Knifin' around: a thread about kitchen knives

[Jorge]

I will. Thanks Anders

[Anders]

If I could only use one knife, it would be a serrated utility knife. Looks like this, can do just about anything serviceably, but is not intimidating or dangerous:

Nice.

[Anders]

I will. Thanks Anders

[Chris_H_2]

Knives are like ties. Only the person using them should ever pick them out.

[lennytheweedwhacker]

Knives are like ties. Only the person using them should ever pick them out.

I'm going to buy you a belt for Christmas.

[Jorge]

Knives are like ties. Only the person using them should ever pick them out.

How about someone who grew up with the person using them and knows them really well

[lennytheweedwhacker]

You're grasping at blades, jorge.

[Jorge]

Yes but they are 60+ Rockwell hardness blades hand sharpened under the ancient honbazuke method to a screamingly sharp 8-12 degrees

[Ello Sailor]

Some of the reviews don't look too hot for these Hattori Hanzō blades, chief.

[Chris_H_2]

Knives are like ties. Only the person using them should ever pick them out.

How about someone who grew up with the person using them and knows them really well

He was a line cook. He has a love of cooking. I guarantee you, he’s finicky about what equipment he uses.

Plus: you’d be getting them for him, not necessarily for both of them.

Plus: he already used an excuse for you not to buy them.

Plus: “They do have a registry and this isn't in it.”

Don’t do it.

[doug rr]

also, they're uglier today than they were yesterday..

[tragabigzanda]

from the ashes of tonkotsu

[Jorge]

Plus: he already used an excuse for you not to buy them.

I think you mean the fact that he told me not to worry about a gift since I'm traveling + officiating, right? If so, he's not expecting anything from me, so this would just be a bonus. But yeah, I hear you guys. I'll just straight up tell him the truth and ask if he wants them.

[Jorge]

also, they're uglier today than they were yesterday..

You completely lost any authority on this subject with that amateur "buy cheap and toss them" shit

[Jorge]

Some of the reviews don't look too hot for these Hattori Hanzō blades, chief.

I dunno man, I know a thing or two about kitchen knives and I think these are among the best set you can get at this price. Like I said, I already own two knives from this series (I even posted about them earlier in this thread) and they feel, handle, and look really great. I enjoy cooking much more than I did before getting them.

But I went down the full rabbit hole. I bought whetstones and learned how to manually sharpen them. I took an online knife skills class. I started reading up about types of steel and sharpening methods. The pandemic was a weird time

[Jorge]

Me rn

[doug rr]

also, they're uglier today than they were yesterday..

You completely lost any authority on this subject with that amateur "buy cheap and toss them" shit

only paring knives

[E.H. Ruddock]

Me rn

[wease]

Plus: he already used an excuse for you not to buy them.

I think you mean the fact that he told me not to worry about a gift since I'm traveling + officiating, right? If so, he's not expecting anything from me, so this would just be a bonus. But yeah, I hear you guys. I'll just straight up tell him the truth and ask if he wants them.

A wedding gift is for both of them not something “he wants.”

If you’re so intent on getting them for him, buy something from the registry for the both of them, then just get the knives for him. He’s your brother so you can be allowed to get him a gift as well as one to both of them.

[Jorge]

Stop yelling at me!