Knives

by Hawashingtonian 5 months ago

Picked this up for $10 at Goodwill. Anyone recognize it?

Years ago I tried a hack: sharpen a razor by stroking in backwards on a piece of cloth. It worked. Last year I saw one of those Hollywood Gunga Din movies of the 1930s; in it, there's a shaving sce...

by drrayeye 1 year ago

Time was we went to look at kitchen knives up close and personal--got to hold them or even cut up a few carrots with one. It still happens sometimes with a limited range of knives--especially at S...

Hello everyone, I am new here, but I was searching for a good home-cooking discussion page and found this one. I wanted to know what are some of your thoughts on this cool new hand-held gadget that...

Hi Everyone! My husband and I recently closed on our first home. We are looking to invest in some high quality knives, pans & bakeware. Up until now I have either had hand me downs, or less exp...

Hello The edge on my Wustoff chef knife is Kaput. I read your Message Board Rules and thought this query fit in with restaurant chat. Anybody have a favorite knife sharpening shop that doesn't g...

I had gotten this knife from my grandmother before she died, and I know she brought it back from Japan before I was born, so it's very dear to me, and I would appreciate any help that I can get, th...

I'm looking for a store near Boston (very willing to drive a few hours away) where I can talk to someone knowledgeable about Japanese chef's knives and buy one. I don't want to go to a big commerci...

I'm pretty sure it's summer now.

I've been watching too many of those Facebook ads where the guy is slicing through a tomato with absolutely no effort! I have a very nice carbon. steel santoku and know how to sharpen -- water ston...

My mom mentioned to me the other day that she would like a new paring knife, so I thought I would buy her a nice one for Christmas. Any recs? I don't really use one myself, so I don't have much exp...

I've got a couple of cleavers in the stash . Nothing special.... I've got a friend who's going to HK. The last time I was there, I would say $ for CCK was about 50% less than what I would pay st...

I have a Foster Bros cleaver #1138 that i have a question about. I've read the historic posts on dating them and because of family provenance, I'm sure my cleaver is from the 1870-1890 era. My cl...

by FalkCulinairUSA 8 months ago

I was in my local Macy's this evening this evening and stopped in the kitchen wares department. Most of the stuff was picked over and the price tags were gone. I looked up one of the items on my ...

by kaleokahu 10 months ago

So, how high will it go? Considering people have paid >$10k for a Kramer simply not to have to wait in line for theirs to be made, I think the pre-auction estimate of $4-6k is a little low. Haw...

Brandless.com has a Santoku and a Nakiri for $3 each. At that price, is it likely they can even hold an edge? Have any of you tried any of the knives from them?

I recently bought these two cleavers at an antique/flea market. I don't have any knowledge of cutting tools or cleavers and was hoping someone here might know something about these. I couldn't fin...