Jays gear

The current arsenal. Sorry for the crappy pics.

 

Nice Jay! Lots of sharps going on there.

 

I had to dig the knives on the round cutting board out of a dusty old drawer.

 

Hands over ears....nanananananananananana, I will not fall down this rabbit hole !!!

 

I see you have a preference for a certain knife maker. Very nice!

 

Rabbit hole? I thought it was a Badgers burrow?

 

Nice!

 

besides the shape, what is the difference between the two bread knifes? (the 2nd and 3rd ones on the round block)

-jim

 

The second knife from the top on the round board is your garden variety Henckels 4 Star 8" bread knife. The knife below it is a 10" hollow ground knife of the same brand, also known as a ham slicer. It's good for slicing gravlax, brisket, and roasts, but it doesn't see much action these days, as it was from my not-knowin'-no-better phase.

The top knife on the rectangular board is a bread knife, and a killer at that, by Mac.

 

I have the top two Henckels. The Mac (?) knife is one scary looking bread knife!

-jim

 

The santoku and the bread knife, correct?

That santoku is over twenty years old, and I don't know if I used it more than a handful of times. Not sure if I ever even sharpened it.

The Mac bread knife is alternatively touted as one of the only bread knives that can be resharpened or as one that cannot be resharpened. I imagine it depends on whether you're buying one or asking for one to be resharpened.

 

if santoku means chopper - yes.

It occurs to me that I'm woefully under educated when it comes to Japanese knife names.

-jim

 

Gator has a great website with a lot of useful information.

http://zknives.com/knives/kitchen/misc/usetype/all/index.shtml

 

Fantastic collection, thank you!

 

Which bread knife came first, Tojiro or Mac? O.o

Great looking knives!

 

Nice looking gear!

 

wow, that is the biggest collection of Puerh knives Ive ever seen

 

Great collection Jay!!

What's the Wa handled knife third one down on the left?

 

Whoops now I've spotted a few more that I need want.

 

Was wondering where you were