I have a Lamson. Yes it cost a lot and I am neither young nor
wealthy. But it is an excellent knife for even hot bread and believe it or
not I also use it for other things, like last night I split an acorn squash
with it. I have also used it to cut melons even though I also have a
perfectly adequate french knife, also Lamson. I especially like the heft
of it and I also like its pointless length.
To clarify I'm troubled with arthritis but the weight of this knife does
not aggravate my hand and I live alone and seldom cook for others. I will
admit I thought long and hard before I bought the knives but I have been
most happy. I bought Lamson because I was on a buy USA kick at the time
and they were available where I looked. I suspect there are comparable
knives in other brands.
PamelaMI