Pocketknives/Kitchen Knives/Fixed Blades
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@EJS , my buddy has a high-carbon steel Chinese cleaver in that shape and it takes an extraordinary amount of abuse without losing a scary-keen edge after many years of frequent abuse. It was less than $20 and is a great tool.
I would disagree that it's a specialized shape, these can be used as chef's knives because they are very flexible. The width of the blade makes it safer for chopping vegetables, and you can smash garlic or ginger (and more of it) with the flat more easily and safely too, then chop it for a quick mince. I would be hesitant to use a nice one as a scraper, but the cheap ones serve that role well too, so you can dice an onion and then quickly clear it off your cutting board. They are actually designed to work on vegetables, but you can break down a chicken very quickly with them.
Obviously not ideal for doing fine knife work, but an excellent multi-purpose tool IMO, and one that is lacking from our collection at the moment.
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The Chinese cleaver is the only knife my Chinese girlfriend uses.
@mclaincausey If he's got vegetable cleaver (width of 2mm) it should never be used to cut through bones. Use a butcher's cleaver or scissors for that. The vegetable cleaver is designed for vegetables and slicing boneless meat.
I've got the Chinese vegetable cleaver from Global. I decided on this one because it's slightly softer steel than the the other Japanese brands and therefore less prone to chipping. My girlfriend is a bit clumsy and I'm assuming it's going to be dropped at some point.
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Today's carry is a Hiroaki Ohta friction folder with a desert ironwood handle that @derivative666 sold me. Ohta made the case too.
Love this sharp lil thing.
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Joel Black describes it as a chopper, dimensions etc are here https://www.joelblackknives.com/product-page/bog-oak-chopper. I had a Global one for years and found it was one of my most used kitchen knives. This is different level to the Global, absolutely blown away by the craftsmanship..
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New (to me) knife day! Benchmade 87. This is my first live-blade balisong, and, as expected, it is intimidating AF. Just about pooped my pants just doing a Y2K rollover. The very notion of doing aerials with this thing can go pound sand! It has an absolutely lovely titanium ping! sound to it when you swing it shut and the latch catches just right.
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1st. NICE!
2nd. Go buy torx bits and or the Benchmade tool kit and do tightness ck every now and again.
3. Enjoy! -
1st. NICE!
2nd. Go buy torx bits and or the Benchmade tool kit and do tightness ck every now and again.
3. Enjoy!Got a Wiha torx set, so I'm all (torx) set! The handle play is next to nothing right now. Zero blade tap. It's really a work of art. Now I just need to give myself a few days to figure out whether it's the right knife for me.
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About ten years ago I stopped carrying high end folders for practical purposes: I really needed one blade for food, one blade for "stuff" (I don't always get a chance to clean my knife so having two is handy), plus various other tools without having to carry a ton of shit. So I started carrying a Victorinox Tinker. I changed out the standard red scales with translucent red ones, which also allows me to carry a pen in the knife too. I've found that the Tinker is perfect for me.
But there was no "pride of ownership".
Until I found this thing:
Love at first sight, so I bought two
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That's a pretty sweet Victorinox! I'm the other way around. Started on Swiss Army knives and now just carry single-blade folders.
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Very nice. I find myself carrying multi blade Case knives and a Leatherman more often these days for similar reasons.
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I think I've preferred to carry a multitool with me the last decade is because of work. When I hear "I can't do this because I don't have…"
"GO FUCKING GET IT, OHFUCKIT I'LL DO IT MYSELF YOU WORTHLESS BITCH"
Somehow being prepared and equipped for fixit type stuff has bled over from the administrative nature of my job.
