Knife Thread




Got the first 3 knifes free and I still have an extra third knife to arrive sometime this year. I bought the last three in December.

The stone is very low in the grit scale though something like 200/400 but i am not bothered as I already have a Naniwa Combi Stone 120/1000 and Naniwa Super Stone 2000/5000. So that should keep them all in pristine condition for a long time.

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Does anyone know the best way to sharper Suntoku knives and ones with straightish blade?

Mine are all really blunt and I have no proper sharpener at the moment. Just a tool that looks like two crossed steels but not sure how to use it effectively.

Going to try and get some more life out of them before getting new knifes.
 
Last I.O.Shen to arrive for free. Think I applied for this way back in November just before the offer finished and it just arrived today. So I will add it to the other 6 I have.

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I'm looking to buy some new knives for the kitchen as ours are terrible.

I've been looking at the following as these have been suggested within this thread;

James Martin Santoku
https://www.amazon.co.uk/James-Mart...61925436&sr=1-1&keywords=James+Martin+Santoku

Richardson Sheffield Kyu
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Richardson...5353&sr=1-8&keywords=Richardson+Sheffield+Kyu

SwissClassic
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Victorinox...61925315&sr=1-2&keywords=victorinox+knife+set

Richardson Sheffield V Sabatier's
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Richardson...=UTF8&qid=1461925090&sr=1-22&keywords=wusthof

So OCUK which should I go for?
 
bignev72 said:
I'm looking to buy some new knives for the kitchen as ours are terrible.

I've been looking at the following as these have been suggested within this thread;

James Martin Santoku
https://www.amazon.co.uk/James-Mart...61925436&sr=1-1&keywords=James+Martin+Santoku

Richardson Sheffield Kyu
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Richardson...5353&sr=1-8&keywords=Richardson+Sheffield+Kyu

SwissClassic
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Victorinox...61925315&sr=1-2&keywords=victorinox+knife+set

Richardson Sheffield V Sabatier's
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Richardson...=UTF8&qid=1461925090&sr=1-22&keywords=wusthof

So OCUK which should I go for?
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Look at the Robert Welch range of knifes. I have the 14cm santoku and its great, iam looking to get a paring knife too.
 
Moses said:
Only if you want a big set of them. Rather than getting a big set of them, or one of the sets for the £80/90 you've linked to, iirc, you could just get a couple of knives and use them for everything. You probably don't need more than a cook's knife and a smaller knife.
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I want more than two knives in my kitchen. I want 3 or 4 knives of varying size.
 
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Moses said:
I'm sorry it sits outside of your narrow pre-selected pool of options/the single option of a set you decided on before posting here.
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What a childish reaction. :p

I don't have any particular thing in mind I want to purchase so I'm not set on my "narrow pre-selected pool of options" as you put it. However I did go through this thread and see what popular opinion was and then search on Amazon for those. I want 3 or 4 knives which I know from experience I will appreciate when I am cooking. I thought a set would be a good way of doing it, as well as giving me somewhere safe to store the knives in their block. I think you've misinterpreted this as me dismissing your opinion because the one option you have suggested doesn't meet what I'm asking for.

Unfortunately I want to spend roughly £100 which doesn't allow me to get what I want, if I purchase Welch knives.

Perhaps you could suggest something else instead?
 
bignev72 said:
SwissClassic
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Victorinox...61925315&sr=1-2&keywords=victorinox+knife+set
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The knife block contents include: 8cm Paring Knife, 11cm Tomato/Utility Knife, 19cm Chef's Knife, 20cm Filleting Knife and 21cm Bread Knife.
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While I agree with Moses in terms of spending most of your budget on a single knife that you'll be using most of the time, the Victorinox set you linked is actually pretty much every knife you'd ever need with nothing superfluous. Their stuff is very good for the money. Nothing particularly flash but they will last a long time and don't need babying.
 
Expectations of Santoku Knifes not met ?

I spent 2 years with a Victorinox Classic Santoku 17cm but was disappointed
- Onions still stuck to the knife where I though the raison d'etre for these knifes was that the incut scallops(kullens) would prevent that
- The knife is thinner (1.5mm spine) and not really up to cutting a swede, perhaps the most demanding task ? (here my old french Chefs knife sebatier with a thicker spine 2.2mm was better, but less precise for onions)

I tried again with a Zwilling/Henckel Pure 7" Santoku, (1.7mm spine) this had a bit more weight and precision but still suffered from the two issues with the Victorinox
[I saw Shun Santoku knifes knifes do not have scallops ]

...... So conclusion was .. I have not been able to retire the Sebatier chefs knife


Best related purchase was a 13" circular acacia end grain chopping board <£15 in Tkmax, although I had thought it might be too small, could be held with one hand to drop contents directly into pans - boards and oiling them are an essential addition to the knife what do folks recommend ? [ I see too much tv with people cutting on ceramic or even granite chopping boards. ]
 
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I've got an IO Shen chefs knife which I've had for many years, however about a year ago, when my dad was visiting, he decided to use it for non-knife purposes and put a huge dent in the blade. I thought it might sharpen out but recently it's started cracking right up the metal. Is there anything I can do about this or is it beyond saving? It looks like it will crack all the way through eventually.

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randomshenans said:
Contact them, they might be able to sort you out, they're damn good like that.Try twitter, she's called Natalie :)

Edit: https://twitter.com/ioshenknives
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Good shout! She was really helpful but unfortunately doesn't think it's worth saving as it would effectively be a new knife.. Sad to see it go but I've had my moneys worth out of it. She did do me a good deal on a new chefs knife though. :)
 
New kitchen and time for some new knives, I very much like the look of the Zelite on the forest and after using a a Sanktori for a while now, I think i am going to go with this style, kind of suits my grip.
 
Wife just broke a knife cutting carrots. Apparently it practically jumped off the board. Could easily have cut her.

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I've spoken to the retailer (as Global's website suggests) but they've suggested I go direct as they don't sell many Global knives and the rep consequently doesn't visit very often. Plus, despite what Global's website suggests, the retailer isn't in a position to judge if it's a warranty issue or not.

However, the retailer did suggest that Global will not regard it as under warranty as in his experience they'll simply claim I haven't washed it right, i.e. I've used a dishwasher, or left it on a draining board to dry.

Not very happy and will probably just write it off (and their life-time guarantee) and never buy their products again.
 
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