Plus! Find out which Hast knife we use for each task
For a couple of years now, we’ve been talking about our love for Hast knives. The transition from cheap knives to a quality – but lightweight – workhorse knife was a revelation for us. And every time it comes up, we get the questions about which specific knives we recommend.
So we decided to break it down for you.
The core 4-piece knife set includes four knives and we’ll focus on those:
Simple. It slices bread, bagels, challah etc smoothly and without snagging at all. (We don’t recommend this one for sourdough but we have a different favorite for that.)
Use this one for precise control of smaller items. Peeling a small fruit, cutting the eyes out of potatoes, cutting the greens of strawberries – this small knife can be held closely for those tasks you do in your hand, rather than on a cutting board.
This is the one you’ll be using to slice an apple,
open an avocado or two,
score a pomegranate.
Think of it this way – if you’d do this little cutting task on a plate rather than a cutting board, chances are this knife is the one you’ll pull out.
This is it. The big kahuna. The workhorse. It’ll cut into a sweet potato, tackle the rind of a watermelon
or a pineapple and dice a beautiful fruit salad. When you’re preparing lots at a time, this will be the knife you’re using 95% of the time. (There is a smaller 6.3” chef knife available for those who feel like 8” is too big. But, really, it’s not. You just have to get used to it.)
Besides the functionality of these knives, you gotta admit they’re gorgeous. The one-piece design is super modern and sleek looking. Want to level up? The somewhat pricier Edition Series versions of these same knives come in gold and black, too!
And have you seen the boxes these knives are packaged in?
Kind of Apple-like and oh-so-giftable! Hostess gift, even the one that “has everything“? Housewarming? Rosh Hashanah?
Hast Knife sets (4-piece or 7-piece) are 20% off with code BCP20 and 15% off sitewide with code BCP15.
Ty for the post! Which one would you use to slice raw salmon?
The Chefs knife or the utility knife both would work great
These look great! They all seem straight (vs serrated) except the bread knife. Do you find those “slippery”?
Not at all. You dont need a serrated knife even when slicing tomatoes, if using Hast
What I want to know about is sharpening! Do you find you need to sharpen these knives after a few months?
The first time I felt a need to sharpen my Hast Chefs knife was after 2 years of constant use..
Cool how did you do it?
The 25OFFCNCY you mentioned at the top of the post isn’t working. Are there specific requirements?
It’s not working for me either keeping my eye out for response. Thanks so much!
It should be working properly now.
I think there is a minimum but I don’t know exactly how much bc it worked for 2 knives
We reached out to Hast and are waiting for a response. We’ll update as soon as we can. Right now the code is working on two or more knives.
i love this brand knife i bought a large one that i use to slice meats from a prior post. I am lookign for the paring knife- your link https://shrsl.com/4oksk; is out of stock the one for $49
do you know if they are getting it back in?
Hi, I love all your content and recommendations in general. However, I got a chef knife a while ago when you first recommended it, looking forward to using it to cut some hard to slice items. But, I cannot cut a sweet potato with it and never was able to (I commented this on an old post). I’m just wondering if I’m doing something wrong- maybe I dont have the knife skills? or I got a lemon. I use my icel large serrated knife and it works much better for me. Would love an explanation of what I may be doing wrong.
I am waiting for a response to this comment, I saw it on the last post, and not going to think of buying a knife if it can’t cut sweet potato…
Anyone else have this problem?
Also do you use a honing steel often or it just stays sharp?
waiting for a response as well
specifically need a knife that cuts through sweet potato
Is hast a Jewish brand? If not, how did u get a bc code
What’s a good knife for cutting challa dough?
To divide raw challah dough I use my bench scraper. Mine is actually a plastic freebie that Kerekes/bake deco store one gave out, but it world’s really well. I find it hard to clean raw dough off a knife.
Hi! Woukd love to try this knife. What’s the difference between the utility knife in the selection series and edition series? Thank you!
Great knives, I got this set and I’m loving it. I am wondering how you store them so they don’t get dull? They don’t come with a holder or stand etc.
What blade protector did you have on the stories this week?
Do you reccomend getting the knife sharpener? And is the 8inch knife good for slicing meat?
Just saying my round tip Victorinox serrated knife cuts sweet potato beautifully.