Knife Guide

[GhettoRacingKid]

It was the knives with a bunch of stuff, the knife bag, I think the 3 jackets, 3 pants and stuff was included but I might be wrong it might have been a sperate part of the tution.

[MaryE]

Bouland, I enjoyed your knife article.

[castironchef]

Originally Posted by DaveB

Excellent article, Bouland. Most of my knife skills were derived from watching Pepin on TV.

There are WAY worse people on TV that you could have learned from. Pepin is a freakin' master.

[heavyG]

Working on some knife skills video for the website... hope to have them up by January.

G.

[elliottdp]

For about a 1+ years I've been reading up on knives, quality, metals, etc.
(Yes, I'm anal retentive)


SPECIFICALLY(please), where can one "try out" knives before they purchase?

I'm interested in Shun, Wusthof, Sabatier, and Henckel.

I have not come across any store/dealer that carries all ofthese in order to compare.

But again, my main question is where can I try these knives out?

Specific stores??

Thanks

[heavyG]

Where are you? I might suggest a store in Saskatoon... but that may not help you if you are in Baton Rouge.

G.

[phatch]

Originally Posted by elliottdp

SPECIFICALLY(please), where can one "try out" knives before they purchase?

I'm interested in Shun, Wusthof, Sabatier, and Henckel.

I have not come across any store/dealer that carries all ofthese in order to compare.

But again, my main question is where can I try these knives out?

Specific stores??

Thanks

A store that runs cooking demos/classes should be able to help you out. Sur la Table for one. If you have a dedicated knife store in town or nearby, take in some vegies and take some test cuts.

Or sign up for a class and see if you can try out some of the other student's knives.

Phil

[adamm]

Originally Posted by elliottdp

I'm interested in Shun, Wusthof, Sabatier, and Henckel.

William sonoma carries Shun, Wusthof, and i know they used to cary henckel but i dont think they do anymore, atleast you can hold them there and know what they feel like. I dont know any stores that car sabatier.

[heavyG]

Lee Valley in Canada has teh Sabatier line of knives.

G.

[delusional cook]

As one that cooks as a hobby, and considering a career change, my foundation for knife skills are rather horrid. But as I learn more I realize that I needed better skills. I actually ran across an interesting book called "Knife Skills Illustrated" ISBN 978-0-393-06178-9. As a result I found that the way I have been holding my knife was wrong all along, and have since been trying to practice the proper way to cut. I though I'd throw it out there for those that want to use a reference guide to how to properly cut foods. And those websites, it definitely helps to see the motions. Let me know what you think of this book.

Now just to get a good knife, other than that Chinese cleaver I use for everything. hehe

[MikeLM]

DaveB-

If you can't find a diamond hone locally,

www.leevalley.com

has them by DMT for around $40 (plus shipping.)

Incidentally, they serve the American market out of Ogdensburg, NY.

Ask to receive their catalogs- they carry more and more kitchen items. Also a big line of gardening tools, in addition to woodworking tools.

Also incidentally, I am pretty sure it was Lee Valley who tipped off the cooking community that the Microplane wood rasp was a dandy kitchen tool, about 15 years ago.

Mike

[Wolfenden]

I was fortunate, and I was taught knife skills with my first cooking job. This was probably because they knew how accident prone I am.