Knife porn thread

Or glass.

Would a softer wood be better.

I bought my brothers and a friend, an Arthur Wright Lambsfoot Stag Workbacks. They all sit in drawers. Makes me feel pretty gutted about it tbh.
Any advice if I were to buy something similar for myself (apart from not leaving it in a drawer).

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got this pointy boi for my bday. need to learn how to properly sharpen it. youtube will see me right, yeah?

Lovely.

Yeah, lots of YouTube videos of weird American backwoodsmen demonstrating how to make things really sharp. Kind of scary but effective.

Having said that, I'm not 100% happy with my YouTube taught sharpening yet, but probably just because I lack patience.

Very nice, but please don't learn to sharpen a knife with that one.
Get some cheap old knife and a cheap combination sharpening stone and a magnifying glass, and a permanent marker.
Rub the marker along the edge and practice removing all the ink from the edge until you can get a nice even bevel on both sides, and no ink. (use the magnifying glass to check your progress)
Once you can hold the knife at a consistent angle, remove all the ink with the coarse stone, then put some more ink on and do it again with the fine grade stone.
Then bugger the blade up so it is blunt and do it again and again. Once you have mastered it move on to your new knife.
Having said that I bet that knife is pretty sharp out of the box, in which case learn how to maintain the edge (as opposed to sharpening a dull edge) and treat it well when you cut with it and store it. A steel is good to keep it sharp and with practice takes 10 seconds just before you use it to get it perfect.

^ pro tips!

yeah i have a fair few basic knives i can practice on. and i've always wanted an excuse to buy a magnifying glass!

who the fuck sells magnifying glasses nowadays?

Given your new knife will be pretty sharp to start with a 800-1000/4-6000 grit stone might make more sense, rather than 100/600 which are both pretty coarse.

Absolutely. I only recommended that cheap coarse one for practice. Once you move onto a nice knife get a nice stone!

Who sells magnifying glasses nowadays ?

Magnifying glass shops

Don't use FBMP, but I'm looking for some plant pots and came across this: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/497228527614731/
A few old school clevers. It's in Edmonton.

@greenhell

who the fuck sells magnifying glasses nowadays?

Go to Camden Passage on Wed or Sat. You'll find plenty of lovely antique ones. Big brass ones are nice as paperweights / ornaments, or go for a delicate bone/ivory handled one if you just want something small and light.

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Glen & Friends on YouTube have just done a series on posh knives, selecting, maintaining and sharpening, including which stones to get... Pretty comprehensive stuff...

Kitchen Knives: The New Bling
https://www.oxfordsymposium.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Hertzmann.pdf

New bling? Who is this clown? Knives, swords, daggers, they've been status symbols since the dawn of time...

Anyone else enjoy Nick Shabazz on YouTube? His terrible knives review kills me!

https://youtu.be/X-qQSTDzOkY

The black cleaver knife is a beast

That's a very odd piece of writing.

Really, a knife with a keen edge and that feels good in the hand is an essential for cooking.

I have a 12 inch Japanese damascus steel kitchen knife I bought years ago. I bought it to use it, but also for its looks and quality, but it’s just too big to be practical. I would bring it down occasionally, and I have always kept it sharp, but last year I took it down from the rack and put it in storage. Your best knives are the ones you use most.

To a point, my most used knives are probably a couple of cheap and cheerful Victorinox paring knives.
I don’t particularly enjoy using them, but they do the job for everything from vegetable and fruit prep to opening packaging and boxes.

Those cheap victorinox knives really hold an edge in my experience. Useful to have around. I like the fact the blades are slightly flexible. Tend to be my goto for de-boning.

We always chuck a couple in the suitcase when going on holiday too.

We always chuck a couple in the suitcase when going on holiday too.

I'm glad I'm not the only one to do this.

I have a cheap Ikea Vorda knife and can't complain too much tbh. Needs sharpening a lot but I'm probably shit at that too so might be my fault. Might do the "it's monday so I'll look into better knives for 2 hours and not order one".

Don't you (not just you but all you) have a separate de-boning and filleting knives?

What are you using as a chopping board?

Plastic ones...