Now over 100 years old, Farberware produces a large inventory of kitchen gadgets and accessories ranging from home appliances to barware to barbecue accessories. One of its quality made product lines is its cutlery collections, which consist of five series. Based on information from its website, these five consist of the Farberware Millennium, the Stainless Soft Grip, the Farberware Classic Series, the Farberware Professional and the Farberware kitchen knife sets, all of which feature non-slip handles.
The Millennium series features stainless steel handles as well as fine-edged blades which are advertized as dishwasher-safe, making them more user-friendly than most high-priced knives. The Stainless Soft Grip series includes the same features found on the Millennium series aside from the detail that hand washing is recommended. The Professional Series includes the same attributes as the other series as well as the fact that these handles have three rivets to add durability and strength.
The Classic Series and the Ultraedge Pro Series of the Farberware kitchen knife set apparently need no blade sharpening due to their high-carbon stainless steel blades, which are admittedly the best selling compositions for cutlery recently. Throw in their non-slip handles constructed from polypropylene, and Faberware makes a great product. One small item that you want to remember, apparently, is which Faberware knife set calls for hand washing instead of dishwasher cleaning.
Well, if you might be the type who never washes knives right when you use them, but would rather put them into a dishwasher, the Farberware Millenium series would be ideal for you. Remember, though, you will want to keep in mind that even the highest grade steel will rust after many washings with the chemicals used in your dishwasher.
Furthermore, several of the Farberware knives are constructed using high-carbon stainless steel, which has proven to be highly-resistant to stains and rust. Although that sort of blade is not as easy to sharpen as usual stainless steel knives, the supposed “no need for sharpening” feature easily offsets it.
The Cuisinart blades are always forged, not cold rolled, which results in properly balanced knives that lay light in your hands but heavy on the food being cut. Of course, these qualities are present with most forged knives, so there’s nothing there to get excited about.
Additionally, if you are one who wants to enjoy matching utensils but misplaces them regularly, you might be happy to hear that the components of any Faberware knife set may be replaced from any cookware store across the country. Don’t forget, Farberware is almost everywhere!
The somewhat thin handles of nearly all knives in a Faberware knife set might be an issue for those with large hands. Although the blades work satisfactorily most of the time, keeping a solid grip on the handles might be difficult, particularly when your hands are wet.
On the negative side of the “no need for sharpening” characteristic, this might be relevant only to subsequent uses, as you still need to sharpen Faberware knives right out of the store. Once they’re sharpened, you can simply carry out maintenance to keep your knives as properly as possible. (For the most part, the “no need for sharpening” claim is just a marketing gimmick)
The final verdict concerning a Faberware kitchen knife set: It’s an average product that may be bought for an average price. When you do more complicated kitchen jobs, you may as well invest more money to get the proper kind of knives. For daily jobs in the home, a Farberware kitchen knife will perform just fine.
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November 20, 2010 | Posted by 
Categories: Knife Set Reviews | 
Tags: dishwasher, durability, farberware, lifetime, tang, utility knife | 
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