Posts by pohaku

You could try Shirokiya in the Ala Moana Shopping Center - on the second floor of the store.  They used to have a fair selection of J knives and I bought some MAC knives there 8 years ago or so.  They have renovated since...

Sabatier Loire 8" Slicer goes for $9.99 on Amazon, which also includes shipping if you have Amazon Prime.  I don't have first hand experience with this line, but I don't believe that it is one of the recognized French Sabatier...

Mac Pro 240mm gyuto Tojiro DP 210mm gyuto Tojiro Shirogami ITK 210mm gyuto (waiting for the 240mm) Wusthof Classic 8” chef Wusthof Classic 6” chef Mac Chef series 8” chef   Mac Chef series...

Table top Weber for car camping and picnics; 22" Standard Weber that is at least 25 years old, for when I want to do turkeys, indirect Q and minor smoking; and a gas grill that runs off the house gas line and is right off the kitchen...

Yup, that's the bread knife.  You can get a decent petty for a lot less than $100.  And no, a decent petty that is sharp works pretty well as a boning knife. What does your program want you to have?  They may require...

Here are some thoughts FWIW:   For a boning knife, I like the Forschner flexible fibrox knives.  I like the straight knife, but they make curved ones also, as well as semi-flexible and non-flex...

Perfectly understandable.  I debated for awhile before posting in this thread as I had just had a similar conversation with my brother in law who was looking at buying a block set of knives for my niece for Christmas and made the...

Thanks!!

Quote: Originally Posted by phatch  I'm still happy with it.   You get a net wattage boost as you have the higher standard voltage.I'd love to have that extra 1300 watts of power in the wok,...

My wife isn't fond of champagne and other effervescent  wines.  So we have a bottle of Smith Woodhouse 1991 Vintage Port to toast with.  It will probably need decanting, but should be about perfect.  Made soba...