Christopher Kimballs Milk Street Knife Bundle - Kiji and Nakiri Knives - German Steel - Perfect for Home

I’ve been eyeing the Milk Street knives for some time now, but hesitated to pull the trigger because of the high prices, especially with shipping. Imagine my delight when I stumbled across this bundle deal on Amazon, with Prime shipping! The knives arrived quickly, and are every bit as amazing as I hoped and imagined while drooling over them at the Milk Street website. Both knives are well-balanced and feel very comfortable in my small hands (whereas traditional western chef knives are usually much too big and heavy for me). Read more

We kept the sturdy paring knife and returned the other knife. The paring knife is great for cutting hard cheeses and all types of fruit. When a chef knife is too big this knife fits the purpose. Read more

Excellent quality, comfortable grip, nicely balanced and looks great. Blade is nice and sharp. Read more

These knives rise into the price range of the hand forged Japanese knives they are loosely modeled after. The handle design is cool, but unfortunate. The tip of the plastic - uh, excuse me - pakkawood handle is vulerable; unsupported against the flat steel 'haft' and IT Will Break Off. Just a little 8th to ¼ in. Nevertheless love the little petty knife. They sell it as a garlic knife, and it's just great for peeling garlic cloves. I will very strongly recommend the upscale model: with a hammered blade and a very nice wooden handle. They are a small ransom, but take this knife to the place it wants to be - favorite knife in the kitchen. (The premium Nakiri and large veggie cleaver are fantastic too.) spend too much? Well. I am not sorry I did Read more