Kitchen knives??

[Dewi]

Valyrian steel is the way to go.
http://gameofthrones.wikia.com/wiki/Valyrian_steel

Excellent, have you got a link for a UK supplier...

I managed to get some Valyrian steel knives earlier this year but had to go via Dorne and cross the Narrow Sea for them. Not cheap when you take into account the ferry fare

 

[PerryGunn]

Valyrian steel is the way to go.
http://gameofthrones.wikia.com/wiki/Valyrian_steel

Excellent, have you got a link for a UK supplier...

I managed to get some Valyrian steel knives earlier this year but had to go via Dorne and cross the Narrow Sea for them. Not cheap when you take into account the ferry fare

And I bet you got ripped off for dragon insurance...?

 

[tertius]

Couple of thoughts:

1. the Sabatier name is a franchise - there are sh1t ones and good ones out there, they aren't all the same so buy carefully

2. sharpening - you really need two stones to sharpen properly - a "coarse" one and a "fine" one; I use Japanese "Ice Bear" stones which are great but it takes time and practice to sharpen knives properly

3. always, always wash by hand

4. Kuhn Rikon are absolutely amazingly good value kitchen knives but rather light - always worth having a couple of the smaller ones for peeling, small slicing, etc.

5. Tojiro Senkou make a pretty good damascus steel knife for a fair price

6. If you are prepared to wait and would like something really special consider having something made for you. There are an absolute ton of wonderful knife makers out there. I had these two made a couple of years ago:

 

[DumfriesDik]

Some great knives on here and I love those Tertius, they look amazing and it is something I would love to buy.

I was at the Gretna Gateway outlet and in the ProCook shop they had a set of three ceramic knives for less than £70 so I bought a set. They are very light, almost too light, but they are, as you would expect from a new knife, very sharp.

I am also looking at getting a whetstone and practising on my older knives before something nice like those above come along.

 

[DumfriesDik]

I have my whetstone and it really makes a huge difference on metal knives. But look what I managed to bag the other day, a Blok paring knife:

 

[markeg]

+1 on avoid the dishwasher. Best knife I have ever owned is a Korin Deba (Japanese knife) - link. Absolutely brilliant knife, but difficult to purchase in the UK. They cost around £200 upwards for each knife.

You're best setting a budget for the set that you want, before looking around.