Knife porn thread

ha - snap!

My currently most used knives:

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I've the Victorinox in the the middle, my most used, biggest and ... it looks tiny there!

Try a kiwi chef's knife ;) this is my favourite and I have mentioned how brilliant it is

Kiwi knives are MVPs, (minimum viable products) in my opinion.
Ok, but no joy in use.

Happy to see one in a holiday rental, would rather use something better at home.

Oh and if you care, thd knife that cut me and I didn't feel needed surgical superglue to stick the flesh together as I kept breaking the scab and it hurts everytime I touch anything with my thumb.

It’s also in reality my most used one too.
Blade is a little thinner and quite a lot lighter than the SBZ on the left.

Gets a lot of use for meat slicing and quick chopping jobs as it’s easier and lighter to clean than the others

Oh they are not porn, but I would go as far to say I really like them. Find the kiwi chef knife satisfying to use.

Am tempted to buy 20 to sell on.

Shibazi F208-1 clad steel, for £15.99 at the moment with vouchers

i am very intrigued by this. i want a clever for chopping meat up more finely (for pad kra pow). is this sort of knife good for that? what is this type of knife used for vs a more 'western' traditional chef's knife

genuine Qs btw - keen to learn

In my opinion, an Asian cleaver is an excellent tool, particularly for asian food prep.

Great for cutting even sizes or shredding veg for stir fries.

Different knife techniques used compared to a curved western blade, due to its weight and flatter blade profile with sharp squared off tip.

A brief explanation here:
https://www.epicurious.com/expert-advice/cooking-with-cai-dao-chinese-cleaver-article

Also it works as a board scraper to transfer your finely chopped and shredded meat and veg to the pan or mise en place ready for cooking, which is so practical.

Also it works as a board scraper to transfer your finely chopped and shredded meat and veg to the pan or mise en place ready for cooking, which is so practical.

This is 75% of the reason I most often reach for a cleaver vs other knives. I also like the weight of them when cutting almost everything.

Bought a Horl.
Can confirm its great.

thanks - for £17 or whatever it seems worth a go :-)

I need somewhere to store my knives. They're in a drawer at the moment in one of these things but it's not great

I don't have anywhere for a magnetic strip which would be my preference so any other suggestions? There are those magnetic blocks but they seem a bit big if you want a few knives on them or the things full of black frond things that you can use but I'm not sure how many knives you can get in them.

Cheers

Just sharpened two knives with mine. Did you get the premium kit too?

Something like this in the drawer?

We have used and they are quite successful - don’t know if you’re trying to get out of the drawer completely.

Horl 2. dunno if thats premium or not. Got it mostly for my keeping my japanese blades sharp, but ended up spending last night finding any old shitty kitchen knives buried in drawers just to see if i could bring them back to life or not.

Obvs got distracted whilst buying Horl and got this Keyaki Shiro santoku too. It’s lovely.

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Nice board!

I would recommend softening the edges of the spine and near the handle.
Its not that sharp, but its sharp enough to cause some irritation in pinch grip.

Is your worktop corian or quartz? And how do you find maintenance given the color?

noted - thanks :-)

unsure whether corian or quartz - the surface is actually slightly matte so assume it is corian? when we moved in (new build) we were supplied a specific treatment to brighten the surface if needed and remove stains when they occur. it worked great but also found out that the below works amazingly well too so we just use that

Ideally I'd like to get them out of the drawer but that may work if it holds the bigger knives reasonably straight.

Wall mounted magnetic strip or are you really that short of space?