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- Sun Feb 14, 2021 8:39 pm
- Forum: Sharpening Advice
- Topic: 8K Stone Investment
- Replies: 45
- Views: 6971
Re: 8K Stone Investment
While I respect Ken's opinion I stop after my 6K Nubatama Platinum which is a fabulous stone. I do as well for the most part, but Ken set me up with a 15K Nubatama and I used it on a single bevel knife a few weeks ago - OMG silence through newspaper. I am a solid believer in the Nubatama stones - a...
- Sun Feb 14, 2021 8:30 pm
- Forum: Knife Recommendations
- Topic: looking for a santoku or nakiri
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1625
Re: looking for a santoku or nakiri
you might email Mark or Susan and ask - info@chefknivestogo.com gets to them as well
- Sun Feb 14, 2021 6:01 pm
- Forum: Knife Recommendations
- Topic: looking for a santoku or nakiri
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1625
Re: looking for a santoku or nakiri
If you can wait a bit, I'd consider this one as well. https://www.chefknivestogo.com/tachsa17wtbo.html My brother has a gyuto from the same line (his first J knife), and I no longer bring a knife roll to his house when he does dinners. He always had very dull knives (Wusthof stuff that he had sharpe...
- Sun Feb 14, 2021 1:52 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Cooking to fend off winter.
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2259
Re: Cooking to fend off winter.
Do you go to AZ every winter? If the business wasn't chaining us down I would totally be a snowbird and spend winters somewhere else. Here is what I made last night. Nothing like a good pot roast. https://i.imgur.com/y4XafGD.jpg just going to visit daughter and maybe some folk from another site - m...
- Sun Feb 14, 2021 10:03 am
- Forum: Knife Recommendations
- Topic: Petty recommendations please
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1817
Re: Petty recommendations please
I've been very happy over the years with Matsubara stuff - I was given this for my birthday and it seems to fit your wants https://www.chefknivestogo.com/mabl2natape1.html There is also a custom handled one for sale right now https://www.chefknivestogo.com/mabl2nape13.html These take very very good ...
- Sun Feb 14, 2021 9:58 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Cooking to fend off winter.
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2259
Re: Cooking to fend off winter.
It's still a balmy 16 below here (was -18 earlier), and we are going to have a "high" of 6 below in Minneapolis, looks like a good day to make some lasagna - off to start the sauce so I can serve dinner at 7pm. Phoenix is calling - going to be there later this week.
- Sat Feb 13, 2021 11:56 am
- Forum: Sharpening Advice
- Topic: Comparison between sharpeners
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3770
Re: Comparison between sharpeners
Get a good loupe and be done with it https://www.chefknivestogo.com/20xloupe.html digital cameras (especially phone based ones) have very low OTF. First is Nyquist as Ken mentions above, and second is they are done in Bayer mode (a checkerboard where all the lack squares are covered with green filte...
- Tue Feb 09, 2021 9:33 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Anryu Knives Updates
- Replies: 172
- Views: 22759
Re: Anryu Knives Updates
I'm again amazed at how fast these sold out - had to deal with people at work, was a half hour late in looking at email, and poof, gone
- Sun Feb 07, 2021 10:02 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: weird symbol on a knife blade
- Replies: 4
- Views: 748
Re: weird symbol on a knife blade
Kikuichi uses a chrysanthemum, they are one of the oldest knife and sword makers in existence. The chrysanthemum is the old mark of the emperor - no other maker uses it, or has ever been allowed to use it that I know of. The blade in question is not a Kikuichi. Kikuichi means "first chrysanthem...
- Sat Feb 06, 2021 10:18 pm
- Forum: Knife Recommendations
- Topic: How much does the steel matter
- Replies: 35
- Views: 4293
Re: How much does the steel matter
A white steel Tojiro Shirogami knife is probably going to be sharper and hold it's edge longer than anything most home cooks have ever used. Testify! As a lot of you know....I'm a newbs newb here. My first J-knife was purchased New Year's Day this year...a Tojiro 150mm Petty W#2. The very first tim...
- Fri Feb 05, 2021 9:22 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Next Batch Shape of FM B#2 GT240
- Replies: 29
- Views: 2552
Re: Next Batch Shape of FM B#2 GT240
#2 does not have enough flat spot for me - could only do 1 onion at a time
- Fri Feb 05, 2021 4:15 pm
- Forum: Sharpening Advice
- Topic: Comparison between sharpeners
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3770
Re: Comparison between sharpeners
I bought a Lansky system many years ago, but went back to whetstones - my gauge was how many deer I could gut and how easy it was to do it. I could put a better edge on a Buck 119 with whetstones than a Lansky system back then. A guy I work with has an edge pro, and my pocket knife is sharper than h...
- Thu Feb 04, 2021 6:57 pm
- Forum: Knife Recommendations
- Topic: How much does the steel matter
- Replies: 35
- Views: 4293
Re: How much does the steel matter
I think many of us fail to recognize the needs of a home cook versus those of us who cut up 3 boxes of onions to start the morning. My brother has one of these https://www.chefknivestogo.com/tachgy21.html Takamura Chromax knife his wife bought him for Christmas a couple years ago, and they use it ne...
- Thu Feb 04, 2021 10:21 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Show us your new handle
- Replies: 432
- Views: 161924
Re: Show us your new handle
thirdza!!!!
- Wed Feb 03, 2021 5:30 am
- Forum: Knife Recommendations
- Topic: Knife recommendation for a friend
- Replies: 27
- Views: 2607
Re: Knife recommendation for a friend
Have both HD2 and GS+ Kono's - the grind on the HD2 is much more to my liking - have the GS+ out for a bit of grind change. But either one would be a great home knife - and probably the last one you NEED to buy. But it may also lead you down the rabbit hole with the rest of us. The handle on the ho...
- Tue Feb 02, 2021 9:57 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Forum special
- Replies: 153
- Views: 12782
Re: Forum special
lsboogy wrote: ↑Tue Feb 02, 2021 9:56 pm guess I'm in as well - still looking for the perfect petty for turning mushrooms - have to do them again on Sunday. I'll send cinnamon cookies next time I make them - we rarely eat sweet stuff any more. I did just put in for more Penzey's cinnamon so maybe I can justify it
- Tue Feb 02, 2021 9:56 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Forum special
- Replies: 153
- Views: 12782
Re: Forum special
guess I'm in as well - still looking for the perfect petty for turning mushrooms - have to do them again on Sunday. I'll send cinnamon cookies next time I make them - we rarely eat sweet stuff any more.
- Tue Feb 02, 2021 8:52 pm
- Forum: Knife Recommendations
- Topic: Knife recommendation for a friend
- Replies: 27
- Views: 2607
Re: Knife recommendation for a friend
Have both HD2 and GS+ Kono's - the grind on the HD2 is much more to my liking - have the GS+ out for a bit of grind change. But either one would be a great home knife - and probably the last one you NEED to buy. But it may also lead you down the rabbit hole with the rest of us. The handle on the ho ...
- Mon Feb 01, 2021 4:23 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Anryu Knives Updates
- Replies: 172
- Views: 22759
- Mon Feb 01, 2021 1:59 pm
- Forum: Knife Recommendations
- Topic: 210mm Gyuto wanted.
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1567
Re: 210mm Gyuto wanted.
Third the Anryu - and you need to get your email in to get one - and the last batch sold out within an hour. I’m quite pleased with mine - it still hides most of the time - I prefer bigger knives - but that or the Kurosaki should ring your bell quite well.