Heckels 4-star. Vastly superior handle to the Wusthof, an equally great blade geometry and steel. My 25+ year-old daily use 8" chefs knife still passes the shredding newspaper test, and has only been steeled, never sharpened. Of late they have innovated with more Asian-influenced designs, like the ‘Rocking Santoku’…

Heckels 4-star. Vastly superior handle to the Wusthof, an equally great blade geometry and steel. My 25+ year-old…