for a veggie platter, and oddly enough, the length of my knife was still not a hindrance. The cuts came out perfect. I love this knife.
As for home use, you might not find it necessary for such a giant unless you often find yourself cutting a lot of the larger items listed above, or you just have a bunch of 12 inch pizzas on hand that need slicing. As for professional use, I highly recommend this as a great addition to your knife kit. You’ll find yourself reaching for it much more than you ever could imagine. Regardless, just know that due to its length, a warped cutting board becomes a whole lot more noticeable. And in the industry, you find them quite a bit.
Rating: 5 / 5
This is a great knife (weight, balance, etc) but it seems to dull quickly despite the fact that it is rarely used on anything more than fruit and veggies. Don’t buy it unless you are willing to invest in a sharpener to go with. The one on the back of our automatic can opener seems to work great. DO NOT use an automatic sharpener with this knife. Three to four strokes on a manual sharpener does a perfect job. An automatic will take too much metal off.
Rating: 3 / 5