Knife porn thread

^ the knives moved out, not the kids, by the way

I'm not having a productive Thursday gorging on YouTube.

http://youtu.be/Af906s3Ya8E

TB-Groupe have got my new (correctly engraved) knife ready, they're sending me a free paring knife to go with it.

This email was sent by the head of Digital Marketing(!) so I wonder if they've come across this thread??

If you ever want rid of the dodgy one...

anyone have any experience of eden knives? seems crazy good value! same blade construction (to my layman eyes) as the totally gorgeous kai shun knives on the same site. nice looking handles too.

http://www.knivesandtools.co.uk/en/ct/eden-quality-classic-damast.htm

very tempted by a santoku and the eden sharpening set as my first foray into a sharp kitchen knives... and maybe a paring knife as they're only £20

the whole package does indeed look very good value, give it a go..?

Meh. They're alright. A bit clunky, and can by tricky to sharpen, but they will cut.

Got my step father a set of knives for Christmas... Not really of the standard of this thread, but better than any knife he or my mum has owned...

First day after opening the packet they've both cut themselves while using them :-/

Heard from an ex girlfriend: "Don't sharpen that knife so much, it'll be too sharp!"
How can knives be too sharp? There is no too sharp!

Heard from an ex girlfriend...

uh-huh, sliced, diced and lightly fried in butter...?

I think you'll find they are pretty tough like that. A way better plan is to butcher into rough chunks and then braise bone-in. Tender, meat falling off the bone is what you want.

Cooking your ex girlfriend thread?

..come over and see my new patio..

#misogynythread

I'm looking to learn how to sharpen my kitchen blades properly, currently not entirely convinced by the chantry knife sharpener I've been using for the last long while. Anyone know of any courses? Seen a couple online but most of them include using the knife afterwards in a cookery course, I'm just interested in the knife sharpening element.
Hit me up knife people...

There's a good set of videos maybe 5 pages back...

will look but I generally do better being shown how to do something so I don't fuck it up so badly to begin with it'll take twice as much work to get it back to its not quite blunt state..

Just buy a nice stone, I've had this one since uni for chisels, plane blades, work knives and kitchen knives and just experiement til you find what works for you. If you can get a cheap, shitty blunt knife back to razor then chances are you won't do anything silly and damage your nice knives!
I personally go for edge away from me in a sweeping curve at a pretty acute angle. 5mins and job done.

you know that stone is £200.

will look into stone, but would feel more secure getting shown/taught to sharpen me knives, before attempting it meself..

I know it's £200, I've had mine for 10 years though and it's sharpened my tools many many hundreds of times over! It's rad cos it's twice the size of nearly everything else out there so can work quicker on big pieces.. It is a little ott though I'll admit!

Fair enough about getting taught by someone, it took me a while to get the knack. Is it worth contacting one of those firms that do sharpening for restaurants/catering etc? Might be able to give you a quick lesson or two.

'nice small axe'

New : straight to the top of the market Gransfors Bruk

http://www.gransforsbruk.com/en/

Pre-owned ; hard to beat an Elwell, some still found for pennies at car boot sales.

Forget the stones, if you are not going to sharpen it as often as a chef you will not train
your muscle memory and just get frustrated. If you can live without the hipster points
get the chinese edge pro copy.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00AT81AVG?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00
Use the supplied stones on a cheap knife until you know how it
works. Then upgrade the stones with a set from Congress.
http://www.congresstools.com/catalog/categories/

http://www.chefknivestogoforum.com/moldmaster-stones-from-congress-tools-t1868.html

After you got your knife crazy sharp you can strop it on some newspaper with polishing compound
and maintain the sharpness like that for a long time.
Watch some youtube videos but not too many.

I've always been shit at sharpening... Totally crap with a steel even tho' my dad (ex-chef) has tried to teach me loads of times...

Did someone say Elwell?
My Elwell 1 1/2lb hatchet which I re bevelled into a right handed side axe for hedge laying and green woodworking. Got it in return for a bacon roll and cuppa from an old boy at a hedge laying training day I did. It's fucking lovely, haft is a smidge longer than most little hatchets so you can get a good swing on it.
Haft needs a bit of a sand and refinish which I might do soon. Ideally I'd replace it with one which is offset in the belly like a proper side axe but it works just fine as it.

Sorry for iPhone pics

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Treat it well,
I'm still looking ...........

I've also got an Elwell WWII trenching tool with war dept stamp and a terrifyingly sharp edges at my folks place somewhere. Another great hedging tool!