Knife porn thread

Yeah as we all want that.

Shitty knives of the rack, nice knifes wrapped and cared for. You are all about the stainless

Kitchen is a decent size but walls are all cupboards, shelves, windows, etc so there's nowhere to put one.

Inside cupboard door?

I see Aliexpress now has a lot of the Horl alternatives
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005838650663.html
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006043796872.html

Pondering whether to give one a try.

Most of the cupboard doors are pretty thin shaker panels and wouldn't want to trust a load of knives to sticky pads or very short screws. Plus a bit wary of them falling off as you shut the door.

I used this:

Gorilla Heavy Duty Mounting Tape Black 1.5m https://amzn.eu/d/9DJtCi8

To mount one of these:

wooDsom Fridge Mount, Magnetic Knife Holder (Walnut, 16 inches) https://amzn.eu/d/3rwHZfv

Admittedly mine was on a wall where cabling didn't allow me to drill but that tape / strip combo I can assure you would be very unlikely to move.

EDIT: or even directly onto your fridge?

You are nicer than me, no need for justification as you are not asking for their first born to be sacrificed.

Storage: we have a straight sided vase/jar with some foam in the base, filled with wooden kebab skewers, and then the knives stored vertically.

I could do with that tape actually.
A lot of the magnetic racks are hooked onto screws and they rattle loads and don’t feel secure.

Seeing as we’re talking knife storage, I still haven’t got around to making my wall mounted magnetic wooden ones but….

We were having some work done on the house and there was a quite a few oak off-cuts leftover which I couldn’t bear to see chucked. I remembered how I got ripped off buying the small bit for mine so if anyone wants a piece (or two or…) for free, you are welcome to collect from Tring or postage at cost. Start a list or something…

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They probably need to be bandsaw’d in two lengthways to half the thickness…

@aggi I may have missed this but what is wrong with a trad knife block?

A mate has one of these magnetic vertical knife blocks...

but tbh I think the an old school vertical ones my folks have stores a lot more.

I think it's the sort of thing you're best off walking into a bricks and mortar John Lewis for.

Knife blocks get a bad rep for blunting knives and getting rank inside if you store knives damp and without care.

Also knife blocks are synonymous with large collections of redundant mediocre knives.

I probably wouldn’t store a brittle edge Japanese knife or carbon steel knife in a knife block, though Victorinox or German traditional knives would be fine.

A lot of the magnetic racks are hooked onto screws and they rattle loads and don’t feel secure.

Going off topic here but for my racks I've bought a load of flush fit button-fix attachments for this exact reason...

This turned up in the post today. Lovely slim little pocket knife, and my first time with carbon steel. Hopefully won’t be a pain and get all rusty but will get a nice patina from mushroom picking and other foraging.

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This is the point where my enthusiasm waines.

It's a kitchen knife. If it's so precious that you can't leave it unwashed for >40 seconds, or store it because it's too fragile it seems like fetishism over function.

I’m a chef and use global knives at work as they’re indestructible and it’s work, I got them years ago and see no reason to replace.

Home my main knife is an IO Shen from a decade ago. I like how thin the blade it.

I want to try a Chinese cleaver, this will be my first new knife in years so don’t mind spending pennies. CCK seems well regarded.

In case you missed it, everyone seems pretty into this at the moment: https://www.lfgss.com/comments/17182872/

Might be worth trying a cheaper knife first to see if you get use out of it.

Mine got rusty pretty quickly even though I wasn't carrying it. Maybe with some oil on it would last a bit longer. I also wouldn't trust that mechanism staying closed in a pocket. They are lovely blades though.

CCK cleavers seem to be selling for £120, which is outrageous, since they are manufactured as a cheap cleaver and marked up by a cult following.

Shibazi and Deng also make the same or better quality cleavers, but without the price hike.
The Shibazi f208 that I linked previously, in spec and finish is better than almost any CCK cleaver.

Its worth having a smaller cleaver (18-20cm) and a large cleaver (22-23) to see how you get on with both, as if you're used to razer thin light Japanese knives, they will feel unwieldy.

Some reviews on the F208 on Youtube.

Though I would like to give one of these carbon steel versions a go:

https://www.kitchenprovisions.co.uk/collections/cck-cleavers/products/no-1-small-slicer-cck-cleaver

Any recommendations for an easy-access, small knife roll?

Little one is getting very interested in kitchen tools and it's only a matter of time before her curiosity means the sharp knives get pulled out of their case/drawers.

Longest blade I have is a 19cm chef knife, it doesn't need to be used for travel, just something to keep them tucked away whilst in a drawer that I can then roll out dead easy.

Edit, or if knife rolls are a crappy solution, any other ideas for safe storage that won't get annoying?

None of the comparitve reviews speak highly about the knockoffs

Knife rack from Letshandlethis on Instagram. Josh had lots of different woods so could find one that was similar to the table and shelves in our kitchen.

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Ta will bear in mind. Mechanism is pretty stiff atm but as it loosens will take precautions.

I have one of these for regular knives
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07RFLHBF4/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1

and one of these magnetic boards for the better ones, not that I have anything too precious :D

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07Y825WM8/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1