I'm a sucker for splurging on a shiny new kitchen knife. As any keen home cook will know, you can immediately notice the difference when you chop something for the first time with a new blade – the one you were using before simply seems diminished in comparison.
That's exactly the experience I had with my new favourite chef's knife, the HexClad Damascus Steel 18cm Santoku Knife (£89 at HexClad). With its gorgeous forest green handle and robust design (made from an incredible 67 layers of Japanese forged steel), it's not left my hand in the last few weeks I've been using it in my kitchen.
