Knife porn thread

I wish I had a kitchen island...
Though I would want the sink on the right as a leftie.

are the ribs underneath part of the board?

They are risers. I have a huge one of these boards but because it was so big after washing up I would lay it flat on the worktop, but the stagnant water underneath would go rancid. The risers just help enable airflow underneath.

Driving down the motorway on holiday and my mind inevitably drifts to what we’ve forgotten to pack… in this case, a couple of kitchen knives. Sure it will be fine.
Well it’s not fine, it’s fucking torture. I hope the owner of this cottage is forced to cut carrots for eternity with this ‘knife’ and glass board. I need a lie down.

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Knife block id plz thnx @dancing james

https://youtu.be/v2KThQu7CRY?si=RrQPpv1XhUmTSYlY

Has a useful store finder section https://www.lidl.co.uk

Josh at letshandlethis on instagram

Ah ok, thanks. Makes sense.

great will message! cheers

Why is it always a fucking glass board!!

I can relate to this

"what's the only fragile version of this that I can buy that will also be horrible to use?"

“Bonus points if it makes the knives so blunt that the guests won’t know which way up they’re meant to be!”

That looks a lot like a knife I bought in Sainsbury's about 20 years ago.

I actually quite like it and it sharpens up well, still use it now. Although I appreciate that sharpening other people's knives may not be your ideal holiday pastime.

I'd go with the Lidl or similar option and pick up a decent £10 knife that you can keep somewhere where you won't forget to bring it.

We have used a Tojiro DP Nakiri for the last 5 or so years. Haven't sharpened it once (except honing steel) and it still cuts like a dream. I've sharpened other knives 20+ times in that timespan (decent quality knives, to a razor edge) and I have to keep re-sharpening them after a month or so. This knife keeps an incredible edge.

is this a thing? seems to be £100 in uk retailers:

https://japanwithlovestore.com/en-gb/products/tojiro-fujitora-japan-3-layer-santoku-knife-170mm-fu-503

e.g.

https://www.boroughkitchen.com/products/tojiro-classic-santoku-17cm

not 100% sure they are the same but also can't see an obvious difference.

I tend to always have tyre levers with me, which are generally sharper than your average holiday cottage knife.

Have a good holiday!

Found this lovely old Solingen knife (really old I think) at the market but it had no handle. €8 but that felt a bit steep for a broken knife. Bodged on a maple wood handle. It's been through the dishwasher a bit too much and picked up some stains over the last year. I like the slightly larger handle. I was tempted to make it quite thin but this feels better in the hand I think. Gets a lot of use as we're not precious about it.

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Use the underside of a ceramic plate/bowl/mug it's way more convenient and also probably more abrasive. Have gotten pretty much every airbnb knife to work that way.

Also @sorethroat I really don't understand how any knife would be able to hold an edge for 5 years, or how a honing steel can maintain a carbon steel knife.. or maybe I'm just jealous that I have to resharpen my W1 every one or two months!

Me neither. I'm not saying it's a razor edge, but I haven't sharpened it once, and haven't felt the need to. We don't mash it on bones or tough stuff, so we have looked after it quite well. I bought it from a Japanese knife shop on great Portland street in early 2019. Maybe my standards for sharpness are just not high enough though.

I pack a Lansky blade medic when I go on holiday.

@youClown depends on the use case, but the Tojiro I think is a stainless VG10 steel, and for veg/fruit slicing with a push cut technique (which is pretty kind on blade edges), Nakiris can stay sharp for ages with very minor maintenance.

I have this 360/600 butterfly sharpener in the shed for tools and I keep meaning to find another, probably higher grit, for travelling. It's a really handy little things and cost next to nothing.

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I’m back from my traumatic holiday and catching up on the Leatherman warranty chat. I picked up this Charge Ti new for £58 in 2006 but promptly fecked the blade. What are my odds they’ll forgive my crimes and replace? Can not believe what they cost nowadays.

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