German Steel Knives: Chef $24.81 (OOS), Bread $26.29 (OOS), Paring $17.20 (OOS) + $9 Delivery @ Shrply

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  Daniel Plainview on 10/10/2025 - 17:29

  +4

  +1 vote from me - sorry to the OP that their business didn't work out - live and hopefully learn. Good buying for solid consumer quality knives. Those 3 knives are actually a lot better than a block set of 10 at 5 times the price.

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    AssociatedLukeC @ Shrply on 10/10/2025 - 17:35

    +2

    Thanks mate!

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  Daniel Plainview on 10/10/2025 - 18:01

  +6

  To save others - checked AliExpress and as the OP said his pricing is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay below what you could get them for (via the factory's AX store/s). Example. LINK

  I didn't do the end calcs but even with any cashbacks etc - the OP is still the much more cost effective option.

  The 'German Steel' thats referenced is a particularly good choice for home cooks who are NOT absolute knife nutters - its more commonly called X50CrMoV15 steel - often labelled on knives as such. As it's much more resistant to chipping and corrosion than some of the much more expensive, harder but less easy going steel alloys. Its called German, but will not have come from Germany, it's just that the Germans came up with this steel alloy and use it to this day in a lot of their higher end brands.

  Its a very good choice in a home knife for an average to above average skill level cook - I have quite a few in this same alloy myself and 20yrs on they still keep an excellent edge with minimal effort. Quality smooth butchers steel and occassional ceramic hone does 95% of whats needed.

  Good article on the qualities of this steel alloy in these knives: LINK

  Real bargain buy when you look at what you get and what in the real world that would buy you on the knife front i.e find a better end solution for $78 delivered than a set of these 3 knives (which any good user will tell you is all you really need - good cooks knife, paring knife for small fiddly stuff and a bread knife for rare use when a non-serrated blade isn't optimal) - these also look to have excellent handles in terms of ergonomics and comfort of use - which is something often overlooked.

  Just please be nice to them and do not put them in dishwashers, in a draw with other metal utensils, cutting on non-wooden/plastic chopping boards or on cooked bones or to cut frozen food!

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    braddsey on 10/10/2025 - 18:41

    +1

    Regarding dishwasher… i’ve got a bunch of German WMF knives over 20 years old with the same steel. We’ve put them in the dishwasher every other day as long as we’ve had them, the only issue is the handle has come away on one of the knives. Keep the blade sharp with a butchers steel.

    If you don’t have bench space for a knife block, can highly recommend this: https://amzn.asia/d/jaiLnUW

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    Hellfire on 10/10/2025 - 19:01

    After seeing this deal previously and not wanting a bread knife, i ordered 3 knives of the same type/brand from Aliexpress for less (with codes and cashback). Not a bad price if you want to source locally though.

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    livingstonfrost on 10/10/2025 - 19:47

    shame its oos now. Do you have other recommendations of a quality budget set of pairing knife, chef's knife and bread knife for a person learning how to cook?

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  aparasher on 10/10/2025 - 18:30

  Great price

  I think the challenge with knives with me especially is regular sharpening. They all start great and the sharpness fadea away over the time unless they get sharpened by a professional.

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    shutuptakemymoney101 on 10/10/2025 - 18:55

    I sharpen my victorinox fibrox knives with one of these.

    https://www.knives-online.com.au/chefs-choice-trizor-xv-15-e…

    It doesn't (unless it's user error to date?) get the blades sharp enough to shave hairs off your arm like after a professional sharpening but it makes them pretty damn sharp for very little effort.

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      aparasher on 11/10/2025 - 20:13

      Thanks for the link. I have 2 of these but somehow they are not working on high carbon steel knives.

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    Daniel Plainview on 10/10/2025 - 19:00

    Do you use a smooth butchers steel or similar regularly (I do before and after every use but you don't want to be like me!)

    That little maintenance on an edge will keep it usable so that you don't need to remove metal with a sharpening or reseting of the edge. I've barely had to actually sharpen mine (which I would consider something that removes metal - a smooth butchers steel does not remove metal it just realigns the finest part of the edge) ever.

    Knives need or atleast heavily benefit from regular care….they're such a simple tool, their only role is to cut….so if not sharp they cannot do this.

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      shutuptakemymoney101 on 10/10/2025 - 19:07

      I don't but I probably should, I'm lazy with knives lol.

      When the wife complains the knives are getting dull again I just reach for the electric sharpener again lol Our knives have gone in the dishwasher for years and look no worse for wear because of it.

      The victorinox fibrox knives are affordably priced, I'm willing to accept an overall reduced lifespan for the sake of an easier life.

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  Maloo on 10/10/2025 - 18:43

  OOS

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    Daniel Plainview on 10/10/2025 - 19:01

    +2

    I think we did too good a job in helping out - oh well good for the OP.

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  Gav on 12/10/2025 - 16:58

  6pm order of 2 chef's knives cancelled/refunded as "we weren't quick enough to mark products as out of stock once sold out". OP updated post here to show chef's knives OOS at 6.44pm. Oh boy.