Knife porn thread

Chef knife + bread knife will do everything you need. Procook were doing the x50 santoku for a tenner again recently.

That was the little one though wasn't it?

I don't know why people go on about a bread knife so much. If you are cutting thin slices day-in-day-out from unsliced loafs - ok, but who does that anymore? Buns, baguettes and doorstops are easily cut with a chef's knife.

Also I know I always bang this line, but if you're going to go all in and drop a tonne on a chef knife you're best going to a shop and trying them out. Even if it's a bit more money.

Functionally it's not going to do anything a £10 procook won't or a £25 Victorianox, so it's most important to find something you like the feel of and enjoy the experience.

Idk man. We buy tiger bread quite often and that often crumples when fresh with anything other than a bread knife. It's also just much easier.

16cm so I guess middle sized
https://www.procook.co.uk/product/nihon-x30-nakiri-knife-16cm-65in

You don't buy artisan sourdough from the market? Awkward

Ultimately its about preference though isn't it?

I used to be in the sumo camp of using a chef for everything. Now I use a pairing knife and a nakiri most of the time as I don't cook meat that much anymore.

When we bought tiger bread I found it easier to cut with the sharp chef's knife. Maybe my breadknife was blunt. Do you bother sharpening yours?

My first thought too! Bread knife vital here for that.

Sorry, I thought we were talking about bread, not mud.

Also I think they've done a slight of hand here haven't they? I'm sure the one loads of us bought was a x50 with a light handle.

Idk what difference 0.2% carbon makes 🤷

We've a secret baker who just makes bread and leaves it on your doorstep - it's so soft and fluffy I could cut it with a butter knife!

No. I'm just going to to chuck my cheap one and get an inexpensive one at some point. Maybe in the Black Friday sales. Then do the same again in a decade.

why not buy a really expensive one now? - it will last for ever, as long as you don't cut anything harder than bread, and you build a special stand for it to live on.

Huh?

I'm not a fan of sourdough.

Santa says I’ve been good enough for a Japanese nikiri 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

I was being a but flippant with the decade comment. But mainly because I'm not that flush at the moment and don't believe an expensive one will last longer than a victorianox/similar.

Sure if I sink a load of cost then I'll be motivated to learn how to sharpen a bread knife, buy a load of specialist bread stones, and keep it in a special bread box and get irritated if people use it and don't give it the deference it deserves. The yeah it'll last a lifetime (I mean it won't actually last a real life time).

Thanks all, plenty of food for thought

I know it’s anti, but, Safeways bread knife.
If you can remember Safeways then you know how old it is.
Never sharpened, still cuts bread.

I therefore don’t think anyone really needs to buy a posh one, but if they want to, why stop them? Even if they only buy sliced bread

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Morrisons slice the bread in a special machines for you for free.

Victorinox pastry knife is more bread knife than you’ll ever need.

A bread knife is also useful for cakes, and bagels.

Hacks up your nice chopping boards though.

Southerns only

I don’t think you can take your own bread in to be sliced.