Knife porn thread

Niwaki, as per. Sometimes I lack the imagination to shop around.

Lambsfoot blade isn't it? Lots of the Sheffield makers still have something similar with handles of varying fanciness.

Can't get enough of this guy's forging videos

https://youtu.be/tDIEG6s7ETk

Nice one, thanks. Put in an order for a £25 sheepsfoot jobby from the ‘Sheffield Shop’.

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Not sure what’s the knife called something to do with sailing though. I have a niwaki hori hori knife that I use much more than I thought I would in the garden. Weeding planting etc

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It’s this one

https://www.heinnie.com/otter-anker-messer?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI1c2f_5HP6QIVB-7tCh1uUQF2EAQYASABEgI2LPD_BwE

Yeah that’s nice, good find.

Also a fan of the hori hori although I mistreat mine. Does annoy me a little that the tang doesn’t sit flush with the scales, not that comfy after a while.

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I was tempted to try and carve some wood to fill the gaps. We've taped the handle with fabric tape as a stop-gap, seems to have done the job

Have to make a confession, I quite fancy a hori hori, the same as I fancy an opinel mushroom knife, but know it would never be used. I looked at a hori hori cheapy knock off in B&Q and thought maybe. But then it would be used either. At least with a hori hori, I know it is there never to be used.

This one

Wood filler and sand back down?

@hippy real life and personal GTA style carnage?

Bike-o Killer! run run run run run run awaaaaay

EDC thread >>>>

28cm of bread slicing goodness. Need to be careful cutting the morning bread now.

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Hmm, thinking about one of these:

Its 74mm high, and 2.6mm thick.

Or should I go for the 225mm one for a little bit more? 110mm high, and 2mm thick. almost twice as heavy though.

Do you want to use it as a chopper for hard stuff like bones or more like a universal Chinese style
chef knife?

Universal chinese chef knife.
I now have a Zwilling cleaver, Victorinox cleaver, cheap chinese shop cleaver, and am now wanting one with a bit more class. The one pictured above is probably a bit too small.

Having got used to the bench scraper use of the cleaver, using other knives seems messy and impractical!

then you probably want the thinner one but it also depends on the shape of the grind. It's Japanese
so probably good anyway.

Fuck knows how but I seem to have lost all but one of our crappy Ikea kitchen knives. Just ordered a set of three Opinels. Chef's knife, carving and paring for £60. Should be okay quality right?

I bought one of the Opinel chef's knives a couple of months ago. Seems alright so far!

Need a strop. Does this look ok? I’ll probably only use it on my nakiri. I do have some leather knocking around. Can I just glue it to a bit of wood?

Yep, just glue leather to some wood or to the counter top if appropriate.

You've reminded me that I have a load of leather off cuts from an aborted wallet making idea.

I will make a nice solid strop for kitchen knives.

I made one with an old, thick, leather belt glued to an oak off-cut. Contact adhesive works best: thin coat on both surfaces, leave to tack-dry and then apply pressure.

Physical pressure? Or did you just make it clear that if it didn’t stick it would be thrown out?