Thread: Scalloped Santoku Knife

On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:23:43 +0000 (UTC), "I'm back on the laptop"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>I have been lusting after one for quite some time, and have broached the
>subject with the SO, but always got the same reply........ "You have a
>drawer full of expensive knives, what's this one got that the others
>don't??"
>
>
>So down in Tassie, I found some for a good deal, and have brought them back
>home. It's a starting point. I'll let the SO into the kitchen over the
>weekend to do some prep work and start her off with my old knives, then
>give her the SSK :-)
>Of course, I'm going to choose prep work that is going to cause the veges
>etc, to stick to the old knives ;-)
>
>Then, I'll give her the SSK and see what she thinks.
>
>After that..........
>
>
>http://www.petersofkensington.com.au...loped-Santoku-
>Knife-17cm.aspx

I was given that knife - or its twin - as a gift a couple of years
ago. I love it. I am a big fan of Shun knives.

Boron

Boron Elgar <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

> On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:23:43 +0000 (UTC), "I'm back on the laptop"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>I have been lusting after one for quite some time, and have broached
>>the subject with the SO, but always got the same reply........ "You
>>have a drawer full of expensive knives, what's this one got that the
>>others don't??"
>>
>>
>>So down in Tassie, I found some for a good deal, and have brought them
>>back home. It's a starting point. I'll let the SO into the kitchen
>>over the weekend to do some prep work and start her off with my old
>>knives, then give her the SSK :-)
>>Of course, I'm going to choose prep work that is going to cause the
>>veges etc, to stick to the old knives ;-)
>>
>>Then, I'll give her the SSK and see what she thinks.
>>
>>After that..........
>>
>>
>>http://www.petersofkensington.com.au...sic-Scalloped-
Sant
>>oku- Knife-17cm.aspx
>
> I was given that knife - or its twin - as a gift a couple of years
> ago. I love it. I am a big fan of Shun knives.
>
> Boron
>



Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, knife envy ;-)



--
Peter
Tasmania
Australia

On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:56:30 +0000 (UTC), "I'm back on the laptop"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Boron Elgar <[email protected]> wrote in
>news:[email protected] :
>
>> On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:23:43 +0000 (UTC), "I'm back on the laptop"
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>I have been lusting after one for quite some time, and have broached
>>>the subject with the SO, but always got the same reply........ "You
>>>have a drawer full of expensive knives, what's this one got that the
>>>others don't??"
>>>
>>>
>>>So down in Tassie, I found some for a good deal, and have brought them
>>>back home. It's a starting point. I'll let the SO into the kitchen
>>>over the weekend to do some prep work and start her off with my old
>>>knives, then give her the SSK :-)
>>>Of course, I'm going to choose prep work that is going to cause the
>>>veges etc, to stick to the old knives ;-)
>>>
>>>Then, I'll give her the SSK and see what she thinks.
>>>
>>>After that..........
>>>
>>>
>>>http://www.petersofkensington.com.au...sic-Scalloped-
>Sant
>>>oku- Knife-17cm.aspx
>>
>> I was given that knife - or its twin - as a gift a couple of years
>> ago. I love it. I am a big fan of Shun knives.
>>
>> Boron
>>
>
>
>
>Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, knife envy ;-)

I have three packed knife blocks and half a drawerful, but they are
not all or even mostly from Shun. I have many brands.

And don't get me started talking about my pocket knives. I prefer the
Spyderco brand for them, although one of my favorites was
unintentionally donated to the TSA when I flew somewhere last year.

Boron

"I'm back on the laptop" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

> I have been lusting after one for quite some time, and have broached
> the subject with the SO, but always got the same reply........ "You
> have a drawer full of expensive knives, what's this one got that the
> others don't??"
>
>
> So down in Tassie, I found some for a good deal, and have brought them
> back home. It's a starting point. I'll let the SO into the kitchen
> over the weekend to do some prep work and start her off with my old
> knives, then give her the SSK :-)
> Of course, I'm going to choose prep work that is going to cause the
> veges etc, to stick to the old knives ;-)
>
> Then, I'll give her the SSK and see what she thinks.
>
> After that..........
>
>
> http://www.petersofkensington.com.au...Scalloped-Sant
> oku- Knife-17cm.aspx
>
>
>
>

AHAAAA. you really are a house bitch. that must really grate the rait there
eh mate? having to *ask* the s.o if you can buy a freaking knife?
BWAAAHAAAAAAAAA

In article <[email protected] >,
Barry Lindin <[email protected]> wrote:

> "I'm back on the laptop" <[email protected]> wrote in
> news:[email protected]:
>
> > I have been lusting after one for quite some time, and have broached
> > the subject with the SO, but always got the same reply........ "You
> > have a drawer full of expensive knives, what's this one got that the
> > others don't??"
> >
> >
> > So down in Tassie, I found some for a good deal, and have brought them
> > back home. It's a starting point. I'll let the SO into the kitchen
> > over the weekend to do some prep work and start her off with my old
> > knives, then give her the SSK :-)
> > Of course, I'm going to choose prep work that is going to cause the
> > veges etc, to stick to the old knives ;-)
> >
> > Then, I'll give her the SSK and see what she thinks.
> >
> > After that..........
> >
> >
> > http://www.petersofkensington.com.au...Scalloped-Sant
> > oku- Knife-17cm.aspx
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> AHAAAA. you really are a house bitch. that must really grate the rait there
> eh mate? having to *ask* the s.o if you can buy a freaking knife?
> BWAAAHAAAAAAAAA

LOL -- I have the knife. It's ok but not necessarily an award winner.
The best thing about a new knife is that they're sharp and your others
are dull as a peter lucass - just ask the worthy keeper of the puntang
if you don't believe it.

B U L L

On Friday, February 24, 2012 6:23:43 AM UTC-7, I&#39;m back on the laptop wrote:
> I have been lusting after one for quite some time, and have broached the
> subject with the SO, but always got the same reply........ "You have a
> drawer full of expensive knives, what's this one got that the others
> don't??"
>
>
> So down in Tassie, I found some for a good deal, and have brought them back
> home. It's a starting point. I'll let the SO into the kitchen over the
> weekend to do some prep work and start her off with my old knives, then
> give her the SSK :-)
> Of course, I'm going to choose prep work that is going to cause the veges
> etc, to stick to the old knives ;-)
>
> Then, I'll give her the SSK and see what she thinks.
>
> After that..........
>
>
> http://www.petersofkensington.com.au...loped-Santoku-
> Knife-17cm.aspx
>
>
>
>
> --
> Peter
> Tasmania
> Australia

You paid TEN times what that knife is worth...what a sucker.
==

On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:23:43 +0000 (UTC), "I'm back on the laptop"
<[email protected]> wrote:

> I have been lusting after one for quite some time, and have broached the
> subject with the SO, but always got the same reply........ "You have a
> drawer full of expensive knives, what's this one got that the others
> don't??"
>
>
> So down in Tassie, I found some for a good deal, and have brought them back
> home. It's a starting point. I'll let the SO into the kitchen over the
> weekend to do some prep work and start her off with my old knives, then
> give her the SSK :-)
> Of course, I'm going to choose prep work that is going to cause the veges
> etc, to stick to the old knives ;-)
>
> Then, I'll give her the SSK and see what she thinks.

She'll think the new knife is a lot sharper than your other knives.
>
> After that..........
>
>
> http://www.petersofkensington.com.au...loped-Santoku-
> Knife-17cm.aspx

I have a different brand santoku, but (as I've said many times here) I
still prefer my chef's knives. I also have a scalloped edge carving
knife, but I've never figured out why everyone thinks scalloped edges
so wonderful.

--
Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

sf wrote:
>
> I have a different brand santoku, but (as I've said many times here) I
> still prefer my chef's knives.

Everyone has different preferences for the shape of the blade and the
position of the handle relative to the blade. When I tried my first
santoku I was hooked but I've met folks who are unimpressed. It's why
big knives come in so many shapes.

> I also have a scalloped edge carving
> knife, but I've never figured out why everyone thinks scalloped edges
> so wonderful.

We have two santukos now. An expensive one with a smooth blade and a
cheap one with a scalloped blade. Some foods stick to the smooth blade
but not to the scalloped blade.

On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:17:13 +0000 (UTC), Barry Lindin
<[email protected]> wrote:

>"I'm back on the laptop" <[email protected]> wrote in
>news:[email protected]:
>
>> I have been lusting after one for quite some time, and have broached
>> the subject with the SO, but always got the same reply........ "You
>> have a drawer full of expensive knives, what's this one got that the
>> others don't??"
>>
>>
>> So down in Tassie, I found some for a good deal, and have brought them
>> back home. It's a starting point. I'll let the SO into the kitchen
>> over the weekend to do some prep work and start her off with my old
>> knives, then give her the SSK :-)
>> Of course, I'm going to choose prep work that is going to cause the
>> veges etc, to stick to the old knives ;-)
>>
>> Then, I'll give her the SSK and see what she thinks.
>>
>> After that..........
>>
>> http://www.petersofkensington.com.au...Scalloped-Sant
>> oku- Knife-17cm.aspx
>
>AHAAAA. you really are a house bitch. that must really grate the rait there
>eh mate? having to *ask* the s.o if you can buy a freaking knife?
>BWAAAHAAAAAAAAA

I wondered about that too... not like buying new living room
furniture.

Barry Lindin <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected] 00:

> "I'm back on the laptop" <[email protected]> wrote in
> news:[email protected]:
>
>> I have been lusting after one for quite some time, and have broached
>> the subject with the SO, but always got the same reply........ "You
>> have a drawer full of expensive knives, what's this one got that the
>> others don't??"
>>
>>
>> So down in Tassie, I found some for a good deal, and have brought
>> them back home. It's a starting point. I'll let the SO into the
>> kitchen over the weekend to do some prep work and start her off with
>> my old knives, then give her the SSK :-)
>> Of course, I'm going to choose prep work that is going to cause the
>> veges etc, to stick to the old knives ;-)
>>
>> Then, I'll give her the SSK and see what she thinks.
>>
>> After that..........
>>
>>
>> http://www.petersofkensington.com.au...sic-Scalloped-
San
>> t oku- Knife-17cm.aspx
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> AHAAAA. you really are a house bitch. that must really grate the rait
> there eh mate? having to *ask* the s.o if you can buy a freaking
> knife? BWAAAHAAAAAAAAA



As a pathetic troll, you are 'allowed' your infantile little fantasy.

The rest of us can see that you are a lonely little 'man', and therefore
have no understanding of a relationship.

While you sit there in your piss stained tracky daks, in your rat
infested trailer park home, knowing full well that the only
'relationship' you have is with some skanky toothless 'visitor' that you
always have to pay to be there...... you will never know what it's like
to be in a loving relationship.

Yes, I even call myself the 'house bitch'....... and as my SO works, it
is ny 'duty' to look after her, as I have been retired these last 12
years.

It's obvious you are alone, because you seem to think you are the be all
to end all in a relationship.
LOL!! Which is why you'll die alone.

You see, numpty..... we've just bought a rural property, and after such
a large outlay of our joint savings, I feel it is only right that I get
the SO's input into any purchase that I feel is a 'need'.... but it
probably isn't.


Now toddle off troll.......... and just know that when you die alone,
sometime soon, no-one here is even going to remember you.

Bu-bye.

--
Peter
Tasmania
Australia

sf <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

> On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:23:43 +0000 (UTC), "I'm back on the laptop"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I have been lusting after one for quite some time, and have broached
>> the subject with the SO, but always got the same reply........ "You
>> have a drawer full of expensive knives, what's this one got that the
>> others don't??"
>>
>>
>> So down in Tassie, I found some for a good deal, and have brought
>> them back home. It's a starting point. I'll let the SO into the
>> kitchen over the weekend to do some prep work and start her off with
>> my old knives, then give her the SSK :-)
>> Of course, I'm going to choose prep work that is going to cause the
>> veges etc, to stick to the old knives ;-)
>>
>> Then, I'll give her the SSK and see what she thinks.
>
> She'll think the new knife is a lot sharper than your other knives.


*All* my knives are as sharp as new.


I absolutely detest anyone who has 'good knives' and doesn't keep them
sharpened.
I even have a mobile 'sharpener dude' who comes around every 3-4 weeks
and gives them all a 'tune up'.




>>
>> After that..........
>>
>>
>> http://www.petersofkensington.com.au...sic-Scalloped-
San
>> toku- Knife-17cm.aspx
>
> I have a different brand santoku, but (as I've said many times here) I
> still prefer my chef's knives. I also have a scalloped edge carving
> knife, but I've never figured out why everyone thinks scalloped edges
> so wonderful.
>


I have seen the difference already, with quite a few different foods.

Potatos don't stick, thinly sliced meat, boiled eggs........ stuff that
used to be a PITA when it stuck to my other knives just falls away when
I use the scalloped knife.


I'm a *definite* convert :-)

--
Peter
Tasmania
Australia

I'm back on the laptop wrote:
>
>...... and just know that when you die alone,
> sometime soon, no-one here is even going to remember you.

Hi Peter the outback fellow.

Most everyone dies alone and whenever I die, I'll be gone and I really won't
give a crap if anyone remembers me. Talking to my mom the other day, I told
her that when I die they can just put out in the dumpster to go out with the
trash, as far as I'm concerned. It's not disrespect, it's just...I'm done
with my body, do what you wish with the debris.

Gary

I'm back on the laptop wrote:
>
> I absolutely detest anyone who has 'good knives' and doesn't keep them
> sharpened.

eh-oh! Does this mean we can't be friends anymore?


> I even have a mobile 'sharpener dude' who comes around every 3-4 weeks
> and gives them all a 'tune up'.

I have my old boy scout sharpening stone and I give my knives a tune up
every 3-4 years. ;-o

Gary

On Sat, 25 Feb 2012 15:39:56 +0000 (UTC), "I'm back on the laptop"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Barry Lindin <[email protected]> wrote in
>news:[email protected] 100:
>
>> "I'm back on the laptop" <[email protected]> wrote in
>> news:[email protected]:
>>
>>> I have been lusting after one for quite some time, and have broached
>>> the subject with the SO, but always got the same reply........ "You
>>> have a drawer full of expensive knives, what's this one got that the
>>> others don't??"
>>>
>>>
>>> So down in Tassie, I found some for a good deal, and have brought
>>> them back home. It's a starting point. I'll let the SO into the
>>> kitchen over the weekend to do some prep work and start her off with
>>> my old knives, then give her the SSK :-)
>>> Of course, I'm going to choose prep work that is going to cause the
>>> veges etc, to stick to the old knives ;-)
>>>
>>> Then, I'll give her the SSK and see what she thinks.
>>>
>>> After that..........
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.petersofkensington.com.au...sic-Scalloped-
>San
>>> t oku- Knife-17cm.aspx
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> AHAAAA. you really are a house bitch. that must really grate the rait
>> there eh mate? having to *ask* the s.o if you can buy a freaking
>> knife? BWAAAHAAAAAAAAA
>
>
>
>As a pathetic troll, you are 'allowed' your infantile little fantasy.
>
>The rest of us can see that you are a lonely little 'man', and therefore
>have no understanding of a relationship.
>
>While you sit there in your piss stained tracky daks, in your rat
>infested trailer park home, knowing full well that the only
>'relationship' you have is with some skanky toothless 'visitor' that you
>always have to pay to be there...... you will never know what it's like
>to be in a loving relationship.
>
>Yes, I even call myself the 'house bitch'....... and as my SO works, it
>is ny 'duty' to look after her, as I have been retired these last 12
>years.
>
>It's obvious you are alone, because you seem to think you are the be all
>to end all in a relationship.
>LOL!! Which is why you'll die alone.
>
>You see, numpty..... we've just bought a rural property, and after such
>a large outlay of our joint savings, I feel it is only right that I get
>the SO's input into any purchase that I feel is a 'need'.... but it
>probably isn't.
>
>
>Now toddle off troll.......... and just know that when you die alone,
>sometime soon, no-one here is even going to remember you.
>
>Bu-bye.

What claptrap! Sounds more like you've described your own lonely
life.... a real man doesn't confer with their mate about purchasing a
kitchen knife anymore than about buying a new razor... or your mate
confering with you for permission when she needs to buy panties. A
real man would no more confer with their mate about buying a knife as
a fishing reel, unless it's going to be your birthday gift. I can
understand discussing a new living room sofa, or a new HDTV, but not a
freaking kitchen knife... I bet you need to ask permission to have a
beer, Laptop Shiela! LOL

On Sat, 25 Feb 2012 15:46:12 +0000 (UTC), "I'm back on the laptop"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>sf <[email protected]> wrote in
>news:[email protected] :
>
>> On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:23:43 +0000 (UTC), "I'm back on the laptop"
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> I have been lusting after one for quite some time, and have broached
>>> the subject with the SO, but always got the same reply........ "You
>>> have a drawer full of expensive knives, what's this one got that the
>>> others don't??"
>>>
>>>
>>> So down in Tassie, I found some for a good deal, and have brought
>>> them back home. It's a starting point. I'll let the SO into the
>>> kitchen over the weekend to do some prep work and start her off with
>>> my old knives, then give her the SSK :-)
>>> Of course, I'm going to choose prep work that is going to cause the
>>> veges etc, to stick to the old knives ;-)
>>>
>>> Then, I'll give her the SSK and see what she thinks.
>>
>> She'll think the new knife is a lot sharper than your other knives.
>
>*All* my knives are as sharp as new.

Then they're not sharp. Right out of the box knives are not sharp.

>I absolutely detest anyone who has 'good knives' and doesn't keep them
>sharpened.
>I even have a mobile 'sharpener dude' who comes around every 3-4 weeks
>and gives them all a 'tune up'.

Anyone who needs to have their knives professionally sharpened every
month is abusing their knives. For home kitchen use a few licks with
a knife steel regularly is all that should ever be needed. The only
reason that professional cooks/butchers have their knives
professionally sharpened at all is because in the normal course of
those occupations cutlery is abused... same reason kitchen appliance
warrantys don't cover commercial use.

Brooklyn1 wrote:
>
> For home kitchen use a few licks with
> a knife steel regularly is all that should ever be needed.

Not saying you are wrong but I do question you on that comment.

From what I've understood, steeling your knife will straighten the edges
and make it cut better each time. BUT....you still have to sharpen your
knife with a stone at times. The steel is a temp fix but not a permanent
one.

Am I wrong?

Gary

In article <[email protected]>,
"I'm back on the laptop" <[email protected]> wrote:

> sf <[email protected]> wrote in
> news:[email protected]:
>
> > On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:23:43 +0000 (UTC), "I'm back on the laptop"
> > <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >> I have been lusting after one for quite some time, and have broached
> >> the subject with the SO, but always got the same reply........ "You
> >> have a drawer full of expensive knives, what's this one got that the
> >> others don't??"
> >>
> >>
> >> So down in Tassie, I found some for a good deal, and have brought
> >> them back home. It's a starting point. I'll let the SO into the
> >> kitchen over the weekend to do some prep work and start her off with
> >> my old knives, then give her the SSK :-)
> >> Of course, I'm going to choose prep work that is going to cause the
> >> veges etc, to stick to the old knives ;-)
> >>
> >> Then, I'll give her the SSK and see what she thinks.
> >
> > She'll think the new knife is a lot sharper than your other knives.
>
>
> *All* my knives are as sharp as new.
>
>
> I absolutely detest anyone who has 'good knives' and doesn't keep them
> sharpened.
> I even have a mobile 'sharpener dude' who comes around every 3-4 weeks
> and gives them all a 'tune up'.


REALLY -- did the WKOP approve of a 3-4 week knife professional to come
to your rural place and sharpen your knife? Sounds like BULL****.

Gary <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:

> I'm back on the laptop wrote:
>>
>>...... and just know that when you die alone,
>> sometime soon, no-one here is even going to remember you.
>
> Hi Peter the outback fellow.
>
> Most everyone dies alone and whenever I die, I'll be gone and I really
> won't give a crap if anyone remembers me. Talking to my mom the other
> day, I told her that when I die they can just put out in the dumpster
> to go out with the trash, as far as I'm concerned. It's not
> disrespect, it's just...I'm done with my body, do what you wish with
> the debris.
>
> Gary
>


Most normal humans I care for and care about what happens to them. The
pathetic, childish stalker trolls deserve whatever **** life throws at
them.

My SO has already decided that if I croak it before her (highly unlikely!!)
she's oing to have me cremeated and use some of my ashes to make some
diamonds.

Seems there's a place in the US that takes your ashes(carbon) and through
heat and pressure, turns them into gemstones.

I rekon that's pretty cool!! :-)

--
Peter
Tasmania
Australia

Gary <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:

> I'm back on the laptop wrote:
>>
>> I absolutely detest anyone who has 'good knives' and doesn't keep them
>> sharpened.
>
> eh-oh! Does this mean we can't be friends anymore?


What sort of knives are they?


>
>
>> I even have a mobile 'sharpener dude' who comes around every 3-4 weeks
>> and gives them all a 'tune up'.
>
> I have my old boy scout sharpening stone and I give my knives a tune up
> every 3-4 years. ;-o
>
> Gary
>


50 flicks under the left nostril with a wet Hoikken noodle for you!!!


--
Peter
Tasmania
Australia