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.
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