Recent content by Elcee

Gotcha, Cheers :) Do you (or anyone else for that matter) have a decent resource to read up on stropping? I'm vaguely familiar with the concept of steels from working in a slaughter house a lifetime ago, but stropping isn't anything I've encountered outside of the Barber in a Bugs Bunny...

Is asking about the pros/cons of strop vs steel opening a can of worms I'm not prepared for?

Can you hone on a stone? Or does the harder steel of japanese knives eliminate that need as it will chip rather than dent? Or have I missed something completely?

Blunt is fine with me Cadillac (in this context at least ;p) Yes, I intend to get a stone (and probably rod/steel) and will be teaching myself proper sharpening and maintenence techniques, beginning with my current collection. I gather optimum sharpening technique varies by blade and tbh I...

@ slowtyper: Well that was the figure I got from 2 knifes I'm interested in. If I was going to spend that on *one* knife for now then it would need to be something special. I can always find uses for left over budget, especially if the <$100 CarboNext really is as good as people say.

Thanks for all the input :) @ Mingooch: Mmm now that handle looks a much better fit for that shape knife (although at the end of the day the prettiness of the handle is waaaaay down on my priorities). However I'm not set on anything (if I was I'd have hit the Buy button by now ;) ) ... I'm...

Well that was my problem; it sounded more like marketing blurb than a technical specification which resulted in me losing a bit of faith. There also seems to be a lack of real world testing and experience beyond the anecdotal, although thinking about it I suppose that's pretty much all you're...

I'm hovering over the buy button on a Henckel Twin Cermax 7" Santoku and a paring/utility knife (for the missus) from **************, however I'm not 100% on it yet and was hoping for some alternatives. Whilst I can read up on metal composition etc I can't find much to read on blade shapes, so...

Yeah I'd read dragonlord's post, but he was after something much longer than I'd feel comfortable using. I read the "CarboNext" marketing blurb and was feeling a little cynical about whether it was accurate. A more specific question.. Comparing the $109 CarboNext 210mm Gyuto...

Thanks for the reply shinob1. Learning to sharpen and maintain my new toy is part of the fun :) As I don't know the difference between a £100, £150 and £200 knife its hard to know what I should budget (although I think I'm sure that the difference between a £200 and £400 knife is...

My current knife selection leaves a lot to be desired and as a National Supermarket is currently offering a "70% off Professional Knives" promotional offer I thought I'd take advantage of it. I started reading up yesterday on which of the blades available would be of most use to me, leading me...