Ham carving knife (serrano ham)

R.O.S.S.I · 2 Feb 2016 at 13:10

The Mrs' mother bought us a full serrano ham for Xmas and we will be having a bit of a ham, cheese and wine night at our house in a couple weeks to tackle the mighty porkiness.

Pretty sure it didn't come with a knife to use for carving just a stand and i've not got any particularly great knifes which I think will be any good at carving it really thinly.

Can anyone recommend me a good knife/tool for cutting the ham wafer thin?

hughtrimble · 2 Feb 2016 at 13:16

It's extremely difficult to consistently get the type of slices you buy in supermarkets at home without their 'power tools'. You can manage it, but it takes a lot of practice, and patience.

I purchased a dedicated ham slicing knife (sold as endorsed by a particular Iberico ham company) and it was fine, but just not up to the task.

If you've got a lovely and thinly ground carving knife that you know how to maintain to a very fine edge, that is what I found to be the ideal tool for the task that was readily-available at home.

sbi5ar · 2 Feb 2016 at 13:45

Vegetable peeler... Not a elegant / sophisticated solution but a solution none-the-less...

R.O.S.S.I · 2 Feb 2016 at 14:13

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Carving-Kni...UTF8&qid=1454422334&sr=8-3&keywords=ham+knife

Found the above on Amazon. Looks like it might be OK but just wondering if there are any cheaper alternatives?

Tuppy_Glossop · 2 Feb 2016 at 14:53

This looks cheap and cheerful

hughtrimble · 2 Feb 2016 at 15:07

Tuppy_Glossop said:
This looks cheap and cheerful

It is cheap, but you are very unlikely to be cheerful using it. The edge ground on even the sales picture is very uneven and it's likely going to be no better than your crappy supermarket own brand kitchen knives.

monkeyspank · 2 Feb 2016 at 21:05

http://www.nisbets.co.uk/Hygiplas-Serrated-Slicer-Black-30.5cm/C580/ProductDetail.raction

roccles · 3 Feb 2016 at 09:29

I have bought these in the past solely so that I don't need have to have it see through and wafer thin like the shops sell. I like a big chunky slices.

josh_sheffield · 3 Feb 2016 at 19:20

sbi5ar said:
Vegetable peeler... Not a elegant / sophisticated solution but a solution none-the-less...

+1 That's what we used when we were given ham.

bayo000 · 3 Feb 2016 at 21:24

roccles said:
I have bought these in the past solely so that I don't need have to have it see through and wafer thin like the shops sell. I like a big chunky slices.

That was my first thought.