I remember about 25 years ago, when I first moved out of my parent’s place.
I go this cheap apt, and was very proud of myself 
One thing I decided to do was get really good tools for my kitchen. I’ve always loved to cook. The more complicated the dishes I did the better I like to do them. I was and still is a sort of meditation for me to cut slice and dice food.
So I went out and bought a Victorinox 8″ chef knife. It was pretty good and it cost just a few bucks.
I was really happy with it for a while untill about 3 months after I had it, it got very dull. I didn’t know how to sharpen knives then.
Still I got me a whetstone and tried to sharpen the blade.
What happened is I pretty much destroyed the blade.
That is when I started learning about knives , different knids of materials and blades.
Also the right way to keep chef knives in good shape and how to sharpen them.
If you are new to this, make sure you do some school before you start using good quality chef knives. Just so you don’t make the same mistake I did.
A good chef knife should cost around 100$ – 200$ (and it may go upt to thousands of dollars. So make sure you know how to keep your knives in top condition.
