This should really be in the optics forum, where the answer would be easy. The price of the knives that you purchase should exceed the price of your cooking appliances.
That's too funny 5 !
My cheap Chinese kitchen knives with black thermo set plastic handles are tough steel, take a nice edge and are easy enough to keep sharp.
I'm really impressed with the performance of many of the inexpensive Chinese stainless knife blades sold these days.
For 50 dollars or so, you can buy nice set of kitchen knives if you know what to look for.
