Watanabe Nakiri vs. Lobster

[Betsy L]

Yesterday was our 45th wedding anniversary and my husband brought home some lobsters (he is a retired commercial fisherman and works part time on a lobster boat). He reached for the ‘cleaver’ to crack the shells resulting in chips along the edge. I pointed out the damage (calmly) so he took the knife out to the garage and escalated the damage with belt sanders or disc grinders or what not. The edge is now flopped over to one side. I remained calm.

Should I send the knife to District Cutlery?

 

[mengwong]

Could you share some photos off your phone perhaps?

 

[BillHanna]

Thank you for your patience, @Betsy L

 

[daveb]

Japanese Knife Imports, Tokushu, are two I've used with great results. Heard good things about DC.

Send the belt grinder to Goodwill and take the husband to the Army recruiter.....

 

[HumbleHomeCook]

Get the Wat sorted out and in the meantime, buy hubby one of these:

https://www.wokshop.com/newstore/product/carbon-steel-cleaver/

 

[Betsy L]

Could you share some photos off your phone perhaps?

My skills are lacking. It doesn't look so bad--feels like a thick burr.

 

[Betsy L]

Get the Wat sorted out and in the meantime, buy hubby one of these:

https://www.wokshop.com/newstore/product/carbon-steel-cleaver/

Oh we have a real cleaver. thanks for the reply.

 

[Betsy L]

Japanese Knife Imports, Tokushu, are two I've used with great results. Heard good things about DC.

Send the belt grinder to Goodwill and take the husband to the Army recruiter.....

Thank you for the suggestions. I need the belt sander to sharpen gardening tools and my husband is 74, so no military career for him.

 

[captaincaed]

In my neck of the woods, Albert does fine restoration work and damage repair. I'm pretty sure DC would be a good first stop. If you needed a backup option, Seattle Edge has always done right by me.

https://www.knifesharpeningseattle.com/sharpening

 

[OkayMode]

Thank you for the suggestions. I need the belt sander to sharpen gardening tools and my husband is 74, so no military career for him.

In that case, take the husband to Goodwill and give the disc sander to the army recruiter

Good on you for staying calm, your Nakiri is probably quite tall so there will be plenty of real estate for a repair job that will leave it as good as new.

 

[esoo]

A Cut Above Brookline does this kind of work (@Runner_up). I follow him on instagram and he regularly portrays the fixing of chipped and damaged blades.

 

[Betsy L]

I contacted this person.

 

[Delat]

My skills are lacking. It doesn't look so bad--feels like a thick burr.

Assuming all the chips are now out, you might just want to sharpen it first and see how it feels in use. It’s possible he didn’t take off too much metal. If it feels fine after sharpening, keep a close eye on the edge as may have lost its temper from heat with the grinding.

If it requires a lot more force after sharpening, then yup probably would need a good thinning.