Often Japanese kitchen knives are a luxury. They can be very expensive. If you don’t have that kind of budget, you might want to consider Mac Knives. Like your local supermarkets, they have value products but they still come with some good quality. Mac is obviously the value choice for Japanese Knives.
Often, they got the buzz a lot because they offer great knives at a reasonable price. You might be thinking how much does this Mac thing differs from say a Misono or a Global. Not really much of a difference performance wise.
According to About.com some of the famous chefs such as Charlie Trotter, Thomas Keller, Hubert Keller and Nobu Matsuhisa recommended Mac knives. Mac is an American company and produces sharp knives, as sharp as other well known brands. The sharpness is a result of material they use in making the blades which are high carbon chrome molybdenum with vanadium.
Aesthetically speaking, they are like the average Joes with fat bank accounts. They don’t look that great, but they are a powerhouse in the kitchen. It’s always not a good experience when chopping hard veggies, your knives just doesn’t seem to work well. But Mac’s can do the job very good indeed and you can expect less resistant when cutting your carrots.
I personally recommend these MAC knives:
MAC Knives Santoku 6-1/2-Inch
MAC Knives Santoku 6-1/2-Inch
For roughly half the price of a Shun Santoku, this MAC Santoku has a narrow and sharp blade for expert slicing and dicing. Talk about a bargain! Well, obviously this doesn’t have the lifetime warranty or sleek outer appearance of a Shun, but it does have the quality to last you a long time. Remember, this is a Santoku, so for your boning and filleting, get a Deba!
MAC MTH-80 Chef’s Knife with Dimples
MAC MTH-80 Chef's Knife with Dimples
It is said that knives with dimples cut better than the standard style. If you like the sound of that you might want to get yourself this Mac’s Mighty Chef knives which come with dimples. I haven’t used this myself, but my friend who collects MAC knives positively loves this one, and the Amazon user reviews sure agree with him.
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