Recent content by bogeybrown

I'd love to get that look on my Miyabis. Can you give a brief explanation of how you did the etching?

After losing my mind for weeks deciding on a specific J-knife only to be unable to actually find it in-stock anywhere (including the Takamura Hana), I said "screw it" and went into SLT and test-drove the Miyabis. I ended up buying 2 of the Birchwoods and 2 of the Kaizens. I love them so far...

Welcome to forum. As someone else who is new to the forum, but has spent quite a bit of time in kitchens (home and professional) I'll offer some advice based on what I've learned here: The members of this forum are incredibly passionate about their knives. Many of the members invest...

I totally agree. When I left the industry years ago I purposely kept my brigade under-staffed so that I could pay my guys more money and never had to worry about idle time or busy work. We'd come in to work knowing that we were going to be weeded for the entire service and if our mise wasn't...

I used to do the best I could under the circumstances (how swamped we were) without totally crashing a kitchen to please one person. However, if they made a sub that I KNEW was going to suck, I made sure that the server conveyed that to them. Classic example was a chick who wanted the...

THIS. I used to weep for the kids from the Northeast whose parents paid Ivy League money for them to get a degree from CIA for them to end up making salads in New Orleans. We had awesome cooks and guys that were badass chefs from elsewhere in the country who would come to NOLA to learn the...

I had the same thoughts. Very few of those were items I'd go out of my way to EAT. However, I think it would have been cool to have worked a line where we had THAT kind of time for plating. Even at the finest dining place I cooked, where we were dealing with insanely expensive product, I'd...

I saw that, thanks. Unfortunately neither of them were what I "needed". I'll likely end up settling on Miyabi simply because I may be able to find one in stock somewhere and will just have to acknowledge that for the money I could have gotten some cooler knives if I'd been willing to wait for...

Agreed, but the way I'm going I'll end up just buying whatever I can find then replacing it when what I "want" finally comes back in stock.

I now see why so many of you have a rack full of expensive knives you've never used: You buy whatever you can find in stock when you can get it. :curse: Every time I've said, "okay, screw it, it may not be exactly what I want but I'll start with "X" and see how it goes" whatever it was I...

Without a list of your primary prep tasks, like LoneWolf mentioned, advice may be all over the place as far as specific tasks but one thing that used to amaze me were the guys who had no "system" to their prep. One super-simple thing I do every single time, whether I'm dealing with a lone...

Leave it to a fellow New Orleanian to be there to help me make bad decisions. :curse:

Believe me I understand. The shooting forum works the same way: Some poor sap will log on with a simple question looking for an affordable equipment choice, then a bunch of us proceed to explain that he can find a great deal on a USED scope for $1000 or so until he can save up the money for a...

I'm VERY fortunate. She'd be more interested in a large caliber revolver than a handbag. The downside is that I "need" a voice of reason from time to time instead of someone who drools over expensive toys and geeks me up to buy more.

Agreed buddy, but I've got to say that I should kick Tiger in the junk for showing me that Bloodroot. I collect guns for the sake of it, but have never bought a knife I didn't intend to have my way with. BUT I can see buying one of those Bloodroots just to stare at and touch myself. What's...