Wusthof Classic Knives

Dh decided to get me something for my Half-Birthday, which was yesterday, today. A 6″ Cooks Knife, Wusthof Classic, as well as a 5″ Sausage Knife, Wusthof Classic, to add to my collection. Initially we got a “Gourmet Wusthof” set with oak block … just to get something, it was on sale for about $99 at a department store sometime in the past few years. I had always wanted Wusthof Classic though, and compromised to have something decent faster, since the only other things for the kitchen I had were ugly green horrid cheap things from years before. Never had I worked with anything good, and I dreamed of it for so long.

The “Gourmet” knives have serviced me well as they could. The 8″ Cooks knife is still good, but the Tomato Knife that came with the initial set was snapped in half when one of the children did something to it when it was pretty new still. The Paring Knife came up with a missing tip sometime after that, of which we never figured out how that happened. The “Gourmet” are lighterweight due to NOT having a full-tang steel blade.

I also had wanted a large bread knife and sometime after the Gourmet purchase we got a 9″ Bread Knife, Wusthof Classic. It was so nice. Was being the operative word since it suddenly went missing and hasn’t reappeared ever since. This was sometime in the past 6-months, and a few months ago DH broke down and got me a brand new one to replace it. The first one must be somewhere, but where is the million dollar question.

It’s nice having more knives now, especially the 6″ Cooks, it’s beefier but smaller, perfect for me. The other works well, this one is just way nicer. It’s my goal to have a larger collection of Wusthof Classic, and get rid of the Gourmet ones entirely. Not a hard task to get rid of them, since only a few things remain intact from the original small set.

I was dissapointed to see that the 6″ Cooks knife wouldn’t fit in my oak block though. It’s too fat for every wide slot except for one, the one that the 8″ Cooks Gourmet Wusthof fits into, but in that bigger slot the 6″ Cooks knife is too loose and nearly gets lost, so none of the slots are good for it. 🙁

So I will eventually need a new block for my Classic Wusthof to fit into. There’s always something to everything, ya know? :rolleyes:

[I know I don’t have the thingy over the Wusthof “u” … I have a migraine right now and don’t feel like looking to get the character right. Maybe later ;)]