I have a real mixed bag of Victorinox, Henkles and Ontario and others - but the one that surprised me is an 8” branded Ikea that I bought (used) in a thrift shop for $2 because ‘it looked good’. Boy, is it good! With a few swipes on a steel every now and then, it just keeps on cutting like a razor blade.
Those old Ontario’s with the hammered blades and wooden handles were cheap 40 years ago in McLeod’s and Marshall Wells hardware stores, but they still perform better than 90% of what’s available today. It’s not hard to get them extremely sharp, and it takes little effort to keep them that way.
Another brand I never pass up if I find a used one is Grohmann. Their butcher knives are excellent and their bread knife is the only one I’ve found that will cut warm, fresh home made bread nice and straight every time.
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