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Thought I'd post for anybody who is in a similar position to me. I was after a niceish knife, after getting a bit fed up of using an old battered robert welch chefs. I decided on a Japanese knife and thought I might enjoy learning all the maintenance that comes with it.
In the end I settled on a tojiro vg10 9' chefs off knivesforchefs.co.uk which seemed like the best value I could find and got a ice bear/king combo whetstone off axeminster. For a beginner like me both were great, the knife came out the box super duper slicey and the stones have been perfect for what I need.
Learning to sharpen was a bit daunting at first but there's a shed load of advice out there so wasn't as much of a problem as I thought. Friends and family have kitchen loads of blunt knives too which is ideal ground to practice on. All in all, both have made cooking much more fun, so if you're not sure have a go. Not a huge investment and really worth it.