pltrgyst writes:
>
>On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 16:40:37 GMT, The Wolf >
>wrote:

>>> One 3.5" paring knife, one 8" chef's, boning knife and a slicer.

Actually I wrote that.
>>
>>
>>Go for the 10" chef.
>
>Not unless you have big hands or clearly prefer the 10-inch. Bigger is
>not necessarily better, especially when it's going to be the workhorse
>of all trades (to mix some metaphors).

Also if someone else presumably smaller than than the OP (i.e., da putative
missus) will be using the knife, you'll get more work out of her if she isn't
flailing around with an oversize-for-her knife.

Best,

Marc