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Knives

*crikey*mate* — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 14:15:52 GMT

What are your favourite kind?

Do you sharpen them or use them dull?

How do you sharpen them, manually on a stone, a little dinky sharpener or send them to be machined?

What are your preferred kinds of knives for different tasks in the kitchen?

Do you use knives as part of your occupation, in a hobby or outside interest, or just in the kitchen when preparing food..

anything else to add about knives?

Re: Knives

*crikey*mate* — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 14:27:10 GMT

I use a variety of kitchen knives.

I've found these to be the best

16' Meat slicing knife for things like whole rumps etc

Trident 12" and 10" Chef's Knife

F Dick long carving knife for things like salmon

Trident 10" carving knife

Trident 8" knife for most general use including slicing tomatoes etc - probasbly use this knife the most

Swibo boning knives

Victrionox paring and turning knives

cheapest vegie peelers I can find, just those plastic ones, but bend the blade out a bit to get a better peel.

nothing beats my Tupperware Can Opener for can openers for general household tins, but I have a big built in bench one fo big cans.

Other stuff too like bread knife (trident) fish knife, filletting knife, cleaver, but don't use those very often

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I hand sharpen them on a sharpening stone with water and ajax, sharp enough to use as a razor and keep em sharp inbetween on a magnetic diamond sharpening steel

The sharper your knife is, the safer it is, cos you don't need to apply as much pressure when using it, thus if you slip and cut yourself, the cut is not as bad as it would have been with a dull knife.

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Washing, I never put my knives in the dishwasher, or use water hotter than necessary to clean them.

Oh, and it is important that the blade goes right to the end of the handle, and then at least thrice rivetted along the handle.

Re: Knives

lis351 — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 14:41:45 GMT

My husband reckons that after all my years of using knives I should know how NOT to cut myself. All it taught me is how to quickly assess the damage, wipe the blood off and keep going. LOL

Re: Knives

mugssy65 — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 14:44:24 GMT

Lis your brother has been a butcher for 5 years now and still managed to get 5 stitches in his hand last week, maybe I don't breed em real smart?

Re: Knives

*crikey*mate* — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 14:52:53 GMT

meh, my dad was a butcher for decades, and he still got the odd cut

and I still cut myself from time to time too, so it's not just your kinder Muggsy LOL

haven't had stitches in nearly two years though, got 5 in my left hand boning out a leg of pork. knife snagged on the bione, I pulled harder, the knife came loose and sliced me.

Re: Knives

imastawka — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 14:53:12 GMT

I use cleavers. Big ones, small ones, in-betweeners.

I keep them sharp with a ceramic sharpener that OH

used to sharpen hunting knives on.

Crikey, when using a knife block, shouldn't the blade be

housed facing up? That's what I was told, because if

you slide them in blade facing down, the friction just makes them

blunt again?? Anyway my OCD kicks in when I see a

knife housed blade down.

Re: Knives

*crikey*mate* — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 14:55:57 GMT

@mugssy65 wrote:
Lis your brother has been a butcher for 5 years now and still managed to get 5 stitches in his hand last week, maybe I don't breed em real smart?

geez that time has gone fast, i remember you asking how to wash the butcher's aprons!

Re: Knives

*crikey*mate* — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 21:15:26 GMT

@imastawka wrote:

I use cleavers. Big ones, small ones, in-betweeners.

I keep them sharp with a ceramic sharpener that OH

used to sharpen hunting knives on.

Crikey, when using a knife block, shouldn't the blade be

housed facing up? That's what I was told, because if

you slide them in blade facing down, the friction just makes them

blunt again?? Anyway my OCD kicks in when I see a

knife housed blade down.

I've only ever seen wooden knife blocks

is that what you mean, where you slide the blade of the knife in?

not sure how safe it'd be to store them blade up though????

sounds a bit scary!

The set I have in the kitchen for the kids and my OH are stored in a knife block, plus the two little ones have a set of Voodoo ones each LOL, so the blades are sort of loose - but mine are stored either in my knife case in leather sheaths (A Saddler makes em for me - made em for my father since forever too) or on a tray all lined up, on a tea towel so they don't slide around. I never let mine rub against each other, sit on a bench, in a drawer, and def not in a block, just cos it would dull them, and they take too darned long to sharpen!

Re: Knives

*crikey*mate* — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 15:05:03 GMT

VoodooKnife Blocks (comes with the knives!

Re: Knives

amber-eyed-girl — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 15:12:59 GMT

My Global knives are just for me, I use them, clean them with boiling water, never the dishwasher, put them away in their little bamboo box where they hang free.

No putting them down anywhere either.

All nice and neat and tidy and no bumping them either. They look new and have never needed a sharpening. About three years. Used all the time.

The Victorinox steak knives are different, dishwasher, used for anything and hubby can use them.

Those voodoo knives are cute. Me wantee some. But are they good as knives?

Re: Knives

imastawka — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 15:12:42 GMT

No, I never store knives or cleavers in a drawer. Big no no

OH made me a wooden frame for the wall, so that I can slide

them through a slot - sorta free hanging if you will

This is what irks me about knife blocks and sliding

the blade in, blade facing down

Sorry, bit big.

See blades are facing down. In and out would dull them

wouldn't it? Stored blade side up the back of the knife

would be leaning on the wood

"sigh' Am I just too OCD?

Re: Knives

amber-eyed-girl — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 15:17:58 GMT

I completely get what you are saying Stawka 🙂

I stored knives in the block blade up too.

That is why I wanted free hanging block for the Globals.

Re: Knives

*crikey*mate* — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 15:25:06 GMT

the second generation ones are better than the first, not 18/10 stainless steel like the first series,

but seriously, you can tell the difference, a whole set of 5 knives costs $100 vs, my chefs knife cost $150, 20 years ago. (so just one knife)

but good enough for the kids and general home use, I use em if I'm too lazy to get mine out, just cos they're on the bench, but as I have good knives, I use them at work or if I'm doing decent work at home iykwim, probably more cos I'm used to my knives.

Re: Knives

imastawka — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 15:27:03 GMT

Coupla nice cleavers, I see, in those Globals, amber.

I also have the Victorinox steak knives. Great knives.

This is the sort of thing I have, but on the wall

Re: Knives

*crikey*mate* — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 15:27:38 GMT

ahhhhh, now i get ti LOL

you just turn the knives over - LOL

never thought about it to be honest,

wood should be ok, cos chopping boards and butcher blocks are wood, but I guess they would dull them a bit.

but way better than on stainless steel, or glass or marble,

Re: Knives

amber-eyed-girl — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 15:39:47 GMT

That is the set I have Stawka and twern't cheap. Love them. They are fabulous.

A friend has them on a magnetic strip on the wall. They just cling, with the blades flush to the wall. But I prefer they hang free. I do not like the thought of clipping them on and off the metal, but they look good like that 🙂

Re: Knives

poddster — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 15:46:29 GMT

If you want high quality, sharp and with a lifetime warranty you cant go past Wusthof Trident.

They are made in Solingen,Germany. 26 years ago I purchased one identical to the larget one on the recomendation of a friend and the fact that they come with lifetime warranty. Around 4 years ago I dropped it on the kitchen tiles and the tip snapped off about 2 cm from the point so I decided to see how good the warranty was and took them back to the store and showed them the 2 peices and asked about the warranty. The sales lady went to the display cabinet and took out an identical knife and replaced my 26 year old broken one. I was so inpressed that i purchased the smaller one.

The large one has a 16 cm blade and get used for everything. It is always razor sharp and does not need sharpening for around 6 months. I use a very fine diamond dust sharpener which I have had for around 15 years.

They are hand washed after each use and dried.

They live on the counter top 🙂

Re: Knives

*crikey*mate* — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 15:47:37 GMT

yeah, easy for the burglers to get too LOLOL

I make the kids put their knives in the cupboard when they're not using them - harder for the bad guys to get when we're not looking!

Re: Knives

*crikey*mate* — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 15:50:30 GMT

as sharp as yours were, mine were way sharper! LOL

but yours were amongst the sharpest I have seen for people who just use them at home kind of thing.

Re: Knives

amber-eyed-girl — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 15:54:47 GMT

I have used Trident too.

I like the weight of the Global and handle shape, for me, and the way they look, but the Tridents are a fantastic knife. I road tested them as a friend sold Tridents for a while.

Globals nudged them just on the personal pleasure I had just looking at them 🙂

Hi there poddster 🙂

And Crikey can verify I can slice a mean beef with them (or a finger)