Kitchen Knives: Reviews

Cook's Illustrated Magazine: In this report, editors use the Victorinox Fibrox 8-inch chef's knife, which they identify as "our favorite inexpensive chef's knife," as a control in their tests of eight gyutou knives -- a hybrid between a traditional chef's knife and the lighter, Japanese-styled santoku.

Choice magazine: Australia's Choice magazine is similar to ConsumerReports.org in the U.S. Thirteen chef's knives, including the 20 cm Victorinox Fibrox, are tested by men and women.

Cook's Illustrated Magazine: The editors of Cook's Illustrated test nine slicing knives, including the Victorinox Fibrox 12-inch Granton Edge slicing knife.

Cook's Illustrated Magazine: We didn't find many tests of serrated knives, but this one from Cook's Illustrated rates 12 knives, including two knives by Victorinox Fibrox.

Cook's Illustrated Magazine: The Victorinox stamped 8-inch chef's knife is compared to eight other knives with innovative designs.

Cook's Illustrated Magazine: The editors of Cook's Illustrated test 10 paring knives, including an inexpensive Victorinox Fibrox knife.

Cooking for Engineers: Reviews here focus on objectivity and precision.

Amazon.com: There's not a single 1-star review in about 90 reviews for the Victorinox Swiss Classic knife set and only one owner gives the set a 2-star rating – though she admits she did not use the knives.

ChefTalk.com: This site is a meeting place for cooks of all kinds, from restaurant chefs to home cooks.

Cook's Illustrated Magazine: Although we didn't find many tests of serrated knives, this one from Cook's Illustrated rates 12 knives, including the Wusthof Classic 10-inch bread knife.

Cook's Illustrated Magazine: The editors of Cook's Illustrated test 10 paring knives, including the Wusthof Classic 3.5-inch paring knife.

ConsumerReports.org: Testers at ConsumerReports.org evaluate 55 knife sets, including the Wusthof Classic 8-piece set.

Choice magazine: Australia's Choice magazine is similar to ConsumerReports.org in the U.S. Thirteen chef's knives, including the 20 cm Wusthof Classic, are tested by men and women.

Cooking for Engineers: Michael Chu, the website's founder, conducts a detailed and objective test of 11 popular chef's knives, including the 20 cm Wusthof Classic.

About.com: This undated buying guide from Brett Moore, About.com's guide to gourmet food, briefly discusses seven popular chef's knives.

Cooking.com: In more than 90 reviews on Cooking.com, the Wusthof Classic santoku (a lighter, shorter alternative to the traditional chef's knife) gets a thumbs-up from 99 percent of users.

Epinions.com: More than 40 owner reviews give the Wusthof Classic knife set a high average score.

Amazon.com: Amazon.com features a large number of user reviews for the entire Wusthof line, including the 3-piece Gourmet set, which features three of the brand's top-selling knives.

ConsumerReports.org: The editors of ConsumerReports.org evaluate 55 knives and knife sets in this consumer's guide.

Choice magazine: Choice magazine is the Australian equivalent to ConsumerReports.org.

New York Magazine: Chef Masayoshi "Masa" Takayama rates 10 santoku knives.

Food and Drug Administration: Testers at Food & Wine look at more than 100 Japanese-style knives, test 30 of them and narrow their recommendations to four, including the Shun Classic.

Fine Cooking: This guide to knife buying lists four favorites among Japanese-style knives but doesn't detail testing.

Amazon.com: In more than 50 owner reviews, the Shun Classic santoku earns a high average score.