Posts by JaredStone

i have a miyabi kaizen chef as my go to knife, and the rest are a random assortment from wusthof to chicago cutlery

Yea, the docs said something about a skin graft, and they tell me I shouldn't work for a few days but I can't really blow off shifts for one finger. But atleast I don't feel like a total dumbass now haha

Does anyone have experience with bad knife wounds to the finger/hand area while working in the kitchen?  Its a little embarrassing but using my brand new knife I managed to cut a sizable chunk of my left pointer finger clean off,...

Or the dumbest kitchen moment off them all, when your cutting up vegetables, maybe not paying as much attention as you should, and you slice off half the last digit of your pointer finger.  Needles to say its been a long and...

On the subject of pattern welding its nice looking and makes the knife stand out, but its not a requirement for me. As long as the knife does its job well I'm not overly concerned with what it looks like.

Thanks for the advice BDL, I do have experience sharpening with stones, as I've been sharpening my hunting knives for a while, so that shouldn't be a problem. Also I do have an old "German" knife for heavy duty work. Mostly I was...

Does anyone own or know anything about the Miyabi kaizen chefs knife.  I've been considering buying one but don't really want to shell out the cash without knowing a little about them ahead of time.  

Whoever is helping me pay, good one lol. But the CIA did seem a bit pricey, they were the first school i was looking into.  Lately i was checking out the Institute of culinary education and the french culinary institute in NYC,...

Hi,     I've been working the line in a medium size family restaraunt, serving italian food and a little pizza, for about a year now and I know cooking is what I want to do.  I've heard a lot of things from a lot...

Personally I prefer boots in the kitchen, anything else and my back kills me at the end of the night, but thats just me.  Currently I wear a pair of beat up old doc martens on the line.