Knives

[Badgers]

How important is the actualy block you put them in?

Of little importance if any.

DAMN YOU BADGERS!

Soz, I need to be muzzled

Damn it, does Badgers work for the knife company or something?

Nope, but they are are fairly set for a supermarket cheap set

Me too

Pwned

 

[subversplat]

Look, matey, my ex girlfriend used to work for St Tiggywinkles, so if anybody's got the goods for getting badgers put down, she has

These knifs better be good worth the cash

 

[Badgers]

Look, matey, my ex girlfriend used to work for St Tiggywinkles, so if anybody's got the goods for getting badgers put down, she has

These knifs better be good worth the cash

Cheers, now I will not be able to sleep or eat until the reports are good. If they are not good then I will have a special thread in the community forum

 

[UnderOpenSky]

My Globals came with one of these: http://www.cooksknivesshop.co.uk/Ac...er_Sharpener_Large_(Grey_and_Black)/1038/1884

..as well as the ceramic thingie in the block.

That's very cool, I'll defiantly be getting one next month, looks a lot less hassle!

 

[fredfelt]

Like sofas, carpet, windows, appliances, beds, everything, etc?

I'll add poor wine to that list - always 'half price'

 

[fredfelt]

I've got this knife sharper. All I can say about it is that it's easy to use and does the job.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Taylors-Wit...r_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=kitchen&qid=1262942510&sr=8-6

 

[Lord Camomile]

This is the sharpener my friend got me for Christmas.

Haven't had a chance to use it yet, but gorsh am I looking forward to it!

 

[existentialist]

& does Moonpig also scour your non-stick pans with wire wool?

Or leave the stainless steel ones to soak with bleach?

 

[existentialist]

I find the best knives in my local pound shop. My experience of department store knives (costing say £30) is that they're crap or become crap really quickly. And my experience of knives from pound stores is that they are really sharp and, when they get unsharp, you just use them for something else and buy a new knife for a pound.

I think people get too poncey with 'chef' knives. You just need something that does the job.

I think people DO get too poncey, sometimes, with "chef" knives, but I don't think it's quite as black and white as you're putting it there.

I've heard people say very similar things, and I've then put a well-sharpened reasonably decent knife into their hands and got them to chop up an onion or slice a tomato, and the look on their face can be be a revelation...

You don't have to spend £200 on something that's been honed on shrew's whiskers to get a decent knife, but you will certainly get only as much as you pay for if you're buying cheapshop knives. Sure, it'll do the job, and if you don't know any better you'll be happy. But when I cook I want it to be a pleasure. And one way of doing that is to make sure I'm using tools that are good enough. It's like playing the violin - I don't need to play a Strad, or pay Strad prices, but if it's going to be a pleasant experience for me and anyone listening, I won't be playing on a £75 Chinese job off eBay...

 

[tarannau]

I like the analogy, but the idea of people standing around in the kitchen, watching me performance wang my expensive knife in harmony, makes me uncomfortable.

 

[Caney]

Our Price: £765.51 Including VAT at 17.5%

God i wish i was rich enough to afford that kind of money for knifes, its more than 2 months rent for me

Oh how the other half live

 

[Kanda]

It's half my monthly mortgage payment. I've saved for ages to buy a house and the stuff to go in it.

 

[Badgers]

Anyone get their knives?

 

[Herbsman.]

I like the analogy, but the idea of people standing around in the kitchen, watching me performance wang my expensive knife in harmony, makes me uncomfortable.

Yeah, knifes are practical tools, not things to make art with.

 

[sheothebudworths]

Not yet, Badgers. Snow stopped play for a while I think.

Mine were finally despatched on the 13th iirc and it looks like I'll get em delivered tomorrow.

 

[soulfulofsoul]

How would a dishwasher damage expensive knives?

 

[Pie 1]

How would a dishwasher damage expensive knives?

I assume because the dishwasher is too powerful for finely made blade edges.
Same sort of reason why you don't bung crystal glass etc into them.

 

[Mrs Magpie]

The best knives are not stainless steel. My best knife is an old long bladed wooden handled carbon steel knife I found in the shed when I moved into my present home. I do have a good sharpening steel though, and know how to use it properly.

 

[Badgers]

I do have a good sharpening steel though, and know how to use it properly.

You are clearly a serial killer

 

[Mrs Magpie]

Only rabbits and chooks.....

 

[Herbsman.]

The best knives are not stainless steel. My best knife is an old long bladed wooden handled carbon steel knife I found in the shed when I moved into my present home. I do have a good sharpening steel though, and know how to use it properly.

However, some Global knives are made of high-end stainless steel, which apparently is badder than high carbon steel.

It depends on the manufacturing process as much as the material, and not all stainless steel is the same in its composition

 

[tarannau]

Carbon steel blades are still the king if you want easy to sharpen, razor edged blades. If only they didn't rust and lose their edge so quickly

Globals and other japanese style knives are apparently higher grade Molybdenum/Vanadium type stainless steel, which could be boswellox as far as I really know. In use they seem a little trickier to sharpen but retain their edge for longer than 'normal' (often German and French) style stainless steel blades. Pretty good for home cooks really

 

[Herbsman.]

This is the best chopping technique tutorial I've ever seen: http://www.viewdo.com/now_viewing.php?id=244

 

[Lord Camomile]

Anyone get their knives?

Not yet, Badgers. Snow stopped play for a while I think.

Mine were finally despatched on the 13th iirc and it looks like I'll get em delivered tomorrow.

Aye, I got an email on Friday saying they've been dispatched and would arrive in 3-5 days. Can't bloody wait

 

[Lord Camomile]

This is the best chopping technique tutorial I've ever seen: http://www.viewdo.com/now_viewing.php?id=244

I'm by no means an expert, but aren't his hands all wrong in that video

I thought you were supposed to hold the knife with the blade between your thumb and forefinger (at the handle end, obviously ) and your non-knife fingers should be sort of curled on the thing being cut, keeping them out of the way and using your knuckles as a guide for where to cut.

 

[Herbsman.]

I'm by no means an expert, but aren't his hands all wrong in that video

I thought you were supposed to hold the knife with the blade between your thumb and forefinger (at the handle end, obviously ) and your non-knife fingers should be sort of curled on the thing being cut, keeping them out of the way and using your knuckles as a guide for where to cut.

eye was joking. check the comments below the vid. shockingly that vid comes up as #1 result for 'knife chopping technique' or something similar

 

[Lord Camomile]

he he, oh yes

Still, at least I recognised it was wrong - I'm learning!

 

[Herbsman.]

he he, oh yes

Still, at least I recognised it was wrong - I'm learning!

yeah, if you'd have believed me i would have been a bit worried

i dread to think how many people have found that vid and actually taken his advice

 

[Lord Camomile]

It is the worrying thing about the internet, it can be difficult to know who really know what they're talking about. I once read a guide to running that said you should take large gulps of water, not sip, which I'm pretty sure is very wrong.

How did the commenters know his blade was dull though? Was it because it didn't cut clean through the pepper when he first cut it?

 

[sheothebudworths]

Aye, I got an email on Friday saying they've been dispatched and would arrive in 3-5 days. Can't bloody wait

Yeah my mistake, my email was on Friday too!

If you check the tracking number though, you'll probably find that it's the couriers next day service, so should be today I think!

I know I'll be thinking of my fellow knife owning urabanites when I use mine now....'I wonder if subs is chopping a tomato, too...'...'perhaps Lord Cam is also boning a chicken thigh'....'I wouldn't be at all surprised if madz was stabbing at a fucking sausage' etc etc