Rick ([info]shadowspar) wrote,
@ 2008-06-01 22:59:00
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Kitchen knife covetousness

OMG - Misono Swedish Steel 180mm Santoku. Want want want.

Here's a close-up of the engraving (same design, just on a different knife).

It's carbon steel, so it'll rust as soon as I look at it sideways. It's a 180mm Santoku, so it's probably smaller than I would like (only 7"), lighter than I would like (172g, a shade over 6oz), and flatter-bladed than I'd like (not as good for mincing, which I end up doing a lot of.) But never mind all that; it's one gorgeous damn knife.

Mind you, the knife that's likely to actually address my needs -- the Wusthof Classic 23cm Cook's Knife -- is classically cool in its own right:

If you envision an oldschool sixty-something grey-haired grey-moustached chef in whites and a huge chef's toque, this knife (albeit larger) is probably what he's swinging. =)




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[info]rbradakis
2008-06-02 01:07 pm UTC (link)
That's beautiful kitchen steel.

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[info]kloostec
2008-06-02 05:27 pm UTC (link)
Ooh, those look really nice. I read RedFlagDeals quite a bit, and any time a deal about knives comes up, someone recommends JapaneseChefsKnife.com. I don't think I can be trusted with such sharp knives, though!

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[info]shadowspar
2008-06-03 03:35 pm UTC (link)

Interesting; I was actually looking at paulsfinest to pick up any knives I was going to buy. I gather he probably comes up on RedFlagDeals fairly often, too -- he seems to move a lot of rechargeable batteries.

As for the "sharp knives" bit -- sharper knives are safer 'cuz you don't have to apply much force to use them, so there's much less danger of them slipping or otherwise getting out of control. Seriously.

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