Brew Food Utensils

[Muggus]

Knife **** :icon_drool2:

Miss having a good set of knives at home.
I keep on buying brewing gear instead!

 

[Fourstar]

getting sick of my 10+ year old mundials and a scanpan chefs knife which has taken a beating (damn house mates). I have been eyeing off a decent chefs knife that i keep to myself becuase no one else in the house looks after em. Either the damascus or professional series.

http://www.macknife.com/kitchen/index.php

suprising with the scanpan actually, one of the sharpest knifes and holds its edge really well with some of the beatings its taken. it does love a good lick on the steel everytime i pick it up.

 

[Amber Fluid]

I was a butcher for nearly 10 years and worked in an abattoir for almost 2 and still have some of my old Victorinox knives. I just love them for some reason as they have never failed to let me down. However, I have been debating now for sometime to get some decent knives for the kitchen and have been tossing up with Shun, Global, Wustof, Henckels and Masamoto which I tend to favour the most to date. Having read comments here about the Shun knives I am now in two minds. lol, one day I will make my mind up and hopefully sooner rather than later.

I did notice in this thread there is mention about steels being used to sharpen knives. Just want to advise that a steel will not sharpen a knife. A steel is used to remove burrs from the edge also it will "realign" a dulled edge. For a steel to be most effective it should be used regularly with the knife. It really won't do much if the knife is blunt and to sharpen a knife you really need to "reshape" the edge which can not be done with a steel.

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

Nothing wrong with Victorinox in my book..

best bang for your buck kinfe you can get IMHO

As long as they are looked after and steeled correctly, they are fantastic :icon_cheers:

 

[barls]

ok peoples its taken me a while but here are mine

the two wooden handles are the sharpest with the black steel being older than most of us on here. its what i cut myself with while cleaning it.
the black handled wiltshires are from my grand fathers slaughtering kit so they are most likely older than me as well.
the red scanpan is what jason cut himself with at the christmas case swap last year.
the metal handles are from one of the stick figure man knife blocks
that only leaves the Mezzaluna and the two vitorianox paring knives with there cheap counter part.
all are bloody sharp and a easy to use. i mostly use my Japanese blade though as it handles much better and is a favourite atm. im going back to buy the heavy vegetable version later

 

[proudscum]

Have 4 knife kits plus a set at home.The builder asked me what was with the tool box so i let him have a look inside it was the full teaching kit Pastry,fish,meat and veg.

the best bit of kit i had until they broke where two 250X250mm unglazed terracotta tiles that the tile shop gave me for free which cooked a couple of hundred pizzas.pity they cracked and i had to buy some pizza stones that are not as good.

 

[Clutch]

I'm happy with my Mundials, but whilst I'm not a knife nerd, those Shun knives look fantastic.

 

[Margrethe]

Love my victorinox's.

I used to be terrified of knives, now I sling my chefs knife round all the time- teaching my 14 yr old daughter how to use the knives without cutting her hand off.

I just run the chefs knife on a steel and boom...surgery ready!

I want to start my own catering company- so my knives are important to me!

 

[drsmurto]

Breathing life into an old thread - Shun 20 cm chefs knife currently on sale at Kitchenware Direct for $119 shipped.

Link

I now own 2 of them :icon_drool2:

 

[drew9242]

Sweet so tempting to get another at that price. Love these knifes. Wish I had money for the knife block.

 

[drew9242]

Well thanks Dr S, in the end i bought 2 of them as well. It is a different Shun Knife that i have now, so that is good. And i thought an extra one could be good for a present for some one some day.

By the way i have owned a shun knife for over a year and they are amazing, would highly recommend anyone to buy one, especially at this price.

 

[drew9242]

Well thanks Dr S, in the end i bought 2 of them as well. It is a different Shun Knife that i have now, so that is good. And i thought an extra one could be good for a present for some one some day.

By the way i have owned a shun knife for over a year and they are amazing, would highly recommend anyone to buy one, especially at this price.

Woohoo amazing my knifes have already arrived. Cant complain about that service.

 

[Florian]

The left handed Shun's seem so much more expensive than the standard ones. Any issues using a standard one left handed or does that just not work?

 

[drew9242]

The left handed Shun's seem so much more expensive than the standard ones. Any issues using a standard one left handed or does that just not work?

It would all be in the handle. They are sort of shaped like a triangle to conform with your hand. If you are happy with the feel of it in your hand I can't see any other difference. If you want I can take a photo of the knife to show you what I mean?

 

[Florian]

I can use my left and right hand for things like cutting pretty much the same, so for me it won't make much difference, but my wife's 'only' left Handed. Does the knife sit fairly comfortable in your left hand as well?
And yes, a photo would be great If you don't mind.

Keen to get one of those as a last minute present.

 

[drew9242]

Here is a pic. I took the photo with the blade facing away from me. So the pointy bit normally sits to the inside of your hand and your hand wraps around it. I tried it in my left hand and it would work, however it is defiantly not as comfortable and doesn't have that nice feel. You have got me worried, i bought one for me mom and totally forgot that she is left handed. I can ask her what she thinks about it.

 

[Florian]

Thanks for that, Drew, appreciate it. After reading this and some more stuff online I have decided against the classic series and gone for a Shun Elite Chef Knife, 20.3cm, instead.

They are using an even harder steel and have a handle suited for both sides, but still rounded/angled to sit smooth. Wasn't thaaaat much dearer either and got a pretty good rating compared to the classics so I'm happy to pay that little extra.

 

[Amber Fluid]

Looking at my post from 1 July 2011 #23 above... I didn't realise it has taken me so long to make my mind up.... bit slow off the mark but I finally got around to getting a nice set of Shun knives and used them first time tonight. All I can say now is that I am pretty pissed off I didn't take the plunge earlier. What a beautiful knife to use.

20cm Chef
15cm Utility Knife
8.5cm Paring Knife

 

[Camo6]

I've been looking at buying a couple of Shun knives recently and wondering if there are any lefties using the right handed knives comfortably? Or are there any styles that have more ambidextrous handles?

Can anybody recommend another brand of knife comparable to the Shun that they're smitten with?

 

[simplefisherman]

Ran knives are very similar, ambidextrous handle (on my one anyways ), and look just as good imho. Similar price from memory, the Mrs got me one for bday a couple of years back, love it and It's still ridiculously sharp. To be fair it only really comes out on special occasions though...