Knifewear's Top 10 Kitchen Knives to Gift for Christmas 2024
Few will admit that gift-giving is the competition it actually is—family wargames centered on LED-flickering pines and buttresses of ribbon-wrapped parcels—surrender never an option, everyone desperate to rise above the shredded paper and tinsel to declare themselves Christmas champions. The people in your life all have the need to eat—and you know what changes cooking from a chore to a pastime? Great knives do. Therefore, everyone in your life can use a great knife this year and you will reign as Santa Claus Supreme.
Certain knives make better gifts than others; I have a few rules that I always follow when helping someone choose a knife for someone else:
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A gift needs to dazzle and impress. Make sure the knife looks cool and will appeal to the recipient. Wavy damascus, hammered tsuchime, or maybe an inky kurochi finish gets them riled up in the kitchen—just how we eat with our eyes first, a beautiful knife is going to get them stoked and inspired to cook.
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Don’t smash your bank account to bits on a gift. Get your pals the best you’re comfortable with—after all, they put up with all of your shenanigans. They’re worth it.
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Give a knife that’s easy to care for, especially if it’s their first one. Carbon steel is gonna patina and change colour with use and odds are that’s gonna stress someone out. Focus on stainless steel blades unless you’re buying for a self-declared knife nerd.
So what knives tick all of the above boxes? Luckily for you, like the kitchen elves we are, we cobbled together 2024’s Top Ten Knives to Gift at Christmas!