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Kurt O

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Good afternoon, all!

I have appreciated knives since getting my first pocketknife many (many) years ago, but only recently have been enjoying better-quality kitchen cutlery. I found a handful of K Sabatier kitchen knives at a local thrift shop that only needed an edge touch-up and some general TLC, and was amazed that the balance and handling were SO much better than my existing kitchen knives. A couple of weeks later, I stumbled across nine Henckels kitchen knives in the same thrift shop that were terribly dull (but that seemed to be their only problem), so I have been spending some time each morning getting them rehabbed on the stones.

I'm an IT professional by trade, working here on the hurricane bumper of the United States in extreme eastern North Carolina. Looking forward to doing a great deal of reading here!

Kind regards - Kurt
 
Welcome to the show! I'd love to see an image or two of those Henckels as I'm a collector of that specific maker.

I have my doubts about these knives being particularly interesting - they're mostly the Twin Signature line, thought there are a couple of less common ones as well. As I rehab them I'll be glad to take some photos to post!

Previously my workhorse in the kitchen was a Spyderco Santoku, MBS-26 steel. It served me well for years, but as I am getting more into cooking (as I get older) I decided that I wanted something a bit nicer. The thrift shop find K Sabatier Santoku is far and away my favorite right now, but I'm eyeing the Henckels Chef Knife (Twin Signature 30721-202) for regular use as well.

I also have a beautiful Damascus Boker utility knife from some years back and once I get the edge rehabbed I'll likely use it more. The steel in that particular blade is ridiculously hard - it needs a little more TLC than the others.

Thank you all for the welcome! Looking forward to reading a lot, and possibly contributing as my limited knowledge will permit!
 
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