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Pros, what do you think of using kiritsuke shaped knives in a professional kitchen? Im thinking of getting some, but Im not sure about it. On the plus side, for my cutting style, the profile of a k-tip gives me almost the same functionality as a normal gyuto one size bigger and I tend to prefer longer knives. My work kitchen is very cramped - literally not much more space than a submarine galley to serve better food to several times as many people. On the other hand, theres such a risk of a tip incident owing to the lack of space on the line and even in most prep areas.
My only experience so far in this area was trying a Hakata-type bunka; I tipped it by about 1mm on the line the first day, just broke it off in the plastic board, looked at it and said, well, s___, theres an hour of grinding, and yes, it was about an hour of grinding. Ive tipped regular gyuto at work before but that only takes a few minutes to fix. My chef does use an 8 k-tip, but he of course has a lot more experience in tight kitchens and with knives than I do. The bunka has been relegated to a home knife and there its great (and of course thats what that knife design is for in the first place).
Thoughts?
Thanks
My only experience so far in this area was trying a Hakata-type bunka; I tipped it by about 1mm on the line the first day, just broke it off in the plastic board, looked at it and said, well, s___, theres an hour of grinding, and yes, it was about an hour of grinding. Ive tipped regular gyuto at work before but that only takes a few minutes to fix. My chef does use an 8 k-tip, but he of course has a lot more experience in tight kitchens and with knives than I do. The bunka has been relegated to a home knife and there its great (and of course thats what that knife design is for in the first place).
Thoughts?
Thanks