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by STPepper9
Fri Mar 22, 2024 1:03 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I didn’t believe it.
Replies: 51
Views: 1475

Re: I didn’t believe it.

Update contd. Next I pulled out a Shapton M5 12k stone gifted to me by a friend. It has some wicked gouge marks that suggest an otherwise undocumented encounter with great frustration. It gave a streakier finish than the preceding Chosera, even after I’d cleaned it as well as I could. So I pulled o...
by STPepper9
Mon Mar 11, 2024 4:00 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Show us your new knife!
Replies: 4109
Views: 762188

Re: Show us your new knife!

Well, I certainly can’t claim any of the credit on this one. That’s how it came. I had had my eye on the “big daddy slicer” a while back and was disappointed that they weren’t being offered anymore. I have use for a nice long sujihiki, but not enough to justify spending a ton of money. Mark and Sue ...
by STPepper9
Mon Mar 11, 2024 11:20 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Show us your new knife!
Replies: 4109
Views: 762188

Re: Show us your new knife!

Leaf spring I think
by STPepper9
Mon Mar 11, 2024 12:24 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Show us your new knife!
Replies: 4109
Views: 762188

Re: Show us your new knife!

Got this in Nov. Thanks to Mark and Sue for special ordering this 365mm for me.
Daovua
by STPepper9
Sun Mar 10, 2024 12:48 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Show us your knife collection.
Replies: 742
Views: 211513

Re: Show us your knife collection.

That's the same knife.
Cktg lists them as sg2 and r2, and that they're basically the same steel.
by STPepper9
Sun Mar 10, 2024 11:57 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Baking Much?
Replies: 732
Views: 115725

Re: Baking Much?

I've had some recent adventures in brittle-making. Not baking per se, it's a component in a cookie recipe with which I'm absolutely in love, so I've been making it fairly regularly lately. It's interesting to me, especially when using only sugar (no corn syrup), how many ways this seemingly simple ...
by STPepper9
Sun Mar 10, 2024 11:07 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Show us your knife collection.
Replies: 742
Views: 211513

Re: Show us your knife collection.

That knife is superb imo. I have the slightly different battleship and use it every day. If I did it again I think I'd prefer the bunka. (I have used both).
by STPepper9
Sun Mar 10, 2024 12:38 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Show us your knife collection.
Replies: 742
Views: 211513

Re: Show us your knives!

Here’s the current line up. 270 Mazaki, 270 Hiromoto, and 240 Anryu are off getting some work done but it’s just as well, they wouldn’t fit on this little table anyway :lol: 2F679282-4B2F-4238-822C-E88B36B02B21.jpeg What's top right? The Bunka? Wow. Page 1, you got me to look through 37 pages of kn...
by STPepper9
Sun Feb 04, 2024 12:50 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Knife Type Name Pronunciations
Replies: 3
Views: 405

Re: Knife Type Name Pronunciations

Japanese pronunciation is (compared to English) remarkably uniform. The biggest source of error is likely converting from the romanization to the original kana (japanese alphabet) spelling. Try using the "Listen" button in translate.google.com, eg https://translate.google.com/?sl=ja&t...
by STPepper9
Tue Jan 16, 2024 11:15 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Snow Day
Replies: 14
Views: 915

Re: Snow Day

I wouldn't be surprised if UPS is running slow or if cktg needed to shut the doors due to the extreme weather this past week.
I just checked, the wind chill is -22*F in Madison right now.
by STPepper9
Thu Jan 04, 2024 7:54 pm
Forum: Knife Recommendations
Topic: Impulse buy? Red light or green light
Replies: 18
Views: 1293

Re: Impulse buy? Red light or green light

Some will say yes, some will say no. It really depends on how you use it and what you're cutting. The Konosuke is a bit thinner and slightly shorter and as a result, it weighs about an ounce less. But with that said, if you're replacing a 210 gyuto with a 210 gyuto and Anryu knives are no slouches, ...
by STPepper9
Wed Jan 03, 2024 3:17 pm
Forum: Knife Knowledge, Skills, Technique and Care
Topic: What's your favorite test for a new knife?
Replies: 14
Views: 1532

Re: What's your favorite test for a new knife?

...Here's an example from a while back when Steve did the Black Lotus passaround. S67DS_TG5so That is......SHARP! :ugeek: Thanks Jeff, that’s quite a compliment. Obviously sharpness against paper doesn’t always translate perfectly to food. But the way I figure, once I’m cutting food. my stones are ...
by STPepper9
Wed Jan 03, 2024 1:57 am
Forum: Knife Knowledge, Skills, Technique and Care
Topic: What's your favorite test for a new knife?
Replies: 14
Views: 1532

Re: What's your favorite test for a new knife?

I just slice a little patty paper, I can usually tell if I got the edge how I like it based on how it cuts. I push cut and check from heel to tip. It's not usually necessary but I will then slice and try to get the whole edge involved and try to notice any spots that don't feel smooth. It's quick an...
by STPepper9
Wed Jan 03, 2024 12:12 am
Forum: Shaving
Topic: What do you use?
Replies: 6
Views: 1039

Re: What do you use?

Sorry. I'm no help, I stopped using aftershave probably 10 years ago, but I think the last one I used was Proraso liquid aftershave cream. Just face. Not head.
by STPepper9
Sat Dec 23, 2023 8:46 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: You know you're a chef when...
Replies: 215
Views: 116498

Re: You know you're a chef when...

jmcnelly85 wrote: Fri Dec 22, 2023 8:43 pm For restaurant secret Santa with a 25 dollar cutoff one of your line cooks buys you 25 dollars worth of your goto energy drink.
The first two gifts I saw exchanged at secret Santa yesterday were a gift card to Starbucks, and a bottle of whiskey.
by STPepper9
Sat Dec 16, 2023 12:47 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Yet another new product in search of a problem.
Replies: 23
Views: 43243

Re: Yet another new product in search of a problem.

In case it’s tough to see on a phone screen. The recipe book on the floor is “Recipes for disaster”