Pocket Knives - Do You Carry One?

[kentauros]

103. This reminds me that I need to go and sharpen my veggie cleaver.

I have a chef's knife, but the plastic handle is broken (for whatever reason, Wusthof decided that the tang didn't need to go all the way to the end of the handle, and so it broke off at the end of the tang.) I'd like to find someone to take the rest of the plastic off and replace it with a nice wooden handle. I just don't know what kind of craftsman to ask for that task.

Honestly, I don't have many knives even in the kitchen. A few paring knives, though I could do with just one. Two bread knives, with my favorite being an offset "sandwich" knife I got from K.A.F., I think. It's the sharpest knife I own.

And the veggie cleaver, which is my primary knife, and probably the least expensive. I think I paid less than $20 for it over twenty years ago at a budget Chinese restaurant supply place. It's great for mincing garlic, and practically pureeing it through a smash and smear technique I use

Learning knife technique does take time, and a desire to learn it. Otherwise, yeah, I can see people being afraid of them, especially when they watch TV-chefs in action.