Posts by maat922

Quote: Originally Posted by KvonNJ  Got me a 10" Forschner that I wouldn't trade for much of nything. It ain't pretty, it ain't fancy, it ain't handmade by a hundred year old Tibetan yak herder over a campfire and...

Quote: Originally Posted by boar_d_laze  In most cases, if you need a big-fat plastic grip as opposed to the standard style, you're squeezing the handle hard because the knife is dull.   To an extent for...

Dexter-Russell #31601.  $15.  Beat on this thing for 2 years (there's actually one at my restaurant that is going on 10 years), toss it in the garbage (or pass it on), and buy a new one.  Wasting money on knives is...

I agree.  When I was a kid I used to spend ridiculous money on the latest and greatest, but after 22 years in the business I've found that I've beaten the snot out of more Victorinox/Mundial/Dexter-Russell generic 10" Chef knives...