chef knife on a cheapskate budget

I didn't read the whole thread so I don't if someone has posted it already.

Learn the skills for sharpening your own knives.

IT'S THERAPEUTIC!
 
Inevitability said:
This weekend's shopping...
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Total = R236 + R150
The board is about 3cm thick, non-specified wood species (it looks like a softer wood and 3 days of use have already left some scars).



I sliced some carrots with the new knife to pickle and compared it to my old knife ... I can definitely feel a big difference.
A friend asked me to buy one for him as well and his daughter is a chef... She tried it and says it's unbelievable value for money.
Guy from Sharp Edge said the same.
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Decided to buy this as well, R 252 with shipping included.

Dumb question, but what is the best way to keep this knife sharp?
 
Thinking of going for this since my cheap and cheerful cooks knife is causing quite a bad callus at the base of my index finger.

If you rollover to zoom on the pic in that link you'll see that the bolster of this knife is totally smoothed out, never seen that before and hoping it'll help reduce the pressure on that part of my hand. It's so bad that it hurts when I drive.

Anyone got experience with this knife perhaps?
 
Oppiekoffie said:
My dad made us knives from high speed steel from old saw blades, sharpen those on a white stone. Few comes close to that.
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+1
hope you have a blacksmith friend or DIY you'll find some nice videos on youtube :)

and also a +1000 to: learn how to sharpen your knife!
 
maumau said:
Jeez, that leather thing. Somewhere in my memory I remember it being called a strop. My great, great, grandfather used to sharpen his razor on one.
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Not confusing it with your s&m gear? :D
 
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Wrt to knifes, got these two bait knifes that i use in the kitchen sharpened on a ceramic tile and i reckon you could perform surgery with them. Think I paid like R30 for them.
 
Kalle said:
+1
hope you have a blacksmith friend or DIY you'll find some nice videos on youtube :)

and also a +1000 to: learn how to sharpen your knife!
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Know how, one can shave with that thing when properly sharpened. I know someone who is into knivemaking as well.
 
Kerrits said:
I would suggest looking out for sales on One Day Only, takealot etc.
My brother recently found these for effectively R300 at @home:
http://www.takealot.com/global-cooks-knife-20cm/PLID28005655

My current global knife is absolutely awesome.

Before I could afford something decent, I got a cheap Wilkinson Sword, which is now about 14 years old. It's still pretty usable, and better than what I find in most people's kitchens. It's so much better than a prestige knife I bought when I was in a pinch a while ago.
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Decided to get this knife (Wilkinson Sword). Pretty cheap and are going to practise my knife sharpening skills on it before I get a better knife.
 
just on the victorinox

my little sister is at culinary school -
and they use the victorinox knives
as standard part of their kit.

i played around with them and they are really good knives - very sharp and easy to maintain as well with a proper sharpner
preferably the victorinox carbide sharpner.

they might not be the top end full tang knives - but they have good edges.

and if you have a sharp knife theres less force that you have to use also.
and i find a light weight knife also leaves you less tired from a long day in the kitchen.
 
paddy_za said:
Glad you like it. I have had mine for about 4 years and have never felt it needed to be sharpened.
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Inevitability said:
That's impressive!
Watched a YouTube vid where the guy said he hadn't sharpened his one in 2 years and I thought he was bulls**ting
Sweet... I'll see you guys in 2-4 years then :D
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So, as promised, here I am after almost 2 years (only cos I bought another one of the Komachi knives last week - the print is different but the steel is still the same)

Quick disclaimer: I am not the primary user of the knife, but I use it fairly often.
So my (layman's) take on the knife after 18 months of use is that it's flippin awesome. The knife gets used daily at home on all types of food, and it stays sharp for a long time.
I bought a Tevo "Blade Runner" one day when I was being honest with myself about me being too lazy to make the jig I mentioned to sharpen the knife. I use it very occasionally on the knife, and it does a good job. I'm not trying to shave hair with the knife, so I judge the sharpness by how it feels when i cut something... The Blade Runner does a good job for the R100 I spent, and it's very little effort to use.

One day, when I'm big, I'll definitely make that jig and have knives that I can sharpen to this level (see below). Until then, my Komachi Chef Knife and Blade Runner definitely worked out to be unbelievably good value for money and this was really what I was looking for to begin with

[video=youtube;X_cw3H8MAxU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_cw3H8MAxU[/video]
 
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