Member Reviews: Global 7-Inch Vegetable Knife

Great all round knive, hard steel takes a while to get a new edge on, but keeps it once it's there. Made for vegetables but good for almost anything. I love this knife and use it every day in the commercial kitchen. My mother liked it so much when I took it over for Sunday lunch I had to give it to her so now I own another one. I have big hands so it hurts after a couple hours of hard chopping because where the handle joins the blade it's bare steel. But that's nothing to put you off.... if you need a great all-round kitchen knive this Global is a beauty. Highly recommended. 

The knife I am most comfortable with and use the most is an 18 cm Global vegetable knife. It has a solid feel and a grip that is comfortable to my large hands.Unlike many stylized grips, it is also ambidextrous, which allows me to cut with the hand that is most convenient rather than being designed to only be comfortable in the right hand. This knife holds an edge well and since I tend to touch-up the edges on my knives regularly, I have only had to truly sharpen this knife once since buying it in 2001.The 15 degree edge that is delivered with Global knives means that they will deliver precise, thin cuts like few other knives in it's class. In the years of use I...