I think I have found the ultimate knife

[SVX]

As per the title really, and as the guys at GF&W can attest I'm rather into my knives, but my latest acquisition has really raised the bar for me working in my home kitchen... I've just bought an 18cm Kasumi Titanium coated Santoku knife, and after experimenting with teflon coated blades (Khun Rikon), Global, Seki Magoroku, and Kyocera Ceramic FK Series (amongst others), this really is in a different league.

Anyone else tried/bought one of these... ?

[Mobile Chicane]

How much?

[OllieWinchester]

[Devils advocate] Surely a lesser knife will do almost as good a job for a fraction of the price? How sharp can a knife get anyway? [/Devils advocate]

[-Pete-]

If a knife is 'titanium coated' and you sharpen it, won't it be 'not titaniam coated' anymore. At least where the sharp edge's supposed to be?

[SVX]

Mobile Chicane said:

How much?

£85.00 Tina, a bit of a splurge, but in the same price range as a Global.

[SVX]

From what I understand, the titanium is bonded onto the Molybdenum Vanadium folded steel core like a machine tool coating, the presented cutting edge is razor sharp.

[Mobile Chicane]

I like.

A Global knife I bought 10 years ago was molybdenum-vanadium steel, whereas my recent set are boggo stainless.

The difference between the two in terms of which has the keener edge (and keeps it for longer) is like night and day.

[SVX]

Most of my Global set are well over 7-8 years old, and with the exception of my fluted slicer which I really struggle to keep a really usable edge on they really are up for the job.

Will bring the blue "light sabre" along to GF&W II

[smack]

Mmmmmm, niceeeee

[shirt]

[Pferdestarke]

Mick, give him your wallet!

[miniman]

I see you've played knifey spoony before.

[Plotloss]

I'm sure it's very lovely but why?

Do you do a lot of sashimi?

I've honestly never found myself wanting with a standard steel knife of decent quality. Wusthof etc.

[Balmoral Green]

SVX said:

From what I understand, the titanium is bonded onto the Molybdenum Vanadium folded steel core

Is that before or after it is placed into the tachyon field emitter temporal rift and subjected to multi positronic prion bombardment?

[deadslow]

Balmoral Green said:

SVX said:

From what I understand, the titanium is bonded onto the Molybdenum Vanadium folded steel core

Is that before or after it is placed into the tachyon field emitter temporal rift and subjected to multi positronic prion bombardment?

Exactly

[SVX]

Balmoral Green said:

SVX said:

From what I understand, the titanium is bonded onto the Molybdenum Vanadium folded steel core

Is that before or after it is placed into the tachyon field emitter temporal rift and subjected to multi positronic prion bombardment?

Then just after accelerated to a high lepton speed whilst cocooned in a mobile Gentleman's Club. They use special leather cases I believe.

[uncinqsix]

Plotloss said:

I'm sure it's very lovely but why?

Do you do a lot of sashimi?

I've honestly never found myself wanting with a standard steel knife of decent quality. Wusthof etc.

That's not a sashimi knife.

Why Japanese? Simply, they get sharper, hold their edge longer, are thinner (therefore lighter and better balanced) and generally cut better than the heavy German ones.

Using our old Zwilling Henckles feels like trying to cut things with a mallet in comparison with our jap knives.

[Cotty]

SVX said:

the guys at GF&W can attest I'm rather into my knives,

[seefarr]

I see your knife and raise you. . . a Shun:


High carbon steel so it holds an edge like nothing from Germany in the last 30 years. Plus it looks kinda nice

It will get spots on it if you leave tomato juice on it overnight but its a small price to pay.

[Silent1]

All that graining isnt the folded metal by the way, it's the way they cool them.

Edited by Silent1 on Saturday 14th August 22:17