Which knife to use

This is a pretty nifty little video by Chef Alton Brown on which knife to choose in the kitchen for different foods, it is quite informative. Now he is using Shun  knives in the video of course.

So you all need to to buy a full set of Shun knives ......or not :)




Knife Choice

Nick Fix

I get a surprising amount of knives that have nicks/chips that range to barely noticeable to the naked eye to "holy crap, what the heck did you do" type of damage.

I find this t type of work is quite rewarding. To take a a beautiful knife like the one here which is damaged enough to seriously hamper the cutting process. Not to mention, it's appearance. One often buys a knife like this based on the way it looks. That may sound strange to some but the appearance of a knife is important. Skilful artisans spend much time to make a knife look good. Of course it needs to cut well and be balanced and blah blah but how does it look, that is key to some people.  I think it is important to everyone,  some of us just don't to admit it. 

We don't all want to own a Porsche because of the quality of the vehicle and the fact that it looks like it is going 90 mile per hour sitting in the parking lot. We want one because it looks cool.

(Did you know that there are Porsche knives?)

BEFORE

AFTER:

To repair this knife, I had to basically remove the factory edge as far up the blade as the depth of the nick. Then I had to re-sharpen it. There are undoubtedly several methods to achieve these results, whatever the case, in most instances the knife can be brought back to life and to look like a Porsche again.

Be careful out there friends.

Two Beauties

Very nice knives owned by a very nice man. Chef Michael Howell of Wolfville.