![]() The shorter the blade, the more you'll have to saw, but a long blade can also be unwieldy when maneuvering around bone. The knives tested in our review range in length from 8 to 12 inches. In fact, our top pick from the 13 knives we tested is stamped from high-carbon stainless steel, a type of stainless steel with a high carbon content that makes it harder and more durable. ![]() It used to be that forged knives were considered to be better quality, but those lines are beginning to blur. For this reason, forged knives are going to be more expensive than their stamped counterparts. Generally speaking, they tend to be lighter and less expensive, as they're less labor intensive to construct.įorged knives are made by heating and hammering a knife out of a single sheet of metal, which results in a harder knife that keeps its edge for longer. Stamped blades are literally stamped out of a large sheet of metal, like you would do with a cookie cutter on dough. Knives are constructed one of two ways: by either stamping or forging. They tend to be harder, less flexible, and retain their edge better than their Western counterparts.
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