A good chef’s knife is arguably the most important tool in a home cook’s arsenal. While there are a whole bunch of specialized knives designed for specific tasks, if you have only one knife in your ...

A good chef’s knife is a central player in your kitchen lineup. Most chefs will tell you that you should have a Western blade for methodical chopping and a Japanese-style knife for more delicate prep.

Certified kitchen knife nerd Scott Heimendinger used a robot arm on multiple chef’s knives to collect 100,000 data points about which blades cut most efficiently. He’s ranked them from best to worst.