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How much money shouldcan I spend on my first good knivebest select a knife to purchase for learning how to sharpen?

I want to buy a good all-purpose Chef's kniveknife and also sharpen it myself. But I have no experience sharpening with a waterstone so I'm a little afraid of spending much money and then ruining the kniveknife. What is the most basic type of knife in terms of materials and style which would allow me to effectively practice sharpening?

How much money should I spend on my first good knive?

I want to buy a good all-purpose Chef's knive and also sharpen it myself. But I have no experience sharpening with a waterstone so I'm a little afraid of spending much money and then ruining the knive. What is the most basic type of knife in terms of materials and style would allow me to effectively practice sharpening?

How can I best select a knife to purchase for learning how to sharpen?

I want to buy a good all-purpose Chef's knife and also sharpen it myself. But I have no experience sharpening with a waterstone so I'm a little afraid of spending much money and then ruining the knife. What is the most basic type of knife in terms of materials and style which would allow me to effectively practice sharpening?

Edited to remove the localized / time varying price issue and focus on type of knife
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I want to buy a good all-purpose Chef's knive and also sharpen it myself. But I have no experience sharpening with a waterstone so I'm a little afraid of spending much money and then ruining the knive. Therefore I'd like some advice on whatWhat is the chances aremost basic type of ruining a knive with a waterstoneknife in terms of materials and on how much money I should spend. Please note that I do planstyle would allow me to practise myeffectively practice sharpening technique on a cheap knive until I'm reasonably satisfied that I know what I'm doing.?

I want to buy a good all-purpose Chef's knive and also sharpen it myself. But I have no experience sharpening with a waterstone so I'm a little afraid of spending much money and then ruining the knive. Therefore I'd like some advice on what the chances are of ruining a knive with a waterstone and on how much money I should spend. Please note that I do plan to practise my sharpening technique on a cheap knive until I'm reasonably satisfied that I know what I'm doing.

I want to buy a good all-purpose Chef's knive and also sharpen it myself. But I have no experience sharpening with a waterstone so I'm a little afraid of spending much money and then ruining the knive. What is the most basic type of knife in terms of materials and style would allow me to effectively practice sharpening?

Post Closed as "too localized" by hobodave
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How much money should I spend on my first good knive?

I want to buy a good all-purpose Chef's knive and also sharpen it myself. But I have no experience sharpening with a waterstone so I'm a little afraid of spending much money and then ruining the knive. Therefore I'd like some advice on what the chances are of ruining a knive with a waterstone and on how much money I should spend. Please note that I do plan to practise my sharpening technique on a cheap knive until I'm reasonably satisfied that I know what I'm doing.