The Best High Carbon Steel Kitchen Knife Sets From Chicago Cutlery
Buying the best kitchen knife set for your requirements can be difficult if you are not aware of the various qualities you should look for. One can easily trundle around stores and markets seeing knife sets with descriptions about this and that and come to the conclusion they are all pretty much the same. This isn’t necessarily true and one of my favourite sets which highlight the great differences between these products is the Chicago Cutlery knife set.
The knives in a set like this one all have blades made from high-carbon stainless steel. This means the blade has been solidified using carbon elements ranging from between 0.6 and 1% of the total mass. What this also does is add tensile strength and makes the knife much more easier to use when cutting through foodstuffs. In turn this reduces any muscle stress caused by cutting and prevents injury from over-exertion.
The added carbon in a set like the Chicago Cutlery knife collection also increases the durability of the knives thus increasing their lifespan. Each knife, being made of stainless steel, also contains around 10% of chromium (Cr) which provides the non-stain quality which makes stainless steel products so popular. One negative of high-carbon steel knives is the extra propensity for the blades to corrode. However, this can be rectified with regular oiling using ordinary olive oil and by making sure the cutlery is dry before being placed back in the maple wood block.
Another rather unique element, found in the Fusion 18-piece Kitchen Knife Set in particular, is the taper grind edge technology. This basically means each blade has been formed from a single sheet of steel and is thus thinner, but still as strong, if not stronger, than regular blades. These blades extend right into the handles and are fixed with ultra-strong rivets. The poly-grip handles add grip and comfort to the act of cutting and are also designed to look great in the kitchen interior when stored in their attractive maple wood block.
Edward Beaman-Hodgkiss is a trained Home Interior Designer and has years of experience dealing with items in the home ranging from furniture and decorative accents to color schemes and kitchen cutlery. You can discover more about the cutlery mentioned on this page on his website found here Chicago Cutlery knives.
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