Desert Island Questionnaire

Ok,
One Knife, One Stone, That's all you can take...Forever.
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I would rather take 2 knives and no stone , but otherwise 1 heavy duty large-ish outdoor knife (something like bowie) and some oversized coarse stone.

I would certainly not take only a japanese kitchen knife to a deserted island ... though maybe a Kato would do

If it's my one and only knife for everything, yeah I'd take a sturdy outdoor knife

But if it's something specifically for cooking for the rest of my life, I'll take my DT ITK chuka. If I got stuck on that island before it gets back my hands, then I'll take a Hattori FH chuka. The fact that I'm stuck on an island, probably with salt "blowing in the wind" means I'm gonna go stainless. Then, for me, the single most multipurpose cooking knife is the chuka.

Stone? I'd go with my mega-aoto and sneak in my mini diamond plate thing to keep its surface nice and flat.

PM steel, probably a Gesshin Kagero--made extra tall

Would like to trade the stone for a rust eraser

You mean for real? Loveless 5 inch utility hunter, green canvas, stainless hilt and fittings.
And although it sounds heretical, maybe a simple Norton fine India stone.

Funny I hadn't realized that it would be interpreted so literally. I was less curious about what you'd all actually take on a desert island, just what one kitchen knife and one stone you would never leave behind.
Probably should have mentioned that!

TheDispossessed said:

Funny I hadn't realized that it would be interpreted so literally. I was less curious about what you'd all actually take on a desert island, just what one kitchen knife and one stone you would never leave behind.
Probably should have mentioned that!

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You meant a deserted island, in the middle of a freshwater lake, with a local, self-service greengrocer and butcher, right?

The hell with knives, I'm taking a Hooters gal.

daveb said:

The hell with knives, I'm taking a Hooters gal.

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I'm so old and fat I'd probably need a knife to get one to come with me. :clown:

Yes!

Chifunda said:

I'm so old and fat I'd probably need a knife to get one to come with me. :clown:

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daveb said:

The hell with knives, I'm taking a Hooters gal.

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Are you under the impression that they are sharp?

No, kind of rounded actually. And they always have beer and wings nearby.

Can you pick them up at Rakuten?

This danish scouting knife (a classic I had as a kid) and probably a JNS or a Naniwa Pro 800

I would take an axe and a concrete block

I'd take either my mystery carbon steel Leung Tim Choppers kau kong cleaver, or my 270mm HwaSeung Forge mystery carbon steel "sashimi knife." They are huge , indestructible general purpose knives:



The stone would be my Chosera 400 for the same reasons :bliss: