Knives

Get the gyuto - cutting small stuff with a larger knife is easy, but cutting large stuff with a small knife is a pain in the ass. And you already have your santoku for small stuff.

>>9036996
Pettys are useful in some situations but Gyutos are more generally useful as long as you have the space to use them.

>>9037061
A santoku isn't a small knife. He'll want a short height blade for some things, for example a tall blade won't be able to cut flesh out of cantaloupe slices or maneuver around a the sections in a halved grapefruit to prepare it to be eaten with a spoon.

The 7 inch santoku is an adequate general purpose knife. I'd want a 9 inch chef's knife or gyuto, but 7 inches will get the job done for almost all foods.

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I use my petty more than I use my gyuto but that's because I'm a foreveralone who cooks one meal at a time

Also it takes less time to sharpen

If you cook a lot id get the petty and the gyuto

>>9036996
>new guy
unless you know why you want a petty, you should get a paring knife and use the japanese or european style chef's knife of your choice for all the serious cutting.