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10-19-2008, 06:43 AM
Here's my assortment of knives
The first knife is called a Yanagiba-Bocho, or a Willow-Leaf knife made by SakaiTakayuki. It's generally used for fillets and slicing fish. The knife in particular is a low-end kasumi knife and it's worth about $250 USD. Kasumi means that it's made of two types of steel; a soft outer shell with a hard, brittle inner core. The second knife and third knives are Chef Knives, with the first being High-Carbon and the second Stainless. I use the H-Carbon knife for general purpose work around the kitchen. The third knife, I don't really even use all that much anymore. As for the fourth one, I believe it's called a Nakiri-Bocho. And it's mainly used in Japanese house-holds; along with the overly popular "Santoku knives". Because it's a stainless steel, I can't really do tsuma-kiri* with it, so I usually end up using it as a secondary vegetable knife for miscellaneous work. Just for size: The last knife is your typical 4-5 in. steak knife. The Yanagiba measures about 300mm or roughly 1ft. *Tsuma-Kiri is when you peel a vegetable into long shavings. Very much like peeling an apple with a knife, but doing the entire vegetable and making very long and thin sheets; needs a VERY sharp knife* In the shadows beneath the trees he waits. In the darkness under the moon he plots In the silence of the night he kills. |
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10-19-2008, 06:55 AM
nothing nearly as glamourus
i'm on the santoku bandwagon and currently have a caphalon 'katana' series 7" santoku...and two other santokus of smaller size (5" and 3" i think?)... They work fine for me because the gf and I only do normal cooking and do not need anything for sashimi like slicing abilities i want to one day get a line from SHUN but I'm too poor... |
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10-19-2008, 07:14 AM
Nothing as fancy as yours
my cutting board....and my knives. heh....funny thing is I've got a few more.... and these are the only ones I use. They work for me. cutlery.JPG |
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10-19-2008, 07:20 AM
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if you wanna talk pricey look at masamoto knives xDDD In the shadows beneath the trees he waits. In the darkness under the moon he plots In the silence of the night he kills. |
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