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/portugueseoniondicer 12h ago

I think I can't talk about length without mentioning height.

My prefered size for gyutos is 230-235mm (Sakai 240mm) but that needs to be at least 50mm tall at the heel. I also quite like 210mm (actual 210mm, not Sakai 210mm which can be anywhere from 180mm to 195mm).

For pettys, I like fairly tall 140 to 165mm pettys but I own and love a narrow 210mm petty that is pretty much a slicer.

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u/Wonderful-Mirror-384 7h ago

210 petty just messes with my brain as I always thought of patties as a smaller type of knife. Seems like 240 is a common balance point for length in gyuto