Posts by boarcephus

Are any of you all familiar enough with Japan to know if any of the knife producers there were affected by these disasters?    

Ok, I'm having a dilemma here folks.   I just got my Victorinox Forschner chef's knife today (I bought it in addition to the Kasumi's because it's cheap and I've heard such great things).   Well, I'm having a hard...

I got the knives yesterday and holy crap are they sharp out of box.  easily shaved arm hair, probably would do face but I'm not going there.    after a good wash I diced up everything I could find in the house. ...

Well, a month later I think I've decided what I'll be buying.   Going with   10" Kasumi Chef        ...

I talked to store manager at BBB and he said he would consider the C&M offer and match it for the Masahiro knives.  If he was unable to match he said he could at least wave the shipping costs and give me one of those nifty 20%...

We forgot to make these for the traditional NYEve meal but my wife wanted me to use the can she bought anyway.   i was just going to put them in the sauce pan and heat n' eat but they were pretty Narsty just out of the...

In reply to tBN, I really don't know where to start with sharpening equipment.  I do realize that it would be a shame to have that beautiful masahiro or kasumi and not be able to even steel it.  any suggestions here?

Wow, That's embarrassing!  It never occured to me to look at all of the open stock knives. BBB carries a lot more brands than I thought.  I will certainly be picking up a Victorinox 10" blade.  I've actually been...

History - I love to cook.  I'm not terribly adventurous, more of a recipe follower but it's still a lot of fun. however, it's more often than not just for my 3 person family.   Equipment - ummm, yeah....i bought some...