Gunslinger, you jerk. Stole my knives and didn't even stay for a beer.
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DesertPod said:This to show how cheap good knives are today, of course nothing fancy as jap sale today with VG10 steel plus enclosed Damascus.
All bought at the local market and they are heat treated 8CR13MoV a Chinese stainless steel good up to 58-60RC or so. The cleavage is branded Metaltex and cost $7.50 about 2 years ago, I even cut chicken bone with it and doesn’t appear to lose much edge (guess is a 25º cutting angle).
The set of 3 knives was bought a month ago under the name of Chicago Cutlery with similar steel and heat treated very sharp (not honed to a fine degree tho), but overall a nice forged piece, paid $15.00 for the set with full plastic sheath ! Too early to say how long will they be retaining the edge.- Interesting, similar looks to the Zwilling J.A. Henckels Twin Cuisine II where the visible tang is on each side of the handle.
But one day I’ll buy some of those fancy Japanese cutters…
I've watched allot of videos on youtube and decided to go with the 1000/6000 grit combo stone and I practiced with my old knives until I could put a razor sharp edge. Now maintaining an edge on my Japanese knives are no problem. I went the route with all the other sharpeing methods and have all the "gadgets" to put a quick edge on a dull knife but nothing beats the stones and sharpening them by hand. In fact I can now put a better edge on my knives than our local knife shop can. I had them sharpen one of my knives and I can do a better job. Nice set you have !!!PHB said:Knifes Porn !! Yeah my favourite, after guitars !!
So my favourite are Takeda Knifes :
These are not mine, I'm too lazy to take a pic of my Takeda (drinking my first coffee of the morning).
And my favourite stones :
I got 1K to 16K (I will buy the 32K when I'll have money). They are the best synthetic stones I've ever tried so far.
I dream of owning a real custom made Kramer!!!! He is a true artist from smelting to actuall production of your custom blade his knives stand alone I'm currently on his mailing list for a chance to purchase a blade and look forward to my purchase as of now I have shun,wusthof, and an old set of Pierre santini wooden handle carving knives.SanDiegoPepper said:Besides my cheapo knives I don't care for, I have the Shun Elite chef's knife and a Shun Kaji Santoku. Both are super sharp and excellent.
One day I want a real Kramer knife. Not the ones they sell at the stores but one from him directly. Super cool!
If I'm not mistaken those knives are used for fish only with the one side like the sushi chefs use. The thicker one is used to filet the fish and the longer one for sashimi/sushi.turbo said:My wife's parents are from Japan and these have been in the kitchen for decades. Funny thing is there are knives given as gifts from Japan long ago in unopened boxes all over the basement.
These are the first knives I've ever seen that are only sharpened on one side. This is the unsharpened side
This is the sharpened side
These guys are wicked sharp
The bigger one is also really thick. Its the heaviest knife I've ever used
SavinaRed said:If I'm not mistaken those knives are used for fish only with the one side like the sushi chefs use. The thicker one is used to filet the fish and the longer one for sashimi/sushi.
texas blues said:Paulky.
Beautiful damascus.
But I'd have to use them.
Who in the hell takes a porn star out for dinner and a movie?
And only expects to cuddle afterward?
Get your shit straight sailor!