Knife porn thread

Got a Leatherman mini-tool to go on my keys.
I much prefer this to the leatherman squirt for the following reasons.

• The pliers are full size and strong. The squirt's pliers are pretty crap.
  
• The bottle opener works. The squirt's bottle opener is practically useless.
  
• The knife, although the same length, is thicker and stronger.
  
  

Annoyingly they don't make them any more so I had to buy a secondhand one from American ebay. Apart from a slightly nicked blade (fixed in 5 mins) it looked unused and in pristine condition.

GF is looking to buy her brother some kitchen knives, they've got loads, but they are all blunt as fuck, she's thinking of buying him these

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Richardson-Sheffield-Sabatier-Piece-Knife/dp/B002MXCSOE/ref=sr_1_8/280-8527650-7900728?ie=UTF8&qid=1453068076&sr=8-8&keywords=sabatier+cook+knife

I looked at these and thought this would be better

http://www.japaneseknifecompany.com/products/knives/tuschime-gift-set-of-3-knives

He does a lot of cooking, and a better set of knives would be good for him, though I know we would all like to spend more per knife than most of these sets allow. Budget is under a £100.

Any thoughts or suggestions let me know..

I would probably get him one good knife rather than compromise on a set, a santoku is versatile enough to cover 90% of duties.

I still come back to the Akifusa Tsuchime range (also known as Tadafusa), I paid £175 from the JKC and someone on here picked up pretty much the same blade for well under £100 from a German website I think (maybe theirs was Aogami 1 instead of A2).

Looks like this:

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I agree re: spending more on the knife, the thing is, not sure I can convince GF to do that, and also worry that he won't maintain it, therefore defeating the object of having one good knife..
But equally don't want to get him some knockdown tat, which aren't very good to begin with..

what about these?
large discount, good name, great buy???

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wusthof-Classic-Piece-Kitchen-Accessory/dp/B00005MEGJ/ref=pd_sim_sbs_201_16?ie=UTF8&dpID=41Sq85hyIDL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR160%2C160_&refRID=1BPWJB4EGNQS2NXJ0BYE

This was the site, @sohi was the purchaser - pg 23 of this thread #stillinbed

https://www.dictum.com/de/messer/japanmesser-im-westlichen-design/719148/arata-hocho-santoku-allzweckmesser

Re: sharpening, get him down to knife club!

I looked at these and thought this would be better

japaneseknifecompany.com/prod­ucts/knives/tuschime-gift-set-of-3-knive­s

Would he use all three regularly?

and also worry that he won't maintain it

It sounds like you might be buying the wrong present. It might be better buying a sharpening system.

Why don't you think he'd maintain it? Just not that sort of person? If not then I'd say just go for something like the original Sabatier set that looks nice and works well if he does end up taking care of it.

However, if he's someone who likes cooking and with some prompting and the right equipment would keep a knife in good shape, I would defo spend the £100 on one nice knife.

The best presents are things you can't justify buying for yourself. Most people could afford (and justify) £100 on a whole matching set for a kitchen. One really lovely knife that he'd never fork out for will be special.

Obvs just my 2p and all.

I have a couple of Wusthof knives. They're nice but not great. I think it is a brand that is often discounted, I picked mine up at TK Maxx for big discounts and they're in there pretty often.

I think he would keep a knife in good shape, if given the opportunity, he does like to cook, and cooks well, but not on the regular/regular, so weekends and the odd mid week thing, rather than 3/4 times a week.
Also GF wants to spend closer to £60 rather than the £100 I thought she could afford. So now looks like the original richardson sabatier is the one she'll be getting and hopefully, it'll lead him into looking after these ones, and then thinking about what knives he could get to upgrade...

I just noticed that the set was only £60.

Tbh that is an excellent price and my folks have Sabatiers that are ancient and are still great knives.

Get him a cheapish steel as well. Even if he only uses it sometimes and badly it will still make loads of difference.

Just wondering if these knife sharpeners are any good? http://www.japaneseknifecompany.com/products/sharpening/kc100-one-wheel-sharpener

Looking for something easy to use with a minimum of knowledge for my girlfriend who has a whole variety of good but blunt knives.

i've used their sharpening service in Soho.
pretty cool shop. a fiver per knife.

Just upgraded my knives to a set of Damascus Japanese steel from ProCook (OK, China made but still got this set https://www.procook.co.uk/product/procook-damascus-x100-6-piece-set-with-carving-and-block for under £300 from the outlet store local to me).

This leaves me with a large, well used, ragtag set of mainly Global and Sabatier with some German knives in the mix surplus to requirements.

Would it be bad form to offer used kitchen knives for sale? I don't know if it would be considered 'icky'.

I'd wait for a little while before deciding which ones to sell, some of the new ones might not feel 'right'.

There used to be a Peckham phenomenon where by anything left outside the front of your house would be gone by the morning, luckily I caught my flat mate as he dumped a drawer of 12" knives left from previous tenants.

who needs 6 knives?

Trust me, that's going down from 11

Good work!

Let us know what they're like.

I've been eyeing the sashimi knife. Damn you

Link doesn't seem to work and can't find them when searching on that website?

Still works for me bro, try searching for 'arata' on the site.

@Tenderloin Do it, best shaped handle I've ever pinch gripped, easy to sharpen and solid edge retention.

Where can I get my hunting knife sharpened? My local butchers refused to do it "... In case I was a nutter".

I always sharpen mine in the kitchen. It is well worth learning how to do it yourself.

Buy the Lansky system and do it yourself. You probably get a better edge on it and it's cheap.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlI5PaXsfOk

Lansky is ace. And quick and easy.

Does anyone have a recommendation for a cheap (sub £20) multi tool?

Pretty basic wish list:

• pliers
  
• file
  
• Philips / flat head
  
• knife
  
• not too big - ie big enough to use the pilers, ideally around a LM Juice or a touch larger.
  
  

It would be nice to have one where the screwdrivers aren't made of cheese, but it there is a high probability it will be stolen or lost so price is key.

Cheers.