Mike Davis
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There sure is an abundance of that here Hope you get the perfect knife for yourself!Lmao but hey I am very grateful for the help and cool people on this forum.
There sure is an abundance of that here Hope you get the perfect knife for yourself!Lmao but hey I am very grateful for the help and cool people on this forum.
There sure is an abundance of that here Hope you get the perfect knife for yourself!
It really has more to do with the size of the stuff you are cutting than the size of the person, unless you're pretty short. I find short people have to do wierd things ergonomically to get long knives to work sometimes esp if the counters are tall for them. When do you need/want a long knife? Huge chunks of meat, large melons or squash, shredding large amounts of leafy greens, etc. Unless you do a LOT of this kind of stuff, it is really not particularly useful to get anything longer than a 240. If you stick to precut meats, small onions and potatoes, etc, you don't even need anything over a 180 mm.
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Feeling like "Little Lucretia in the Land of the Giants" here. I'd say that it has less to do with height than with the length of your arms. Just got a 210, and think it's probably a good size for me. I would be able to use a longer knife for slicing, but tip work would be difficult--the arm positions would start getting awkward. Another issue--small wrists. Longer knife = higher torque. A shorter knife feels easier on my wrists for regular use. And cooking for 2, most prep is on smaller items/quantities and just about everything can be done with my 170 santoku (I know, roll your eyes, moan and groan, but I really like that knife.)
The size Oivind gave (180-225 Home) is the same advice I got from the folks at EE, BTW.
Awesome.
I was somewhat apprehensive taking the 270 home in my checked luggage... now that I've put some mileage on it I can't believe I haven't been using a longer chef's all along. It feels perfect.
Congrats, and I can't wait to see the result of your "project"!
I am 6'3 and the 270mm feels like it was made for me very very comfortable.
Not that it adds anything to the conversation but I saw chuck239 holding an over-sized 300 mm honyaki gyuto a while back and i coulda sworn it was a 210.
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