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As it were, I have both an 8 in. Hall's soft and Spyderco Fine 8 in. bench stone on the way. Between those two and the fine side of my Norton India, I'm thinking there's a reasonable progression, though kind of close together and...

Thought I'd say thanks for the help you folks have offered up.   I cleaned up the old K-Sabs with a green scrubbie/lemon juice/baking soda and mildly shaped the 10 in. so the heel actually meets the board. Cleaned up the...

I'm still hmming and hawing about the Arks or Spyderco stones.  At this point, I've pretty much resigned myself to the fact that I'll eventually wind up buying both kinds of stones.  I'll probably get the Arks first though....

A stick blender is a given for me, I have uses for one anyway.  I suppose I could get rid of the lousy steam pressurized espresso machine (somebody gave me) I haven't used in 5 years and store a flea market or ebay  FP in...

I understand the problem pureeing certain food items in the blender is that thick ones don't circulate well and therefore "grind" unevenly, if at all.  I'm thinking that a good hand/stick blender (Waring WSB33) might to...

Just a note.  Those old cast iron pans are so smooth because they were *machined*.  The new ones aren't.   The old smooth ones are a little more troublesome when they've been freshly seasoned, but they seem to wind...

I've been pondering the same question this thread posts.  I have a blender, drop bowl KA mixer, and intend to get a hand blender for certain sauces, chilis, etc. I also have a food mill and hand crank grinder as well.  I've...

I'd take a serious look at induction. If you want to test the water before sinking cash into a full sized range, you can plunk down $99 for a "Max Burton" table top induction hob from Amazon. Cooks Illustrated rates them...

Yeah, but Spyderco now makes 8x2 bench stones of the same stuff...an order of magnitude more cutting surface than the sticks with a SharpMaker.  I was thinking of using them in a progression after the Norton India, instead of...

After much research, I decided to follow BDL's "whetstone used dry" route.  I received my Norton India combo stone and quickly put an old, crap grocery store knife to it. I boiled the stone in detergent water to jump...