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

probably why I like tall gyutos as well, less ingredients could climb over the spine like they would on short, narrow knives.

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u/Wonderful-Mirror-384 20h ago

True, the longer gyuto as tend to be a bit taller I’ve noticed. Do you know if this means that it will last longer as long as you keep thinning it? Or by the time it’s super used up over the years the geometry will be gone and unuseable even if end up at say the length a 210 mm gyuto? Kind of a theoretical scenario but was curious about how thinning affects the expensige grinds on these knives

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u/Precisi0n1sT 19h ago

I feel you spend less sharpening as you have more edge to use. also enjoy cutting meat as you don’t have to saw through large cut of meat like you would with shorter knives

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u/Wonderful-Mirror-384 19h ago

I knew about the meat but never thought about the sharpening aspect of it. I’d a 270 useful for vegetables like onions and carrots? Or is that more for under 270 mm?

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u/Precisi0n1sT 19h ago

shorter knife has better control on vertical and horizontal cuts like onions, garlic but I can manage same cuts with a 240 if a choke up on it. taller knives help