If you don't love the blade you're currently wielding, keep reading to learn more about our hand-tested picks for the best chef's knives in 2025.

This 69%-off knife block set has 21 pieces, including an 8-inch bread knife, 7-inch santoku knife, and more. One reviewer ...

This stainless steel knife set is a colossal 72% off, bringing these quality knives down to a mere $7 apiece. Each knife in ...

While you can get away with making sushi using a basic chef's knife, this traditional sword-like tool for slicing raw fish ...

Together, we made 5 hand forged knives each called a Kiridashi. Each Knife is made from a piece of recycled leaf spring that was salvaged from the local swap meet here in Joshua Tree, CA.

Indeed, I have an entire guide dedicated to just chef’s knives ... instead of forged (made from a single bar of steel that is heated and then pounded into shape either by hand or machine).

TL;DR: The Seido Japanese Master Chef’s 8-Piece Knife Set combines high-carbon stainless steel, razor-sharp precision, and ...

Cutting performance: Based on food-cutting tests using the chef's, slicing, utility, paring, and santoku (when available) knives. Handle comfort: Panelists (hand sizes from small to large ...

This Chef’s Knife delivers an 8-inch, Western-style profile ... Like all of Humphrey’s knives, the Minuteman is hand-forged with techniques that have been around for centuries, which lends each ...

Cutting performance: Based on food-cutting tests using the chef's, slicing, utility, paring, and santoku (when available) knives. Handle comfort: Panelists (hand sizes from small to large ...

Where a chef's knife is like an extension of your hand, a paring knife is more like an extension of your finger. "And then the third knife that you absolutely need is a serrated knife or a bread ...