I have always been attracted to people who are passionate and driven to excel. That is what I find at Tosho, and it is always a pleasure to drop by and just chat with whomever happens to be in at the time. Sometimes it’s Olivia, sometimes it’s Ivan. Either way, I enjoy the conversation and [...]
There’s a new knife store in Toronto. It’s been around online for a while, but it has finally stepped over into the physical realm. It is Tosho Knife Arts at 602 Markham Road, right near Bathurst Station in the Honest Ed Village. I saw on Tosho’s website yesterday that the store is open now, so [...]
I had the great privilege to test drive a custom, handmade 8″ chef’s knife by Thomas Haslinger. I got this chance to try out a $500 knife thanks to the great community at KitchenKnifeForums.com, where serious knife users & collectors and knifemakers congregate. Serial test-drives by a short list of members, a process we call [...]
I gotta slice, dice, chop, or cut to be happy in the kitchen. If I don’t get to use my knives – even for something small and trivial – I’m just not very happy. When I went on my week-long trip to Montreal and Quebec, I brought along with me one of my petty knives [...]
My Shigeki Tanaka 240mm VG-10 gyuto is a mainstay in my kitchen. It’s not my sexiest gyuto, and it sure as hell isn’t my most expensive one either. VG-10 technically isn’t the highest-performing steel I can choose to use. I’ve considered selling it on several occasions in order to make space for a different, more [...]
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