So I found a web site

Cutlery and more.

oh my god.

I am going to need a 2nd and 3rd job.

had to clear my cart and close the browser lol.

yup walking away.

 

I wish you hadn't posted this! Damnit.

 

This place is where I get most of my chisels. Their kitchen knives are really nice too if you like damascus steel.
https://www.woodcraft.com/categories/home?types[]=Kitchen+Knife

 

I try and stay away from there..theres one down the street from me...but yes definitely woodworker heaven.

 

Damn it

Just ordered the carving set as a gift.

I hope I like it

 

Yeah they touched me for three knives. And then I found these guys for an even deeper rabbit hole: https://www.chefknivestogo.com/

 

My wife thinks serrated knives are a good thing, glad I stocked up on some food service knives before getting out of the restaurant business.

 

I am a German knife guy as I cut more rocking than I do with and kind of precision.
Don't get me wrong, I like a thin sliced tomato but I am not going to make it look like a flower before I eat it.

That and I take care of my blades but i need something machine honed so I don't feel bad when I do it by hand.
I can't get a Japanese blade back to box sharp to save my ass.

 

Sharpening is a tough task. My Dad owned the restaurant I grew up in. He was cutting a steak off a loin one night with the costumer standing there (he was showing off). He was having a hard time with the knife so he asked me for another, I took the one he had, hit it on the steel a couple of times and handed back to him. I got one of the few unsolicited complements from him that night...he said "That can't be the same knife".

Get an Arkansas Stone and watch some videos how to sharpen. I'm not a fan of machine sharpening, I just as soon do it by hand.

 

I tried by hand for years. Finally got a Chef’sChoice 15 Trizor XV EdgeSelect Professional Electric Knife Sharpener. Probably not as good as the guys who sharpen by hand, but quick and easy.

 

A steel I can use to keep them up but two things I never mastered was a stone and changing brakes.
I can do both but struggle every time.
I can be taught by masters of either and still struggle.

Ask me to set up a network over VPN with 50 different sites and a secure vlan on each with Dixie cups and string and I could probably do it.

 

Git'urGeek on...Same here. LAN/WAN guy.
Currently battling Application support blaming network for their slow ass app when we have ping times in double digits gong from US to Uk...yeah..network...whatever.

BTW a steel just hones an edge, gotta put it on a stone to sharpen.

 

I can sharpen but with some knives don’t care that much. Wife got one of these https://www.kitchenkapers.com/collections/knife-sharpeners/products/henckels-v-edge-knife-sharpener
And I have to say it’s the best sharpener of its type (countertop/not the right way) that I’ve used.

 

I like the Victorinox knives with the fibrox handles.

 

Biglots has nice knives -

https://www.biglots.com/search/?Ntt=kitchen knife

 

Y’all are killing me here

 

Got a set of J.A. Henckels years ago for a wedding present. Still using them. Great knives.

https://www.zwilling.com/us/henckels-international/

 

I have a set as someone told me that they are just as good but they are a little lite for me to handle.
It is my main knife when just making a quick dinner but they dont last that long when preparing a HUGE dinner and have to do a lot of cutting

 

Here's a cool site I found...

https://www.completetrailers.com/