The Cooking Guild
The Cooking Guild has 35 damascus kitchen knives in our survey for the United States, priced from $79 to $610. Its chef knives cost a median of $115. The core steel is named on 97 % of its listings and the layer count on 97 %.
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Prices by type
Compared with the median of all brands in the same market. Green: cheaper than the market. Red: more expensive. Grey: within 5 %.
| Type | n | Median The Cooking Guild | All brands, US | Low – High |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damascus knife set | 11 | $347 ▲ +31 % | $265 | $149 – $610 |
| Damascus chef knife | 4 | $115 ▼ −44 % | $206 | $112 – $119 |
| Damascus santoku | 4 | $106 ▼ −47 % | $200 | $104 – $109 |
| Damascus nakiri | 3 | $109 ▼ −43 % | $190 | $104 – $109 |
| Damascus cleaver | 3 | $123 ▼ −12 % | $140 | $114 – $123 |
| Damascus bunka | 2 | $101 ▼ −59 % | $249 | $98 – $105 |
| Damascus bread knife | 2 | $109 = +2 % | $107 | $109 – $109 |
| Steak | 2 | $248 ▲ +127 % | $109 | $248 – $248 |
| Damascus paring knife | 2 | $79 ▼ −11 % | $89 | $79 – $79 |
| Damascus kiritsuke | 2 | $119 ▼ −54 % | $259 | $119 – $119 |
Core steels used
As stated by the seller, among listings that name a steel.
| Core steel | n | % |
|---|---|---|
| 10Cr15CoMoV | 25 | 71 % |
| AUS10 | 5 | 14 % |
| VG10 | 4 | 11 % |
All 35 The Cooking Guild listings
The score out of 100 is the mean score of the brand's knives, with the same rules as the rankings: price against the median of the same knife type in the same market (40), stated core steel (30), layer count, blade length and handle stated (30). Sets are left out. Brands with fewer than five scored listings get no score. We have not tested these knives.