Buck chef's knife (931)

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Is this a hollow ground knife? It looks like either that or a saber grind. I've never seen hollow (or saber) chef's knife.

Anybody have one? Any feedback on how it works vs. a standard full-flat-grind chef's knife?

I'm interested in something stainless that my teenagers can't trash too easily and that I can get sharp quickly when I'm using it. At $50 I won't lose sleep when they bend the edge or break the tip. I have better knives. I have just learned to keep them away from the kids.
 
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RipD said:
Is this a hollow ground knife? It looks like either that or a saber grind. I've never seen hollow (or saber) chef's knife.

Anybody have one? Any feedback on how it works vs. a standard full-flat-grind chef's knife?

I'm interested in something stainless that my teenagers can't trash too easily and that I can get sharp quickly when I'm using it. At $50 I won't lose sleep when they bend the edge or break the tip. I have better knives. I have just learned to keep them away from the kids.
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Then educate the kids and you wont have to worry about it.
Yes the lower portion has a hollow grind, I like it but have never used anything better to give you a comparison.
 
OK, I was looking at Buck's website pic and couldn't really see it...

It's like anything that they can harm themselves or others with, don't hide it, educate them. My Dad's guns hung on the wall opposite my bedroom wall in an unlocked gun rack. He taught me to leave them alone and to wait until I was with him...Same as knives...

Educate your children....
 
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Then educate the kids and you wont have to worry about it.
Yes the lower portion has a hollow grind, I like it but have never used anything better to give you a comparison.
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Have tried. What I have are a few broken off tips and knives left in the sink, sometimes inside a pot and underwater. They either don't get it or don't care. Not putting my Carter and other nice knives at risk. Those will remain out of harms way until they're 30 or so.

Thanks for the feedback on the knife.

For those not seeing it, the lower portion of the blade is darker - it appears to be at a different angle from the top ~3/4 of the blade. Pretty clear indicator that it's not a flat grind. 2nd image I just found and shows this more clearly.
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The set I bought this past year has hollow grind. I really like them. My former girlfriend used them and there were several nicks along the cutting edge. I don’t know how she managed to do that and I also found the large pairing knife and the spreader setting in dirty water. Both had big rust spots I had to clean off. Most of the set now looks to be years old. I’ve polished most of the spots out but they need buffing.
 
When me and my Brother David were 4 and 5 years old we got up early one morning and took all of moms kitchen knives and threw them at the wall trying to make them stick..As best as I can remember we were at it for at least a hour because of all the holes we made and both of us were really proud when we got one to stick lol! When discovered Mom cried but Dad was furious..I still remember the epic whipping (by belt) Dad gave us but we never, ever did it again. Things were different back in the late 50's and today he would absolutely be arrested and charged with felony child abuse but kids can learn to respect your wishes..Even to this day I get a strange feeling of satisfaction when I throw a knife and get it to sink in deep..
 
I bought the complete set 10 yrs. ago for my wife on our 20 th wedding anniversary. I have examined that knife, 'the sabatier', has a slight
V grind tapering into a hollow grind for the last 11/16" of the blade. This grind works as it slices very well. I've not seen another sabatier
done in this manner. Most have a flat grind which some cut well some don't. It depends how thin the metal is left at the edge. My wife uses
it in a rocking, -- push cutting motion. Which is the method the pattern was designed for, toward cutting vegetables. DM
 
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