Knife porn thread

That looks nice.

Looks nice but is blunt, well not as sharp as other new knives I have had.

Will get more pics tomorrow, am a little disappointed.

Found this in a supermarket and thought why not opinel no8 le Savoyard. Difference between this and a normal opinel is the handle shape and that the wood is varnished.

Perfect for everyday carrying in France.

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Someone on here offered to help me get the edge back on this knife - I think maybe @Sharkstar ? I just unpacked it again so it the offer still stands lemme know 😃

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Gyuto Knife, SG2 Powder Steel, Tsuchime Finish - Yu Kurosaki

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The guy that runs alldayknives, making the handles from recycled plastic, is running a kickstarter.

Looks like he’s broken his website in the process, but had some video on the gram earlier. Moving the steel production from Japan to Sheffield.

Late to the Procook Nihon X50 bargains, but just ordered these two - as folks have said, seems too good to not.
20% off code floating around the web too, so delivery was essentially free.

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Am sooooo tempted

What code did you use?

PROFRIEND20

Thank you, haven't seen that code so far but that code worked and have ordered them.

This looks like it's been seized from an oligarch's kitchen.

good stuff! my order arrived pretty quickly too.

thinking of treating the handles as others have done - i have a load of double-boiled linseed oil (intended for the bricks on the front of my house), so might try that.

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Whats the buzz about these X50s? Are they any good or are people just buying them because they are cheapz?

I bought one of these for about £20. https://www.procook.co.uk/product/professional-x50-chef-nakiri-knife-165cm-65in
It's good for the price, and fitted the criteria of what I was looking for but it would be expensive at full price (I'm not sure if it ever sells at that).

For those who do like ProCook stuff (and at the discounted prices it does seem to be decent stuff) there is a shop on Tottenham Court Road.

Thanks. Might buy one to practice whetstone sharpening with.

They're decent and were a tenner in the sale

edit- was meant to be a reply to @Stonehedge

What he said^

My neanderthal kitchen skills and eating habits don't warrant spending a lot and/or getting a wide variety/whole set - so something that looks nice, isn't crap, and is cheap ticks all the boxes.

Also the wooden handles quite nicely match the Opinel bread knife we got recently :)

For reference, the last 12 years or so in the kitchen I've only used a single Victorinox Fibrox I got at TKMaxx which has generally done fine (confession: until I snapped the tip off using it as a screwdriver)

Hello :) , can anyone recommend a decent knife sharpening service in the Manchester / High Peak area ? I dont trust my ham fisted self with nice Japanese knives

cheapz

Mainly.

For the avoidance of any doubt it is not a £50 knife. But it's definitely better than your usual cheap knife and excellent vfm.

I'm not gonna lie and say the price wasn't a major motivation in my purchase, but mainly I don't have a Nakiri and haven't used one before. So it was a bit of a PoC for me.

I haven't seen the Professional knifes, but I did get a steel from the Professional X50 range and it is very well finished.

Sounds like just the ticket to practice my whetstone skills

I'm looking for a new folding knife and wondered if any of you ladies and chaps had any suggestions for possible options.

Use: Main use is for climbing emergencies. Cutting rope etc. Will spend a lot of time attached to a climbing harness in very wet conditions.

Requirements: Sharp. Weather proof (no wooden handle). Locking. No serrated blade.

I currently have one of these Gerbers. It has been a very suitable design over the years but the steel is really bad at holding an edge and is coming to end of life (have sharpened a lot of metal away). It was only £25 new I think.

I like these Victorinox but they are very spendy for what they are.

Any suggestions for other brands and models I could consider?

Can't recommend a model, but I'd probably be looking at Spyderco and use Micarta grips/scales, or check etsy for aftermarket ones. Because they are fibre based they should have better grip in the wet. The Salt range has some sort of magic anti-rust steel.

Anyway if you're climbing, aren't you mean to have a load of these on your chest (4.55)
https://youtu.be/YpWjKAgAsmE?t=295

Why not one from a climbing company that will go niely on a carabiner?
https://www.petzl.com/US/en/Sport/Packs-and-accessories/SPATHA
also why not serrated? I thought it would probably be handy in an emergency.