Posts tagged: equipment

How Handmade Japanese Knives Are Made

To a kitchen knife afi­cionado, japan­ese knives are some of the most insanely well-made cut­ting machines one can use.  To a col­lec­tor of high-quality goods, items made by the hands of skilled arti­sans and mas­ters are par­tic­u­larly delight­ful. For all the won­ders of auto­mated man­u­fac­tur­ing, the results that come from the skilled hands of a […]

Friday February 19th, 2010 in , , , | Comments Off

Gyuto Sizes: Gotta Have ‘Em All!

Some things don’t change much with age. I remem­ber once when I was a child, and my par­ents had just bought me a new Trans­former, there was a brochure that showed all the other mod­els that then existed in the world of Trans­form­ers.  It was a pretty pal­try list.  There were maybe a dozen dif­fer­ent characters. […]

Saturday February 13th, 2010 in , , , | Comments Off

It’s True: Japanese Cooking Knives will Spoil You

I finally real­ized yes­ter­day that I have been per­ma­nently spoiled by my Japan­ese cook­ing knives.  I can’t look at a Ger­man knife quite the same way ever again.  Not that it’s about the look, it’s about the feel. For now, I’m going to limit myself to the chef’s knife.  This knife is the core of many […]

Saturday January 16th, 2010 in , , , , | Comments Off

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