Serrated Knives - Cooks Illustrated 03/02/11 1:11 PM Online Gift Membership Search All Magazine Subscription Magazine Gift Subscription OVERVIEW METHODOLOGY RESULTS CHART BROWSE EQUIPMENT REVIEWS SERRATED KNIVES Published March 1, 2008. From Cook's Illustrated. Add to My Favorites Do you really need a bread knife, a tomato knife, a sandwich knife, and a cake Print Read Current Issue splitter? We wanted one all-purpose serrated knife. Browse Previous Issues Email Welcome Logout MY FAVORITES View My Recipes View My Menus View My Videos Manage My Favorites My Favorites Info PRODUCT TESTED BREAD & CLUB CAKE STICKY PRICE* My Account TOMATOES SANDWICH DOUGH Bulletin Board Free Newsletter HIGHLY RECOMMENDED Connect Wüsthof Classic Bread Knife, 10 inches ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ $89.95 with us Well-balanced knife with deeply tapered pointed serrations handled every task with exceptional ease and control, even for our left-handed tester. Not as good for large hands. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED Victorinox (formerly Victorinox Forschner) 10 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ $24.95 1/4-Inch Curved Blade Bread Knife, Black Fibrox Handle Comfortable, sharp blade and pointed serrations performed almost as well as our top knife, struggling a tad more with crusty bread. Taller blade was easier on large-handed testers. Good for lefties. RECOMMENDED Viking 10-inch Serrated Slicer ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ $108.00 Lethally sharp forged blade with deeply tapered pointed serrations was easy to control during delicate tasks. Feels (and is) expensive and isn't good for lefties or cooks with large hands. RECOMMENDED WITH RESERVATIONS Victorinox (formerly Victorinox Forschner) 14- ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ $30.95 inch Bread/Serrated Slicing Knife, Black Fibrox Handle Extra-long blade excelled at tackling a large, crusty http://www.cooksillustrated.com/equipment/results.asp?docid=12388 Page 1 of 3 Serrated Knives - Cooks Illustrated 03/02/11 1:11 PM loaf and splitting a cake round. But its length kept us poking at the back of the kitchen counter when cutting smaller foods such as tomatoes. RECOMMENDED WITH RESERVATIONS MAC Bread/Roast Knife, Superior Series, 10 1/2 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ $59.95 inches Comfortable, fairly lightweight, sharp knife, but scallop-shaped serrations slid over bread crust and tomato skin for several strokes before biting in. But for its rounded edges, it would be a winner. RECOMMENDED WITH RESERVATIONS F. Dick Utility Serrated Edge Knife, 1905 Series, ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ $64.95 10 Inches Thick, forged knife weighed nearly twice as much as the top-rated knives. It glided through bread but was described as feeling "like an ax" cutting a tomato or splitting a cake. RECOMMENDED WITH RESERVATIONS Global 10-Inch Bread Knife, Serrated ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ $124.95 Priciest knife in the lineup looks and feels like a chef's knife with serrations. The alleged 10-inch blade is only 9 1/2 inches. Acceptable, but not stellar, performance. NOT RECOMMENDED Warther Serrated Knife, 9-Inch ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ $54.50 Saw-toothed serrations and too-short blade (just 8 3/4 inches) were not up to tackling big bread loaves or cake rounds. Praised for paper-thin slices of tomato. NOT RECOMMENDED Messermeister 10-Inch Park Plaza ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ $34.95 Bread/Serrated Slicing Knife An odd mix of wavy, pointed, and rounded serrations lacked bite and held this knife back, particularly when trying to slice through thick, leathery bread crust. NOT RECOMMENDED LamsonSharp Forged Offset Bread Knife with ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ $91.99 Ebony Handle, 9 inches While this knife felt solidly built, its blade was too short and its pointed serrations too tiny, making it struggle through both hard bread and sticky dough. NOT RECOMMENDED Ergo Chef 9-inch Pro-Series Offset Serrated ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ $82.99 Bread/Multi-Purpose Knife This knife's downward-tilting handle unnerved testers. Ranked last for slicing bread: Too short- http://www.cooksillustrated.com/equipment/results.asp?docid=12388 Page 2 of 3 Serrated Knives - Cooks Illustrated 03/02/11 1:11 PM bladed and offset heel got trapped inside the loaf. Uncomfortable held sideways to halve a cake layer. NOT RECOMMENDED LamsonSharp 10-Inch Wave Edge Curved Bread ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ $27.00 Knife Like a caricature of our favorite models, this knife was called "overly curved and overly pointed." It snagged and tore the soft sticky-bun dough, chewed up toast, and made a disheveled club sandwich. *Prices subject to change. Contact Us Media Contact About Us Join Our Website Magazine Subscriptions News & Events Jobs Recipes Web Customer Service Magazine Customer Service Privacy Policy Re-Use Policy Site Map © 2011 America's Test Kitchen. All rights reserved. http://www.cooksillustrated.com/equipment/results.asp?docid=12388 Page 3 of 3.