Kitchen Equipment

[doodab]

What do you use to keep your knives in good order?

I have one of those chef's choice electric jobs and it's OK but I recently got a half decent whetstone (250/1000 combination) and the difference is night and day.

Is it worth investing in a finer grade stone to get that little extra?

[TykeMerc]

Diamond coated steel, it's not hard to learn how to use one.

A whetstone is fine for a regrind if the edge has badly gone, but anything harsher than a decent steel is excessive for keeping a decent edge on kitchen knives.

[gingerjedi]

Is it worth investing in a finer grade stone to get that little extra?

I find my victims make less noise if they don't feel it, depends on what you're after.

HTH

[SimonMac]

A stash of take-away menus and a microwave, beer bottles should be opened with the teeth to minimise useless items cluttering up the place

[EternalOptimist]

What do you use to keep your knives in good order?

I have one of those chef's choice electric jobs and it's OK but I recently got a half decent whetstone (250/1000 combination) and the difference is night and day.

Is it worth investing in a finer grade stone to get that little extra?

It's funny, I was going to do a thread on this today.

Mrs EO was banging on about this new recipe she was going to try on saturday, sea bass in a bed of rice.

So comes Saturday evening, I am sitting there quietly sozzled, playing Colonization, when she shouts me from the kitchen.
'Help, I cant get the 'eads of these'

There were two fresh fish, in full scale dress, with the heads and innards waiting to be done.

When I pointed out that we didnt have sharp enough knives, they needed de-scaling, heads off, gutting , washed out and checked for worm, she chucked them in the bin and asked me to make chips and egg instead.

[Spacecadet]

A stash of take-away menus and a microwave, beer bottles should be opened with the teeth to minimise useless items cluttering up the place

Cans are better in that respect
Saves your teeth and there is no bottle top to dispose of.

[SimonMac]

Cans are better in that respect
Saves your teeth and there is no bottle top to dispose of.

I bow down to your superior knowledge

[Pondlife]

We use one of these.

Buy Shinkansen Sharpener online at JohnLewis.com - John Lewis


Works a treat and much better than a steel.

[gingerjedi]

Cans are better in that respect
Saves your teeth and there is no bottle top to dispose of.

Only if you're a lager drinker, ale taste tulip from cans.

[doodab]

Diamond coated steel, it's not hard to learn how to use one.

A whetstone is fine for a regrind if the edge has badly gone, but anything harsher than a decent steel is excessive for keeping a decent edge on kitchen knives.

The diamond steel I have is about 1200 grit IIRC, it's a good steel but it's not a sharpener. I'm talking about a bunch of 5-10 year old knives here so obviously they have needed properly resharpening in that time, which is why I bought the chef's choice thing. It's not something I use every day, probably every 6-9 months, and to be fair that does quite a good job. I just bought the whetstone cos I have a couple of knives here in DE that are about 2 years old and were starting to lose their edge to the point of being annoying, and I was surprised how easy it was to get the knack of and how sharp they came out. They really were as good as new, much better than using the chef's choice thing.

I am thinking that a 3000/8000 finishing stone would give me that extra bit of va va voom.