The Victorinox Fibrox Pro is an 8-inch Swiss-made stainless steel chef's knife with a tapered edge and an ergonomic, non-slip TPE handle, priced around $80 CAD and backed by a lifetime warranty against manufacturing defects.
22 mentions · 6 threadslast mention Jun 2025
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I also cooked in college, I recommend the Victorinox knife to literally everyone who asks me. They hold an edge, are easy to sharpen and cost 45$. I've since splurged on nicer knives but I find myself pulling that knife out of my roll when doing a lot of prep or breaking down protien.
I graduated from culinary school in '92 and the Victorinox chefs knife issued to me as part of my kit is still my daily driver.
**I want to know why this 5stars reviewed knife doesn't feel amazing and if I should buy another knife because it has 5 stars reviews.**
They are solid products meant for professional high volume work that aren't going to be seen as something to steal and no one is going to care if you accidentally drop one. Yes there are better knives around, but for the price they are very good value. Probably the best value.
They tend to get dull faster than some harder-metal knives but they also sharpen much easier.
I bloody love this knife, and it deserves every bit of the hilarious rehandling (at probably 110% of the knife price) and salvation from the rubbish bin.
This is the Victorinox Fibrox Chef's Knife 20cm that was recommended as a first "good" knife in the "[Getting Started](https://www.reddit.com/r/chefknives/wiki/gettingstarted#wiki_which_should_my_first_.22good.22_knife_be.3F)" section so I thought I'd start with that! Believe it or not, this is actually my first Western-style chef's knife I own since I'm Chinese and I grew up cooking with santokus and Chinese cleavers. I have always been able to rock chop decently with my santokus, but I realise now that they're not meant for that, so I bought a Western chef's knife to see how rock chopping is really meant to go, and for better meat slicing!
Every so often America’s Test Kitchen reviews knives and these always end up winning.
But always went back to the victorianox. They work just as well, they are more comfortable to hold and of course are a lot cheaper.
I once treated myself to a nice expensive set of knifes that now sit almost unused because I prefer a $40 Victorinox santoku.
I wouldn't trust my girlfriend with a 200$+ knife because she keeps doing stupid stuff with them, so I have sharpen them quite regularly. Victorinox are perfect for that.
Plastic is almost indestructible, it is not porous, and it is much more grippy. Ugly as heck, sure, but overall a better product.
the fibrox is very inexpensive as far as lines go, but i would actually highly recommend the victorinox rosewood line. ... Fibrox is great for starting cooks because you can abuse them with the poly handle, but for a home cook i think it's worth to spend an extra 30$ for the nicer handles.
had my $40 victorinox for 5 years and took great care of it, almost perfect condition.
I cycled through a few particular Victorinox knives for literally decades, mostly based on those consistently great America's Test Kitchen reviews, and I enjoyed them very much....but a few years ago I switched over to Mercer Culinary (Genesis line), and I think they are superior knives. They use the exact same steel in their chef's knives but the Mercer's seem to hold a better edge for longer, have a significantly weightier tang, I much prefer their grips & at an even cheaper price point, for whatever that is worth to anybody.
jeez, it's a good knife for the money but let's not pretend it's what it's not. ... it doesn't hold an edge as long, it's weighted poorly and the blade is stamped.
While it isn't a bad knife, it is not as amazing as expected.
That said, I don't doubt that it isn't as high quality as the pricier knives
I would actually argue that the victorinox is a better buy than the henckels but go for the Tojiro definitely.
I love mine to death, but at the same time I recognise it's a $25 knife. ... That said, the geometry of the blade, the balance, and the ease of sharpening makes this one of my favourite general use knifes. I actually end up using it plenty of times I shouldn't, because it works 'good enough' more than it doesn't.
No one recommends the Victorinox because it's the best knife - it's an amazing value workhorse if you keep it honed.
It still holds up to a turkey carcass and is a very fun and practical knife in this configuration.
Owners report this is **the knife culinary programs actually hand you**, and years-into-daily-use accounts back that up rather than just first-impression praise. Value for price is the dominant thread — 8 of 22 mentions single it out as the best-value chef's knife people own, with several noting they still reach for it after buying much pricier blades. Edge retention and durability mentions echo the same story, including one cook still using the knife issued to them in culinary school decades ago. There's a real tension, though: a handful of mixed and negative mentions concede it doesn't feel as refined as premium forged knives, and the molded TPE handle draws comments as grippy but visually plain. **Buy it if you want a workhorse blade that holds an edge and takes abuse without ceremony — skip it if you're shopping for a knife that also has to look the part.**