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.

A chef's knife is what you've seen in books. The most classic looking knife. and both of them are fundamentally so different.

We tested more than a dozen chef's knives under $100 and found a few that sliced thinner than all the rest.

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