Knife porn thread

The golf club is calling...

Visited Takefu today, met Hiroshi Kato-san (still forging at 81!) and couldn't help myself getting a nice little souvenir made by his apprentice Yoshimi-san. Can't wait to accidently hurt myself chopping some onions.

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New Knives

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Did something impulsive and booked a Joel the Blacksmith custom knife for next year. Am very excited although have nowhere near enough knowledge to make the most of it! Will be looking on here for ideas what I want - some version of a chef's knife as it's what I'll use the most, but what exactly...

Pretty sure a mate just did one of these based on the location.

Let me know if you want me to ask them any questions.

I'd probably go for a 6" or 7" chef knife of some sort.

Interesting thanks - will have a think and let you know.

Yeah was thinking it will be a 'normal' length chef's knife, so maybe that answers a lot - I guess still material choice is worth some thought, then other stuff (handle, exposed blade finish) are partly aesthetic

They look beautiful!

Thank you.

The guyoto is a Sakai coloured Damascus with a handle made by Letshandlethis, the wood, horn and brass chosen to compliment the colours on the blade.

The nakiri is stock Fujiwara Denka, he is known for his wabi sabi approach, great functioning but left a little raw, so I decided to not get a fancy handle for this one.

That's some beautiful knife juwelry mr. DJ 👌
This was our view at yesterday's dinner. The Boss' knives are sacred.

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I need a new paring knife. What's recommended for not too pricey and doesn't need to be cared for like a small child?

Victorianox.

You can get them in different colours to match them to your Crocs.

Ha, that's the knife I'm replacing. I've never liked it for some reason.

Opinel make a similar size, well priced one?

Wusthof

If you’ve got a nisbets near you, you can go check out a range of different ones. These ones from Dick felt pretty robust, but will be a range of others to compare to. https://www.nisbets.co.uk/dick-1905-paring-knife-90mm/dl315

@aggi ^ this there's plastic handle version. That said, the blade is very thin so looks like the tip can bend or break easily, mine has bent but I was cutting thick pie crust without thinking.

How fucking hard was your pie crust?

Nails. It wasn't mine, but it wouldn't be wise to raise the crust hardness with my partner. It was a delicious rainbow veg pie btw, served with home grown roasties and gravy.

I wouldn't even mention the kitchen to my other half in case she committed cookery, or worse still, used my knives.

Try and find a kiwi brand knife, look on the londonwok website as they are the importers.

£2-3 quid and are brilliant for the price.

Are you in London? Maybe ordering some bits from a Scunthorpe Asian cash And carry (blue roll and other kiwi knife) so can add stuff

Nice but not dishwasher safe due to the handle.

Went to hoo hing by the ace cafe and picked up a less than £8 cleaver.

Not sure apt in this thread with a 47 quid paring knife.

Who is putting sharp knives in the dishwasher?!?!