Customer Reviews for Global G-2 - 8 inch, 20cm Chef's Knife

Global G-2 - 8 inch, 20cm Chef's Knife
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Global G-2 - 8 inch, 20cm Chef's Knife

Customer Review: Global... is it right for you?
Summary: 5 Stars

So... you want to buy a nice knife for the kitchen, but aren't quite sure what's best? The truth is, there is no "best" knife as everyone hopes for. The idea is finding a knife that feels right in your hand, is sharp, stays sharp, and is easy to re-sharpen and hone.

If you're looking for a heavy knife that uses its own weight to crush through everything in its path, keep looking. Global knives are extremely light. That's the number one complaint I hear from my coworkers as to what they don't like about my knife. But the blade of this knife is very thin and holds an edge better than any other knife I've seen. So when I'm cutting an entire five gallon bucket of carrots for crudités, the knife glides right through the last carrot as smoothly and evenly as it did the first carrot. I rarely ever sharpen this knife, and I use my honing steel once a day at the beginning of my 10-12 hour shift. And despite this, everyone who touches my knife is always amazed by how sharp the blade is. For me, low maintenance is a blessing. Who doesn't love that?

The second complaint I hear a lot is the grip. Many firmly believe that the stylish metal grip becomes slippery when wet or combined with a little grease or fat from the food that is being cut. Sure, that's true. But first off, what knife handle doesn't get slippery when fat or grease is involved. That's what fat and grease does. It makes things slippery. Second, your knife hand should be holding the knife, not the food. If you put the knife down to handle the food, you should be washing your hands. Now dry them off and there's no worries, right? That complaint never made any sense to me.

My best recommendation to anyone looking for a good knife is that you first go somewhere that allows you to take a few different knives for a "test drive". Just chop a few things and see how it feels in your hand. If you live in a place where that is out of the question, then just keep in mind what qualities best fit your needs, and I wish you the best of luck with your selection. If this is the knife you choose, I know you won't be disappointed.

Customer Review: Globals are so good it hurts.
Summary: 5 Stars

My Globals are so good it hurts my heart to know that there goes another few minutes off of their lifes with each use. Even if the edge stays for fifty years, I am still going to be as frugal with their usage as I am now. I used to use my 8" chef knife for everything: chopping onions, slicing and dicing tomatoes, any veggie for that matter, and all the way to trimming and filleting meats from beef to ahi. On that note this knife maintains it's edge for years with proper sharpening. All I use are my diamond and ceramic rods.

I started getting paranoid about the edge so I bought a few other Globals so that I could have a few to pick and choose from. Now I have vegetable knives, serrated's, paring, and chef's knives. All of which I love. I could scale eveything back to the chef knife, but why.

Anyway, to the main point to all of this is the 8" chef knife is the best universal knife I have ever used. The handle is thinner than most German knives so you may have to change your grip. The way the knife is designed is for the person to learn smooth accurate cuts combined with speed. A highly technical knife.

Make sure your arsenal is full and ready for war.

Customer Review: Good Balance, easy to sharpen, ugly as sin.
Summary: 5 Stars

I originally bought this knife because one of the chefs at the restaurant I work at had one. I picked it up one day and the lightness and balance blew my mind. A couple weeks later I bought my own as well as a ceramic water sharpener.

I have no idea what that other guy must be doing to his knife but my blade sharpens very easily and stays sharp for months as long as you don't abuse it. By far my favorite knife that I have used.

One warning though: if you are going to do a large amount of chopping (like say you're a prep cook or you make Thanksgiving-like dinners twice a month) then the angled shape of the back of the blade may rub the side of your knife-hand index finger the wrong way. I cook fairly elaborate meals almost everyday and have only been irritated by the shape a few times under heavy chopping regimes but it is something to consider.

Overall I couldn't love this knife more. It's the most important kitchen tool I have ever owned.

Customer Review: Good choice
Summary: 5 Stars

I bought this as a gift for my son, so asked him what he thought. He replied 'oh, it's wonderful. cuts veggies like I've never seen before. not great on big chunks of meat, but I suspect there are specific knives for that. and it looks great too! I'm really very happy with it.' There you go.