Posts by Wagstaff

I've seen that mixture of fear and a grin on people who are using a sharp knife for the first time in memory.  It's really fun, and I'm trying to remember how my facial muscles felt when I had that experience.

On yo- vs. wa- handles -- I haven't heard that one was inherently better, either.   I think generally the wa- will be lighter, and balance will be on the blade-heavy side. And the fit and finish is more reliable on Euro knives...

Quote: Originally Posted by LennyD    In the name of saving some space I did not quote your hole post, but I did in fact really enjoy reading the whole thing. It really gave a good insight into your...

I was editing as you were quoting.  Not that this made me clearer. You said "yes you can".  Which seemed to me to be a response to my wondering if I could.  But I wondered if I could learn the usuba. And you seemed...

The "maybe I could someday" thought was all about the usuba.  That's *not* what's honestly not hard, right? Cause.... nightmare, and all!   And I sort of want to start cooking fish just to use a deba.  But ... no. I...

Jon has posted some very instructive videos on use of a deba -- concentrating on showing proper technique rather than showing off speed (and elsewhere he's made a pretty good case for why they really are better than filet knives and...

At the moment, Chris? And it was such a long road to get to the point that it could work for you at this moment! I'm impressed.  I periodically think I want an usuba, and to put in the time to master it. But... that's lusting...

Length is directly related to profile, of course.  A circular blade could be uselessly long (this is a theoretical extreme, obviously). And the western vs. eastern was really meant primarily as a proxy for weight vs....

BDL already gave reasons -- also, I'd add what's not a reason so much as an encouragement that one "usual reason" for wanting a shorter knife is weight or unwieldiness of a larger one; moving to Japanese knives (and such), there are...

And i claimed ot be an aspiring geek.... (if I had more money, I'd be a true geek).... at least in the sense originally mentioned, because given an opening, I'd push someone toward a 10" knife, too. Or at least something longer than...