Ultimate chef knife
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Ultimate chef knife
After trying to cut a butternut squash in half and then in chunks yesterday...using about three supposedly good knives in my arsenal..none of which were smooth sailing...I have decided to look for a pro chef knife-like on the cooking shows...they just seem to cut everything with little effort. Suggestions-please!
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I found an old butcher knife. Had some rust on it. Cleaned it up really well and resharpened it. Got it at an estate sale, the owner used to be a butcher. Paid $3 for it and got a couple other knives. Had those sharpened as well. no one uses my knives but me. Hubs doesn't like them and that's ok by me. I also went to a local meat market I frequent and spoke to the owner. Asked him where I could by another good knife in case mine came up missing. He ordered one for me. Special made, $25 with a leather sheath. I've had it now for 15 years at least and butcher's glove. As soon as I'm finished with "my' knife, I clean it and put it away. Ask your butcher if he can get you one or where you can order. I have yet to cut myself.
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Any really hard vegetable I use a good knife with the metal shaft that goes all the way through it. I put the knife where I want it and tap the tip with my little kitchen hammer until I am through.
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The knives TArtan speaks of is exactly what I have. Not something where the shaft is only inserted an inch or 2. Those are dangerous if they break from the handle.
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I'm think for me it is much more an issue of strength than knife sharpness.
that said, my great grandfather was a butcher, and I have his knives. One really is like a machete One by One I use it with a hammer to cut through.
that said, my great grandfather was a butcher, and I have his knives. One really is like a machete One by One I use it with a hammer to cut through.
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