Stellar Sabatier FM Round Knife Set

Going Global - with the sharp set

Advantages: Sharp, well balanced, easy to keep sharp, look good in the kitchen
Disadvantages: Cost

This review is of a set of 6 Global knives and a matching knife block. From the outset, I should state that I am not a professional chef, have never had any training in the art of food preparation, but am a keen amateur. I started in the kitchen using hand me downs from my parents when I went off to university. Not bad, but not good knives by any stretch, however they were adequate for beans on toast and other student staples. When I moved into my first home, I bought a set of knives that looked like they had metal handles, but were in fact plastic. The joins attracted dirt and debris that was hard to remove, and the balance was all wrong. They lost their edge after a short while, and were never as sharp again despite my best efforts with sharpening steels and stones. I upgraded to a fully metal set (from John Lewis I think ...

SvenP 21.03.2008 · Read full review
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Stellar 1000 4 piece sauce pan set

Advantages: Massive heat transfer and bomb proof construction
Disadvantages: Lids get hot after prolonged cook

As I had already setup house,got a decent frying pan but found my pans to be falling apart, I needed a pan set without a frying pan. This was a real struggle but the review by wompie99 of Stellar pans got my interest and honed my search. I managed to track down a 4 pan set for £67 on a major auction site, the set comprised of 14cm saucepan 16cm saucepan 18cm saucepan 20cm saucepan This is an excellent range and covers all situations for a large family, with the 20cm pan being massive in comparison to its predecessor. The other reviews mention the tendency for the handles and lids to get hot, I can verify that the lids do get hot but I have not had a major problem with the handles. However as these pans are heavy to begin with, when the large pan is full of spuds it does present a considerable weight, but then its all ...

lincolnscot 03.04.2007 · Read full review
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12 Rounds Of Torture

Advantages: Relentless action holds your attention
Disadvantages: Copycat storyline

all seen before if you?re a fan of action movies but the action is continuous throughout the film and it?s what held my attention for it?s entirety. With the premise of the 12 rounds that Danny must get through this gives the film ample opportunity for numerous set pieces where we witness Danny running from place to place using his physicality to his advantage. Cena is given a partner in the form of Detective Hank Carver played by Brian J. White. Carver has elements of Samuel L Jackson in him with his quick witted persona however this partnership is strikingly similar to that of Jack Traven and Harry Temple in Speed, not only are the two promoted after the first incident in the film much like the charismatic partnership of Traven and Temple but the similarities come to a head near the end of the film (if you?ve seen it you?ll know what ...

Great_reviewer07 29.11.2009 · Read full review
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