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Found this so entertaining. Anthony Bourdain spends the day with Bob Kramer in his shop.


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Excellent. Bourdain is great on TV and Kramer came across well too. Innovatory.
 
Great vid. Bob Kramer does indeed make incredible knives. Best in the world? I don't know about that but certainly the best I've ever used.
 
Don't know much about Kramer, but thought he was the star here not Bourdain. Enjoyed the 'marching shadow' bit. By the way, was Kramer formerly known as Dana Carvey?
 
Kramer focused on the tool making the memory not the memory of making the tool. Sensai style (and the Shadow does know)/
 
Just makes me want a Kramer that much more. Hunh, didn't think that could be possible
 
TheDispossessed said:
I forgot how good Anthony Bourdain is at television. Thanks!
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I have to agree, he seems mostly very amiable and definitely has that old school kitchen disposition. However, I like what Alton Brown said about him recently after Bourdain made some comments slagging off most of FoodTV (not necessarily unwarranted): "When was the last time you saw Anthony Bourdain actually cook anything?"

Cool vid though. I wonder if Bourdain has a nice collection, I think he bought a pretty expensive knife in Japan in one episode of something or other but maybe I'm inventing that.
 
Castalia said:
Question of the day: Did Kramer give Bourdain the knife to take home?
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Goat writes: Could that really have been one meteorite taken from celestial rock, smelting, sandwiching, hammering, treating, grinding, shaping, treating, grinding, handling, polishing and cutting onions and salmon in one day and one take? Like his food/travel shows they had stunt fish to show the sequence of things. Now, neither one of them changed clothes but Billy Mays (Oxy Clean) had >10 blue shirts. Maybe someone that has seen it in real time can comment.

Is it/was it possible to do the work summed up in 12 minutes in one day?

P.S. Don't you think it would have been fun if they opened the scotch by "Sabering" like they do with Champagne?
 
Awesome, Bob is one of the smartest knife makers out there. I'm sure he had things ready so he could make the knife in a short period of time. Fun

Hoss
 
spoiledbroth said:
I have to agree, he seems mostly very amiable and definitely has that old school kitchen disposition. However, I like what Alton Brown said about him recently after Bourdain made some comments slagging off most of FoodTV (not necessarily unwarranted): "When was the last time you saw Anthony Bourdain actually cook anything?"

Cool vid though. I wonder if Bourdain has a nice collection, I think he bought a pretty expensive knife in Japan in one episode of something or other but maybe I'm inventing that.
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He purchased a Konosuke HD western in an episode of The Layover when visiting Tosho Knife Arts.
 
These guys are great. Pure legends.
 
I love both of these guys. Say what you will about Bob, but he's a stud and a lot of us might not be on this forum if it weren't for his influence. The first superstar kitchen knife maker.

There's a hilarious episode of one of Bourdain's shows where he has to work the line at Les Halles with Eric Ripert. Ripert absolutely KILLS it, and Tony sucks.......pretty funny. Definitely worth a watch.
 
I'm a big fan of both too, but I agree with Chris, Tony's a hack in the kitchen. Like to hear Devon him in more about Bob's shop. It didn't seem that large, but he definitely had a few large hammers. Was good just to hear Bob discuss blade smithing in general. The part about the wave of shadow moving through the blade was epic, even my girl friend was impressed.
 
knyfeknerd said:
I love both of these guys. Say what you will about Bob, but he's a stud and a lot of us might not be on this forum if it weren't for his influence. The first superstar kitchen knife maker.

There's a hilarious episode of one of Bourdain's shows where he has to work the line at Les Halles with Eric Ripert. Ripert absolutely KILLS it, and Tony sucks.......pretty funny. Definitely worth a watch.
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Yeah that was great, the former chef (RIP) was like, "Ill take Eric but Tony you were terrible"
 
also I mean, from what I understand, AB was a self described "utility chef" he ran a steak frites joint in the 90s, so his skillset is probably more in the leadership,management and then cooking style as would be needed in such an environment.
but yeah, bob kramer rules. just to bring it back on topic.
 
Bourdain was a seafood guy, then steak and Frites (at Les Halles, I thought). He's never said he was the best chef out there, which is a huge part of why guys like him. He's honest, entertaining, he knows food, and has a quizzical mind.
 
Verrrry true! Haha. Loves mussels, though. :D
 
Not bad. I dislike the cliché "idiot visitor" comedy that seems rather common when TV hosts enter workshops, and Mr. Bourdain did a good job of keeping that to a minimum. Bob presented well; he's clearly done walkthroughs before and has thought it through pretty well.
 
Bob has a very nice set up. The big hammer is a 500# little giant. I used to have one and made 10,000 bars of damascus on one, nice hammer. The air hammer looks like a 120# import, also a nice hammer. He has a rolling mill which didn't get any love, a great piece of machinery to have.

The induction melter was super cool. Bob's grinding set up is the best that I know of, multiple grinders and polishers dedicated to one thing. It is obvious that Bob has made a lot of knives.

I would love to see how he does his guards, they never seem to show that part. It would be fun to see him do more with stainless steels and maybe san-mai. He has the carbon steel down.

Hoss
 
DevinT said:
Bob has a very nice set up. The big hammer is a 500# little giant. I used to have one and made 10,000 bars of damascus on one, nice hammer. The air hammer looks like a 120# import, also a nice hammer. He has a rolling mill which didn't get any love, a great piece of machinery to have.
The induction melter was super cool. Bob's grinding set up is the best that I know of, multiple grinders and polishers dedicated to one thing. It is obvious that Bob has made a lot of knives.
I would love to see how he does his guards, they never seem to show that part. It would be fun to see him do more with stainless steels and maybe san-mai. He has the carbon steel down.
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Great to hear reactions and feelings on these things from another knifemaker, and such enthusiasm about the topic. To be honest I know next to nothing about Kramer, but now know some and enjoyed his clear comments in the clip. As always, the discussion around the topic makes things more interesting.
 
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