Posts by DenverVeggieNut

I think you'd probably be best off trading in your W-S gift card for cash or a gift card for somewhere else (not knife related). There are web sites that do such things- they buy them from people who don't need them, paying a discount...

I draw nine X marks on the stone (three at either end, three across in the middle), place the screen on something flat (I use a piece of plexiglass I got at Lowe's), and then rub the stone on the screen until the X marks go away. Rinse...

Quote: Originally Posted by john9247  Should've held off posting for a few hours so I could fall down this rabbit hole a little more. Given my knife usage and after reading a bunch of older threads here, this is...

Quote: Originally Posted by kokopuffs    Please give me a comparison of the thickness of their spines.  How thick are each one at the spine? The CCK spine is 1.9 mm near the handle, with a...

I have both the CCK and the wokshop cleaver. Note that just because they're both "carbon steel" doesn't mean that the steel necessarily the the same! Carbon steel can vary in alloying elements, heat treatment, purity, hardness etc....

I haven't used the saya CKTG sells for the CCK. For my CCK, I just made a saya out of box cardboard. I use it when I take the knife somewhere. Otherwise, the cleaver just stays in a drawer that I've lined with rubber grippy stuff. If I...

1- I LOVE the CCK cleaver. Cuts great, feels good in hand, gets sharp easy.  2- I use the three-stone set from Chef Knives to Go with the Beston/Bester/Rika stones. The same stones should work fine for both the Mac and the CCK....

Hard to say, but the lacquered part isn't down near the blade anyway. If you're going to force a patina, you might as well remove the lacquer first. But, an equally valid way to do it is to just let the patina form naturally. How good...

That should be a nice collection when it all arrives! Looks a lot like my knife drawer- I have an Artifex 240 and a CCK also. As far as patinas go, that will only apply to your CCK. Everything else is stainless. You can use nail polish...

The price was right, anyway! On first thought, I'd say you might want to keep the paring, the shears, and the bread knife and sell the rest. Those are the only pieces I'd find a particular use for. The honing rod is very coarse, I...