Knives spotted in the wild: celebrity chef edition

[chiffonodd]

One of the great joys of this obsession is spotting knives in the wild. And what's more fun than judging celebrity chefs for their knife selections? Here's a few knife safari shots from my YouTube cooking video rabbit hole today. Good on Matty Matheson for the misono dragon suji, but his gyuto game needs work. JW seems to be doing alright with the tojiro bread and kono.

Matty Matheson, Misono dragon suji

Matty Matheson, Nehoni nenox gyuto

Joshua Weissman, tojiro ITK bread

Joshua Weissman, konosuke YS-M

I open the floor to my fellow KKF open source knife intelligence analysts for more rare sightings in the wild.

 

[blokey]

I saw Matt use wa handled Ginga cleaver once, he definitely collect knives.

 

[superworrier]

Eric Sze with a Jiro

A lot of Takedas in Sheldon Simeon’s book

 

[superworrier]

https://kamikotoblog.com/kamikoto-knives-as-seen-on-netlfixs-the-chef-show/
Here’s a yuck one

 

[daddy yo yo]

Jamie Oliver uses (among others) a rehandled Carter…

Source

 

[Delat]

Kanji Lopez-Aalto has a large collection of not particularly interesting knives (to me anyway). It feels odd that he’d choose to collect a pile of fairly mainstream knives, like say collecting sweaters from Macy’s or something.

These Are My Knives | The Food Lab

 

[esoo]

Kanji Lopez-Aalto has a large collection of not particularly interesting knives (to me anyway). It feels odd that he’d choose to collect a pile of fairly mainstream knives, like say collecting sweaters from Macy’s or something.

These Are My Knives | The Food Lab

Cynic me says the whole point of the average knives listed is to have the affiliate links and generate revenue.

 

[HansCaravan]

Matty Matheson uses a 10" Zwilling Kramer on the regular.



And here he shows off some others.

 

[btbyrd]

Not a chef, but here's Alton rocking some Cut Brooklyn and Carter knives.

 

[dAtron]

Matty Matheson uses a 10" Zwilling Kramer on the regular.



And here he shows off some others.

Those look identical to the Gesshin JIN.

EDIT: NVM The store in beverly hills he mentions is a giveaway.

 

[Jeff]

Not a chef, but here's Alton rocking some Cut Brooklyn and Carter knives.

AB is a little bit of a knife shill. Remember when he was hawking “Shun - Alton’s Angle” knives with that wacked angle where handle meets blade?

I think it was because AB is so tall ((6’ 4” ???))

I bought an AB sheepsfoot paring knife after using one. I’m not 6’4” so I do mot need the additional angle, bit the additional knuckle clearance when cutting limes etc is great

 

[Heckel7302]

Kanji Lopez-Aalto has a large collection of not particularly interesting knives (to me anyway). It feels odd that he’d choose to collect a pile of fairly mainstream knives, like say collecting sweaters from Macy’s or something.

These Are My Knives | The Food Lab

14” ODC Wusthoff valued at $800?

 

[Greenbriel]

One of the great joys of this obsession is spotting knives in the wild. And what's more fun than judging celebrity chefs for their knife selections? Here's a few knife safari shots from my YouTube cooking video rabbit hole today. Good on Matty Matheson for the misono dragon suji, but his gyuto game needs work. JW seems to be doing alright with the tojiro bread and kono.

Matty Matheson, Misono dragon suji

Matty Matheson, Nehoni nenox gyuto

Joshua Weissman, tojiro ITK bread

Joshua Weissman, konosuke YS-M

I open the floor to my fellow KKF open source knife intelligence analysts for more rare sightings in the wild.

How do you tell the difference between a konosuke YS-M and a Masakage Koishi? I never can.

I wonder if Alton wants to buy my collection of Cut Brooklyns.

 

[chefwp]

Kanji Lopez-Aalto has a large collection of not particularly interesting knives (to me anyway). It feels odd that he’d choose to collect a pile of fairly mainstream knives, like say collecting sweaters from Macy’s or something.

These Are My Knives | The Food Lab

Meh

 

[Greenbriel]

Meh

Very meh! I love Kenji but his knife game is pretty haphazard at best.

 

[Delat]

Joshua Weissman uses a konosuke and Makoto Kurosaki among others.

 

[esoo]

How do you tell the difference between a konosuke YS-M and a Masakage Koishi? I never can.

I wonder if Alton wants to buy my collection of Cut Brooklyns.

YS-M uses a square type hammer pattern. Koishi is round.

 

[Jason183]

How do you tell the difference between a konosuke YS-M and a Masakage Koishi? I never can.

I wonder if Alton wants to buy my collection of Cut Brooklyns.

That’s the original YS from old batches. The ones selling on the market right now is the YS-M(midnight), Darker finish

 

[user 16756]

Action Bronson I know has done gift guides recommending Suisin Inox

I have long suspected that Claire Saffitz's knives are Takamura R2s, could also be an OEM equivalent (I know hitohira does these too)

Dominique Ansel seems to use Dexters:

 

[chiffonodd]

Very meh! I love Kenji but his knife game is pretty haphazard at best.

Didn't he call misen the holy grail of chef knives? Meep...

 

[crockerculinary]

Richard Blais is a knife guy- that’s a Maumasi.

 

[Hockey3081]

Cynic me says the whole point of the average knives listed is to have the affiliate links and generate revenue.

This would be one of the least atrocious things about him.

 

[Corradobrit1]

Speaking of YT Celebs. Jun Luvs Maumasi too

 

[HSC /// Knives]

pink glow pineapple and z wear

 

[chiffonodd]

Joshua Weissman uses a konosuke and Makoto Kurosaki among others.

Nice! I've been trying to identify JW's makoto kurosaki for like a year now.

 

[Greenbriel]

YS-M uses a square type hammer pattern. Koishi is round.

Thanks! Huh, the pattern in the video poster frame looks more round than square to me!

 

[Greenbriel]

Didn't he call misen the holy grail of chef knives? Meep...

LOL, he did, but on an older iteration, supposedly they have got worse (but whatever the deal "Holy Grail" is probably a bit strong. . I avoided bringing Misen up for personal reasons.

 

[Jeff]

14” ODC Wusthoff valued at $800?

Well, he is an American Test Kitchen alumni, and ATK is known for rather pedestrian knives

… Although I did see a Tojiro petty on there recently
(( which they referred to as “TOJO” rather than TOJIRO ))

 

[Jeff]

LOL, he did, but on an older iteration, supposedly they have got worse (but whatever the deal "Holy Grail" is probably a bit strong. . I avoided bringing Misen up for personal reasons.

What steel is the “Holy Grail” made of? perhaps that could be smithed into a blade

- Kramer made a meteorite knife for A. Bordain.

 

[chiffonodd]

What steel is the “Holy Grail” made of? perhaps that could be smithed into a blade

- Kramer made a meteorite knife for A. Bordain.

Pretty sure the misen is AUS10 or equivalent. So not bad material by any stretch. But i tried one at a friend's house a few years ago and the grind is pretty blah IIRC. Still much better than your average costco henckels set but definitely not the holy grail.