A knife for fish?

[zuludog]

I fancy doing more fish cookery, and have been watching a lot of videos on YouTube

Most people seem to use rather expensive looking Japanese knives. Is there any advantage to this? Or should I just get my western style chef's knife as sharp as possible?

I suppose there's more than a bit of 'man thing' to this - I don't need a very expensive knife, I just want one!

 

[toddhicks209]

Go for what you want. Experiment to see what's best too.

 

[Morning Glory]

Depends what you are intending to do with the knife, I would think. If you are going to fillet fish then a flexible filleting knife is useful. They are long and thin. I'm not sure that you really need many knives for fish - I mean, apart from scaling and filleting, what would you use them for?

 

[sidevalve]

I suppose there's more than a bit of 'man thing' to this - I don't need a very expensive knife, I just want one!

We all like gadgets - man woman and child but I suspect that after a while you might just find yourself going back to the simple sharp knife.

Go for what you want. Experiment to see what's best too.

+1 there.

 

[classic33]

I fancy doing more fish cookery, and have been watching a lot of videos on YouTube

Most people seem to use rather expensive looking Japanese knives. Is there any advantage to this? Or should I just get my western style chef's knife as sharp as possible?

I suppose there's more than a bit of 'man thing' to this - I don't need a very expensive knife, I just want one!

 

[classic33]

Other than an expensive knife, I'd keep the knives as sharp as possible.

 

[Morning Glory]

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Sexy - and expensive!