Recent content by Rick

He is popular for sure. This is the pair of knives that he just auctioned off on his site a few days ago for... drum role... $32,100.

By the way, thanks for the welcome. I've been sand-bagging it here since the end of last summer. Nice place to stop by from time to time. I read that you moved to the north of me into a new place. With Bob to the south and you to the north of me, I certainly have some nice neighbors around...

Really interesting rsacco. I like to hear that Bob himself took care of it. I got one for Christmas and it was fine. I just love mine. I wish they would have made a 9 1/2". Can you imagine that? But, there is something intimate about a smaller chef's knife. I was using it tonight to...

Hi Mattrud, I read on Bob Kramer's site that he had made another knife. This is such a great story and here it is from the auction site: "As Bob does his best to meet a given timeline, and a niggling voice urged him to re-check the knife when it was in transit, he chose to make a second knife...

Ok, the final bid went off at $15,400. Makes you think.

Ok, the bidding is officially way out of my idea of a reasonable price for a kitchen knife... $9,100.00. Only 3hrs 20min left to bid... don't miss your chance.

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing until I read that shipping is included. :) By the way, I also read on Kramer's auction site that he donates 10% to charity... hard to hate a guy that talented, fortunate, lucky(product of hard work), and charitable. Don't know him or have any affiliation...

Here is the sister knife featured in Lucky Peach Magazine. Auction ends at 5:30 PST if anyone wants to buy it. :biggrin: When I get home from work around 6:00 I'll post the final bid if nobody else has already.

Right now it is at $7,250. This beautiful knife being auctioned is the sister knife to one ordered by the Chef de Cuisine at a popular restaurant in New York City. The steel for this 9.5" Gyuto is a 400 Layer Damascus Chevron pattern, hardened and tempered to 61-62 Rockwell. The handle is...

This is a beautiful 9 1/2" Demascus Gyuto. This would be a dream knife for me! I'll repost with the final bid if you want.

Michael, Yes, I did know that he is just south of me. I've looked at most of his videos and he does seem like a nice guy. I signed up for his site but, probably wouldn't buy one of his knives if selected. I'm just fine at my level of use as a home "chef" with the carbon ZK knives. My wife...

Marko, I think you are right on. That is exactly how I landed here. About one year ago I purchased the ZK 10" chef and was surprised that something so much better than the junk I was buying at Macy's existed. Getting the ZK and finding out that it just kicked the crap out of the Testy Chef...

I've had this knife for 6-months and it has become my all around knife. The handle looked large and bulky but, you can prep a lot of stuff and not fatigue at all. The blade design is really quite sublime and is versatile to the point that I don't find myself switching knives except to a...