Victorinox Santoku is my favourite knife. It is a decent size and chips and slices nicely.
The tiny one in the pic is only about £6 and attacked wifey last week. 3 stitches in the thumb, and a reminder it is not for scraping glue off stuff.
The tiny one in the pic is only about £6 and attacked wifey last week. 3 stitches in the thumb, and a reminder it is not for scraping glue off stuff.
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I was just about to buy one of those Victorinox Santoku knives, but have held off for now. A conversation with a friend at work has resulted in a couple of additions to my existing knife set. My trusty Nakiri now has a couple of brothers (the matching Santoku and Chef’s knife). The Santoku had a couple of tiny chips out of the blade, but my minosharp made short work of them (well, not that short, but it took them out).
I’ve now sharpened all the old knives in the block and concluded that most of them are fucked, so I plan to use them to kill people I don’t like, or maybe take them to the tip to be responsibly disposed of (the knives).
Sharpening knives is curiously therapeutic.
Gratuitous pics of new knives is mandatory.
Ah, now this highlights something I’ve noticed. Your chef’s knife on the far right has what appears to now be the “old” Victorinox handle shape, and the Santuko seems to be what all the new stuff is coming with. I’m very much not a fan of the new handles compared to the old ones.
Also, those little Victorinox paring knives are probably the best value knife in existence - they always seem to be about £5 for a pair (excuse the pun) and they hold an edge like nobodies business. As I moved up the ladder ranks I generally kept my Victorinox’s as “crap knives” - something I could use in a situation where I wouldn’t want to use a good knife, such as frozen meat, or cutting near metal or ceramics, and they stay sharp through some mad abuse.
Also have to give a hearty thumbs up to the little Opinel folding knife I have on that front, it’s been abused to fuck and still remarkably sharp. Also, the locking collar on that thing is such a brilliant piece of design.
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Apart from the slicing knife they were all bought within a few weeks of each other from Nisbets in Northampton.
The slicing knife is fairly old, and initially belonged to the ex husband of and ex girlfriend. Found it in a box in the loft. Quite good for slicing up bread.
The edge of the paring knife is now chipped to fuck, as it gets used for things it really shouldn’t. Will get another couple.
Bread weapon
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Every slice will be respected with a farewell ceremony.
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