wow the wood and finish on those!
Having dinner with a close friend tonight. Our birthdays are 1 day apart in April, and since we have been isolating since March, this will be the first opportunity to give him his gift. A Shun 10" Premier chef knife.
I bought an 8" for myself and I love it, but he is a bigger guy with baseball mitts for hands, and is usually carving steaks from much larger hunks of meat.
@mneeley490 posted:Having dinner with a close friend tonight. Our birthdays are 1 day apart in April, and since we have been isolating since March, this will be the first opportunity to give him his gift. A Shun 10" Premier chef knife.
I bought an 8" for myself and I love it, but he is a bigger guy with baseball mitts for hands, and is usually carving steaks from much larger hunks of meat.
Love Shun knives.
There are many threads on here about knives. They are very personal and what you like, someone else may dislike. A knife is a very personal choice. Read this https://kniferr.com/what-knive...s-gordon-ramsey-use/ to narrow down choices. My best advice would be to go to a specialist knife shop and heft them, see how they feel in your hand. You probably only need a few to start with: a small paring knife, a large paring (or vegetable) knife, a cook's knife and a boning knife. If you're a real beginner, a medium paring and cook's knife are a good starting point. Plus, learn how to sharpen and maintain them yourself.
Got this today. 300mm suji, Aogami #2, pretty as all hell.
wow very very nice!
Danyull got me into Sakai Jikko.
I'm using a 300mm gingami 3 (silver 3) takohiki
@robsutherland posted:Got this today. 300mm suji, Aogami #2, pretty as all hell.
Nice! And it can do double duty for home defense in close quarters. 
@g-man posted:wow very very nice!
Danyull got me into Sakai Jikko.
I'm using a 300mm gingami 3 (silver 3) takohiki
Nice! I love the square tip. I have a Kikuichi Honyaki 270mm Yanagi as a single bevel that my brother on law got us for our wedding but it's fish only.
ATK favorite for me.
@mneeley490 posted:Nice! And it can do double duty for home defense in close quarters.
But only in states with a Stab Your Ground law.
@robsutherland posted:Nice! I love the square tip. I have a Kikuichi Honyaki 270mm Yanagi as a single bevel that my brother on law got us for our wedding but it's fish only.
wow yea honyaki technique is one of the few i'd never trust a non japanese forger to custom make.
my next knife is going to be a suji that i plan to use to cut brisket when I get to texas full time =) Nothing like going through a brisket with a single stroke.
putting to use my new 210mm konosuke sumiiro SLD steel gyuto
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broke in my honesuki made by andy gaynor over at fire knives. Just in time for the turkey holidays!
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