Recommend me a chef's knife

I've decided to ditch my ikea chef knife for something better. I've done some googling but as usual it's all contradicting and payed for, so wonder if anyone here can recommend something decent? Happy to pay a fair bit as long as it will last me a fair while

will use it for general cooking, mainly vegetarian and fish should that matter

i was given one of these as a gift.
it's brilliant
http://www.johnlewis.com/230486486/Product.aspx

If you know anyone with a costco card you can get a nice 5 or 6 knife global set with a holder for about £150 which is a steal.

how much do you wanna spend?

I'm sure someone like Xander will come in a recommend something really expensive with a fancy name. But I'm a big fan of the Global knives.
Used one of these bad boys for years at home.

Zwilling, J.A. Henckels Germany, had this (one in the middle) for over 7 years and still perfect

http://www.zwilling.com/en/knivescategories/items/chef-s-knife--11.html

it was a gift but I think you could get it for around 60 pounds

not too keen on the global chef's knife, find it too big

quite like a smaller one though, looks something like this

Henckels or Wusthof, cannot go wrong really.

(Apart from spelling the names)

wusthof will last you years, also Victorinox are really good

there's a good catering shop on fulham road, it;s probably something better bought in real life than online

I'm sure someone like Xander will come in a recommend something really expensive with a fancy name. But I'm a big fan of the Global knives.
Used one of these bad boys for years at home.

Thats in the set 6 piece set from costco, I'm not 100% whether they still do it, I hope so I've been meaning to get it for a while.

I'm used to using a knife the size/weight of a butchers knife, so meh.

how much do you wanna spend?

happy to spend towards £100 if it's worth it, but would certainly not mind getting away for less

make sure you get a good sharpening steel too, none of that plastic block shit with the notches and wheels

Zwilling, J.A. Henckels Germany, had this (one in the middle) for over 7 years and still perfect

http://www.zwilling.com/en/knivescategories/items/chef-s-knife--11.html

it was a gift but I think you could get it for around 60 pounds

that looks nice

and learn how to use it (piece of piss)

make sure you get a good sharpening steel too, none of that plastic block shit with the notches and wheels

check

Standard chefs knife is 8" I believe, that's not a huge butchers scimitar.

I find it frustrating using anything smaller than that generally.

it;s probably something better bought in real life than online

def think so, just want some pointers before i go to a shop

http://www.salamandercookshop.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=121

Catering shop on Shaftesbury Ave has all manner of bling to basic knifery.

Ha, forgot about this thread.

I have this one, 'tis awesome.

I need to sharpen it, thinking about it.

Henckels, Professional S, 20 cm/8 inch Chef's Knife: Amazon.co.uk: Kitchen & Home

I've always been a fan of global, worked at a catering company for years and there is a lot to be said for just a decent chef's knife as you can use it for most jobs as long as you look after it.

I got a set of Jean Patrique sushi knives about 6 years ago that are still going strong, and if you do a bit of googling they're probably still doing their crazy, just pay for the postage offer, so I got 3 and leather roll to keep them in for about £15. They're not going to be great otherwise why would they sell them like that, but they lasted me this long

Global knives ftw. Except when you drop them on your foot. Then not so good.

There we go!

http://www.jeanpatriqueoffers.co.uk/promotions/jp0170f-site

looking at it now it looks dodgy as hell, but I went for it my first year at uni and had no problems