[Urbane Guerrilla]

UT, it's my income, yeah. I keep the details private. I'd happily fix you up with some Cutco, inasmuch as I know you eat solid food!

Henckels works if you keep maintaining it, as their RC hardness runs about 49-50. You need to sharpen it much more often than Cutco, which goes Rc 55-57. The fancy edge (the DD edge) for all practical purposes won't go dull for years unless you're whittling trees down with your kitchen knives. (Hint: chainsaws mo' better)

Wüsthof is good quality too, and their blade design is improved of late. I tried my MIL's chef-knife from them some years ago; it seemed reluctant to get into the work for all its good balance and hand-feel, which I attributed to a very thick spine: the blade cross section was extremely wedgy and the edge was a wedge grind rather than a hollow grind. They seem to have slimmed 'em down a good bit now, which was exactly what they needed. Maw In Law's knife was built like a bayonet. Helluva tool for a slasher movie.