Had my kitchen knives professionally sharpened yesterday - WOW!

[Rabrrrrrr]

It's so nice to have properly sharpened knives again!

They are of a sharp that I simply cannot get on my own.

My cleaver went through that acorn squash no prob.

My chef knife dicing the onion was just beautiful!

The trimming knife for cleaning radishes and scallions - brilliant!!

It's good to have PROPERLY sharp knives again. I simply don't have the tools or the skills to sharpen them that well. My sharpening ability is good, but not professional good. And lordy, there IS a difference, and I've missed it!

And only $1 a knife!

[DS1]

1. That's what I need

My *single* knife is just about pushing its way through my veggies :grr:

[Rabrrrrrr]

5. Oh man, that's like my sister's knives!

Hers are awful dull. Nice set of Chicago cutlery, and dull as fuck.

She also has one of those bumpy glass cutting boards because she just knows that if she cuts anything on wood the entire family will instantly succumb to salmonella and other bacteria that THRIVE, I tell you, THRIVE in wood cutting boards!

I love cooking at her house, because it means we eat better food (she's an admittedly not good cook), but I hate the knives and the boards. Ever try cutting a fucking onion on one of those shitty cutting boards? Well, do it with a dull knife.

[DS1]

7. I do it with a dull knife

and end up with Onion mash :rofl:

I think I might go out and buy some good knives this weekend

[Rabrrrrrr]

12. Yeah, I've heard that around the drinking fountain, people sayin'

"DS1 does it with a dull knife".

:-)

Get some Henckel's. For my money, really the best.

And I gotta tell ya, ten years ago I would never have given up my chef's knife, even to save my mother's life. But, about five years or so ago, I bought a Japanese-style chef's knife, and my chef knife sits up in the cupboard above the refrigerator because I haven't touched it in years.

[DS1]

18. I have a ummm

thick blade :P

[GOPisEvil]

27. I have a Henckels scalloped Santoku knife.

I think it can cut air. :thumbsup:

[seemunkee]

29. Nice knife, I have the unscallope version

[Rabrrrrrr]

30. Mine's unscalloped, too

Now I'm thinking I might need a scalloped version...

:-)

[ET Awful]

21. Hey DS1 - I have an extra set of okay knives and a block for them

if you want them. Just need to find a way to get them to you.

They're nothing fancy, but they hold an edge fairly well (I think I'm missing one knife out of the 8 knife set).

Let me know if you want them (they're just taking up space in my apt. right now).

[DS1]

22. ooooh

interesting! thanks, I'll see what I can do about picking them up

You're in the Lowell area correct?

[ET Awful]

25. Yup.

Just let me know. I'm moving into the new apartment (only a few blocks from the current one) next weekend. So, if you can get them this weekend, great, if not, after next weekend is fine too.

Like I say, they're nothing fancy, but they do hold an edge and they cut stuff :). (I think the brand is Chef's Mate or some such).

[Rabrrrrrr]

26. I'm such a Yentl

My thread helped to get a man and a set of knives together!

:cry::cry::cry::cry: <-- tears of happiness and joy.

[demnan]

2. Wow, what a great idea

I'm going to have to find someone in my area that does that.

[Puglover]

3. You've inspired me...

I'm going to take my old Henckels in and have them done!

[AngryAmish]

4. Life changing experience

Unfortunately last time I got it done I grabbed my knife wrong and bled for half an hour.

[Rabrrrrrr]

8. The people at the butcher shop said "Be careful, lots of people

have complained that they cut themselves after we sharpened their knives".

To which I replied, "That's only because they don't know how to use a knife."

The butcher lady smiled knowingly at me and nodded her head "Yeah, you're right."

[AngryAmish]

19. Are you implying I don't know how to use a knife?!?

Well, I don't. The fact that I reached into a drawer and grabbed a blade pretty much proves that.

[Rabrrrrrr]

23. Well, maybe. Sort of. Kinda.

:P

But even the most experienced people occasionally have slip ups, like reaching into the drawer and grabbing a knife by the blade.

[bridgit]

6. i had that done by an native american dude...

that came round the house one day, he brought them back the next day & when he did the larger ones would transit a tomato with little more than their own weight which he showed me as a demonstration as to just how dangerous sharpe knives could be...very impressive

[Heidi]

9. You're Mr. Heidi's evil kitchen twin, aren't you?

Heidi: "Sh!t, I just cut myself with this knife!"

Mr. Heidi: "It is a knife, babe."

[El Fuego]

10. That is something I keep meaning to do

But I never do it! Maybe now I will since you reminded me.

[wideopen]

11. chef's choice model 120

knife sharpener,3 stages, about $130. The absolute best kitchen investment I've ever made, my knives are always sharp enough to shave with. The pleasure of being able to get you own knives that sharp anytime you want is indescribable.

[Rabrrrrrr]

14. Easier to let someone else do it, and then I don't have to

have a sharpener cluttering my life; a sharpener which would eventually be thrown away before ever having been used to its fullest, and thus bad stewardship to buy one.

For me, anyway.

[wideopen]

16. I could never find the time

to get mine to the shop (20 miles away). Thus, dull knives all the time.

[Rabrrrrrr]

17. Yeah, that's far away

Thanfully for me, it's my butcher who does it, so it's close and convenient.

[AngryAmish]

20. I can walk to my guy in five minutes

Just bragging.

[wideopen]

24. That's o.k.

I can do it myself with three steps to the end of the countertop, 5 minutes I've already sharpened 3 knives. I'm bragging too.

[no_hypocrisy]

13. Good decision. The most dangerous thing in a kitchen is a dull knife.

[Rabrrrrrr]

15. Absolutely! That's why I never let mine get dull.

[seemunkee]

28. Mine are getting dull, need to get the water stones ready

When I did woodworking I always had them ready to do the kitchen knives too.