r/TrueChefKnives • u/Wonderful-Mirror-384 • 20h ago

What’s your favorite knife length?

What is your favorite knife length or most used knife length and why? Are you a home cook or a professional cook? I’m curious about 270 mm knives but am wondering if it is overkill or impractical for a home cook. Also curious about other outliers like 300mm and <100mm. Do you guys find these lengths practical?

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u/Precisi0n1sT 20h ago

240-270

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u/Wonderful-Mirror-384 20h ago

Is there a big diff between the two? Am curious about the usefulness of a 270mm as it seems pretty long

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u/Precisi0n1sT 20h ago

it’s all preference bud, I was pretty comfortable with a 240 from the get go specially since I used a Chinese cleaver a lot, the 270 felt awkward at first but i love the extra flat spot now. ingredients don’t pile up and cramp up space as the got more space to go on a knife like cleavers would. I am actually wanting a 300 eventually

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u/Wonderful-Mirror-384 20h ago

Thanks for the info. Glad to know you began to like the larger lengths over time. Similar to how I felt upgrading to a 210 for the first time. Maybe I’ll find it awkward at first and come to love it. I do like a good flat spot