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Thank you for the kind offer but they went down to London at the end of January and are already back with me reshaped and sharp. All I have to do now is keep them in shape in a King 1000 stone.

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That makes sense and yes, I can consider the crumbs to be the price of good bread. Cheers folks.

I would appreciate some advice on whether to get a bread board with grooves or not from those who have tried one. At the moment I am using a regular flat board with no groove and crumbs from crusty loves kind of shrapnel everywhere when making the cuts on the first day. By the second day the...

I will have a look at a UK source but one detail of the BoardSMITH boards that stands out is the feet. Their boards have wooden plugs with a rubber foot held in place with a stainless screw. This means they are replaceable if needed and won't rust. The long-grain Wusthof board I have simply uses...

Their regular 12"x18" was $131 and the Board Butter added about $15 but does affect International shipping so I was thinking of getting a generic Board Butter locally. I was considering asking for a custom size below 12"x18" if I was ordering direct from the US. No idea what the typical postage...

I was wondering if there were any official resellers of BoardSMITH boards in the EU at all? I am in the UK. I am aware that the BoardSMITH website allows International sales but with the shipping then the import duty and 20% VAT on both the board and shipping costs, I was hoping there was a...

Thanks for the welcomes folks. I am planning to send the Global knives off to London for a reshape then try to maintain them myself for a short while before upgrading. I have a King 1000 stone to get me started.

For 17-yo Globals they are in pretty good condition. I am very impressed at your ingenuity! Some of mine have lost metal near the heel due to my poor use of a MinoSharp. I have just got a set of King stones in 220/1000/6000 and will be looking at remedial work on them soon. Any thoughts on how...

Thanks for all the welcomes, folks. It is appreciated. It is also good to know that good knives can be obtained in the UK without too much issue. One factor about new knives that I never realised I would have to think about is the handedness of the handle. It appears that the Kaeru Gyuto comes...

Thanks for the pointer to JNS. I didn't know what they were at first but fortunately Google came to my aid when I looked for the Kaeru Gyuto. It looks like I have just missed the window to order before their scheduled holidays but that means I can have a good browse of the forums while I make up...

Hello folks. As requested, here is a little intro from me and some indications for the regulars of what I hope to achieve from the forum. I am a full time carer for my disabled wife and am responsible for all the food prep in the kitchen. When we got married we just managed with whatever...