Knife porn thread

He is a twat tho'...

Love you too

Not enough, close Asda

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-47507937

I do find the whole London knife crime thing terrifying, I didn't think about it much when I lived in Brixton but seeing it from a distance makes you realise how fucking crazy it is...

That CCTV gang fight in the Edmonton Macdonald's a couple of months back really put the fear up me... Absolutely horrific...

yep same here it's odd but being away from it i find it more scary than when I was living back home.

Totally, we'd have murders going on outside our front door on St Matthew's Road and not bat an eyelid...

yep same here it's odd but being away from it i find it more scary than when I was living back home.

Your journey to gammon is nearing completion.

just the pineapple ring to go on top and I'm done. thanks.
But TS is right there was a serious incident in the local shop a few years back and while it was shocking it didn't have the effect on me that seeing the news does now living away from london it's odd.

bought a minosharp water sharpener from nisbetts last week , coarse and fine ceramic stoned version
pulled the trusty victorinox chefs knife through each stone a few times and did the tomato test
very little pressure required to saw through the tomato

5/7 sharpness i look forward to cutting a chunk out of myself in the near future

I bought one recently too..I was warned that it wouldn't really work on knifes sharpened to a European angle. Interesting to hear that it does work!

Does a pretty good job on my globals...

GPS knives (and a national database to go with it!)
https://twitter.com/scottmann4NC

My partner just had this arrive... it is very snugly held in the sheath and very sharp, a recipe for accidents!

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ha, me too

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I bought a twenty dollar IKEA stainless steel cleaver the other week... Was gonna spend a lot more on something posh but couldn't bring myself to do it, this thing is lovely... Good weight and holds a good edge... My only criticism would be I'd prefer a slightly longer handle but still very pleased with it...

Not as good as my dad's old chef's Sabatier, obvs...

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Bought this beautiful Shun DM0712 Chinese cleaver for my fiancée as a present for opening her first restaurant. It's absolutely gorgeous, 32 layers of Damascus.

Really inspiring me to learn how to make my own!

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Picked up a Hultafors chisel knife for some general DIY/Garden usage - it's a chunky bit of kit.

Looking at knives on a trip to France. Classic.

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I bought a cheap ass stainless japanese knife. It went blunt within a day or so.
If I do a good job of sharpening is there any chance it will hold the edge better?

any chance

Yes.

If it hadn't been sharpened that well.

But, if it's a fundamentally soft steel or hasn't been properly hardened then it will never keep its edge for long. In which case if you do a good job of sharpening, then regularly give it a few strokes on a steel it should be fine.

My knives from Sakai.

I’d like to buy a decent (but not handmade etc) bread knife or set containing a bread knife, can anyone reccomend some good brands to look at?

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I think a Zwilling bread knife would tick the right boxes for you. We've had one for about six years now and it's doing well. Ours has an RRP of about £70 but I think we paid about £20 for it in TK Maxx

That's very nice. Who made it?

Didn’t even check I’m afraid. I was just drawn to the perfect lines when it was open. Looked a bit clumsy when closed though. Must be a bit good as it was €220, though weirdly for sale in a shop verging on Kath Kidson.

i'll give it a try when I'm back home.
The handle is a whole other level of shite so it will need that changed too. And I have (maybe) learnt to pay for proper stuff. Although this time a knife in stock won over mail order.