Howdy from Austin, Texas

Hey everyone, been lurking here for the past few months, but figured I should finally introduce myself.

I went to culinary school and was a cook at various places during G the mid to late 90s, but haven't been in that life for almost 15 years now. I still cook almost daily and love being in my kitchen. Now days most of my time is spent in front of a computer or sifting through engineering drawings for substations.

I have been using the same set of F. Dick knives for close to 20 years now. I was gifted a Wusthof Classic 8" chefs about a decade ago and it has been my primary knife for the most part since then.

I think I am ready for an across the board update. I have already decided on the Chef's knife replacement from a local custom maker named Travis Weige, but have about a years wait before delivery. Sadly my budget will not allow me to utilize him for every knife and I will be needing help Sorting through the myriad options for off the shelf replacements.

Looking forward to chatting more with you gents in the near future.

Hold on there's lots of advice coming your way. Welcome to KKF!

Welcome to KKF!

Welcome! Travis is a real nice guy and I look forward to seeing his finished work.

Welcome to the forum.

I stumbled across Travis's website before I found KKF - not sure how that happened. Liked his knives and his prices but didn't end up getting any because I thought he needed a bit more time under his belt. That's been a couple of years now so maybe it's time to look again. Really liked his flexibility as far as ordering what you want/ You need to post photos once you get one, in a year, wow!

Enjoy KKF!!!

I'm far from an expert, but they looked pretty amazing to me. Certainly nicer than anything I had handled before, but I haven't seen his progression from a few years ago to know how much they may have improved.

Welcome from H-Town!

Welcome!

Welcome.

Welcome!