Good, sleek folder for a steak knife

[Jody744]

I use an Opinel #8 when I know I am going for steak. Sometimes a Case Hobo.

 

[number9]

My dad wanted something to use at his retirement community restaurant. I got him an Opinel garden knife. (He already had a #8) Easy in the pocket, stainless steel. Inexpensive, sharp.

 

[ZDHart]

I failed to realize this was for a folding steak knife or that it was for a restaurant. My bad about that. In my experience every steak house I have ever had the privilege to visit has provided the cutlery for me.

Biochemdawg... no problem man, I understand how easy it is to jump to comment.
I have no doubt that any even half-way decent restaurant that serves steak would provide a knife at least reasonably sufficient to tear through a steak. No worries about that on my part. (Though on the somewhat infrequent occasion where I might eat a steak at a restaurant, it's going to be at a relatively high-end steak house. I would still enjoy using my own nice knife!)

The point is, some of us "knife folks" would simply ENJOY using a wonderfully sharp plain-edge knife, of our own possession, to slice through a fine steak. Of course that's not a necessity... it's a just a glorious desire!

 

[ZDHart]

I got a Cold Steel "Lucky One" in the now defunct Pay-It-Forward thread and have been quite surprised by it. I've used it at dinner a few times and it performs quite well and looks great doing it!

The Lucky One is a nice looking little knife. Perhaps a bit shorter blade than I might prefer, but undoubtedly a knife quite well-suited to slicing steak and looking elegant while doing it.

 

[ZDHart]

My dad wanted something to use at his retirement community restaurant. I got him an Opinel garden knife. (He already had a #8) Easy in the pocket, stainless steel. Inexpensive, sharp.

Man, for $15 the Opinel #8 is an incredibly sensible choice for slicing meat at a restaurant! No doubt it can slice a steak as effectively as pretty much anything else, it looks good, and at $15.... sheesh! Total bargain and top-choice for anyone who wants to closely conserve their money.

Is the Opinel 8 a knife that almost every knife lover should have one of? If so, I'm remiss in that I don't have one.... yet.

 

[ZDHart]

Just ordered a Shun (just to have one) and also have a Crossbones as well as a Laguiole folder.

Any of them would be suited for use as a steak knife. The Crossbones would be the easiest to disassemble and clean. So, if it matters, that would be the one to choose for that purpose. Actually, if you prefer the Crossbones, I'd suggest using the Jumbones for that purpose instead.

Thank you for your LE service, by the way. I am very supportive of our LE community and appalled at how poorly they are often treated in today's insane culture.

 

[ZDHart]

Decision made, and thank you all for your input and suggestions!

I've got a Kai 5700 (purchased on Amazon Prime) arriving in a couple of days - just in time for a nice dinner out next week!

Kai 5700
(Kai Corporation of Seki City, Japan -for over 100 years- are the makers of Shun Cutlery.)