Bread Knife?

[JohnnyChance]

I only want a bread knife to use for the really crusty, good breads, where you need serrations to get through that crust, and flex is a real problem with my current knife. My ideal bread knife, at least in theory, would be like a taller, thick, serrated yanagiba. Oh, and serrations that are easy to sharpen is an important factor.

I like my Tojiro but the serrations aren't the easiest to sharpen. Check out Dave's thread on how to sharpen serrated knives, he talks about the different times and which ones can be sharpened and how. I do wish it was longer sometimes too, so 300 or 330 would be nice.

GlassEye, check out a Guede. It's pretty close to what you describe.

[quantumcloud509]

I will make and donate a bread board to go with the first bread knife.

Ok, Ill take the first bread knife then

[quantumcloud509]

Here is a rough design. Never used one before...ok, never even seen one before lol. I googled a few, but decided i would just draw one instead. What do you guys think? I was thinking of a proto in 330mm.

Looks similar to a wusthof. I can dig it. I would prefer not to have it taper so much towards the tip. An even height all the way through seems to work best for me. Also, the more clearance that could be had between the handle and the cutting board the better, this helps a lot when cutting baguettes.

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I found a vintage blade that might need a little rehab.
Might be a bit large though. An extralarge 2 man bread saw ......or maybe not.

[Crothcipt]

I found a pic you might like.



ugh not as good a pic as when I saw the bigger image.

http://www.cutlery-shop.com/kniveskn...lpha-olive.php

is the link to were I found the pic.

[jgraeff]

mike can i make a suggestion?

i think a slightly offset handle offers a much more versatile knife even just for bread, like the ITK or you could go more offset and do a flat blade like you have in the picture. However a slight offset will offer a lot more user and ease of slicing, i threw away all my bread knives that do not have this feature is just uncomfortable and hard to slice in my opinion.


although either way im sure yours will be a great knife

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Me and my big mouth!
Looks like the bread knife project is going to happen.
So I have to make a bread board to go with the knife.

I just picked out a piece of wood to use.
Looks like a piece of shelving.
But.....there is something good under that crusty exterior.

[ejd53]

Hmmm...I wonder what lurks under the surface?

[Mike Davis]

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You still can't see what is there yet.
The bread board should be big enough for a big sub sandwich.
Still a lot of shaping and sanding to go.