NKD, and first decent knife!
Just started cooking again after getting absolutely sick of 28 years of IT, never had anything better than £20 knives in any kitchen I've worked in and decided the time has come, now I've totally got my eye on a few more already! After deciding I didn't want a Gyuto first I settled on this Ohishi SLD Santoku, I'm hoping it's gonna be fairly easy to look after, I only prep salad stuff and a few veggies and very occasionally a bit of poultry but no butchery. It was fairly sharp out of the box but toothy, a bit of time on the strop and it shaves easily, I've been trying to find a hair to see if it whittles but I'm bald AF and the wife is out!
I like more rustic knives and would probably like something hand forged next time, what would you guys like in the £300-£400 range?