Wusthof Culinar

The Wusthof Culinar knife set looks as if it was forged from a single piece of high carbon stainless steel, unlike its cousin from the Wusthof Classic range which carries a black handle. This is true of the blade, bolster and a full-length tang although the handle is in fact attached separately, it too is made from stainless steel.

The shaped handle makes it ideal for any hand size. Unlike the Wusthof Grand Prix or Classic handles the Wusthof Culinar handle has a gently curved top edge which means smaller hands have an easier time of ensuring a firm grip.

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They are exceptionally balanced knives due to the fact that blades and bolsters are not quite as thick as some knives.

One of the best sets it makes sense to start with when beginning your adventures in the kitchen is the Wusthof Culinar Three-Piece starter set. This set comprises of an 8 inch cook’s knife, a 6 inch sandwich knife and a 3 1/2 inch paring knife.

• The 8 inch cooks knife is used for chopping and many mincing jobs. Wusthof offer four sizes of cooks knives, five, six, eight, and 10 inches. The 8 inch knife is the best overall knife to choose from most home kitchen tasks.
• The 6 inch sandwich knife is a slicing utensil.
• The 3 1/2 inch paring knife is used on fruits and vegetables.

Perhaps the one knife to add to this set would be the Wusthof 9 inch bread knife.

For those that want to buy all their knives in one hit in the Wusthof Culinar 10 piece knife Block set could be the answer. The 10th piece is made up of the maple block holding the knives; so you don’t in fact get 10 knives for your money.

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This set includes the three pieces from the starter set above plus, in no particular order

• 8 inch carving knife
• 8 inch bread knife
• 5 inch Salami knife
• 4 1/2 inch utility knife
• 5 inch boning knife
• 9 inch sharpening steel
• A 9 slot maple block

A word of warning for all of these Wusthof knives is that dishwashers will damage them. Take the time to hand wash them and you will never have to use the Wusthof lifetime warranty.

The Culinar range doesn’t stop here however. The Wusthof Ultimate Culinar Knife Block Set comprises of 26 pieces and will cost you the best part of $1800. A hefty price tag. You’d pretty much want to be considering a professional career in the kitchen before you go splashing out on this set.

Go here to read more on the Wusthof Culinar 8-Inch Cook’s Knife or to read our Wusthof Santoku review go here.