"Carl's Lounge" (Off-Topic Discussion, Traditional Knife "Tales & Vignettes")

Suddenly I have ten Rada knives, and I've never used one.
I bought four of these over the years at garage sales, because one of the earliest knives I remember was Mom's Rada parer. A week ago I bought the other four in a $4 shoebox o' knives. (A while ago I bought a boxed pair of 5" utilities new at a shop that was about to close, which brings us up to ten.)
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The Rada wheelie sharpening gizmo works incredibly well on these, so maybe the steel is soft. But if so, why are none of these used knives showing more wear? I'll find out today and tomorrow how they work. About time.
 
scrteened porch said:
Suddenly I have ten Rada knives, and I've never used one.
I bought four of these over the years at garage sales, because one of the earliest knives I remember was Mom's Rada parer. A week ago I bought the other four in a $4 shoebox o' knives. (A while ago I bought a boxed pair of 5" utilities new at a shop that was about to close, which brings us up to ten.)
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The Rada wheelie sharpening gizmo works incredibly well on these, so maybe the steel is soft. But if so, why are none of these used knives showing more wear? I'll find out today and tomorrow how they work. About time.
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I don't know much about kitchen cutlery Jer my kitchen knives I use are a Buck 119, Enzo necker, 2 GEC H20's. and a Mora. I am interested in buying some real kitchen cutlery but most of the one's I read about in the kitchen knives forum here are pricey. I know I spend a lot for some of my slippies but for some reason I can't bring myself to spend the money on them.
That said please let us know how those work out I'm very interested in how well they perform. Thanks for posting great score. :thumbsup::thumbsup:
 
r redden said:
I don't know much about kitchen cutlery Jer my kitchen knives I use are a Buck 119, Enzo necker, 2 GEC H20's. and a Mora. I am interested in buying some real kitchen cutlery but most of the one's I read about in the kitchen knives forum here are pricey. I know I spend a lot for some of my slippies but for some reason I can't bring myself to spend the money on them.
That said please let us know how those work out I'm very interested in how well they perform. Thanks for posting great score. :thumbsup::thumbsup:
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Hey, Randy. I'm happy to hear you're on the mend.

My favorite kitchen knives are an old ForgeCraft chef's knife, and a smaller carbon steel one that I bought in a thrift store last year. I can't remember the name, but it's French. I tend to use an Enzo Necker for a paring knife, since I'm much better about keeping it sharp than I am with any of the cheapo paring knives knocking around in the kitchen drawers.
 
r8shell said:
I tend to use an Enzo Necker for a paring knife, since I'm much better about keeping it sharp than I am with any of the cheapo paring knives knocking around in the kitchen drawers.
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Aren't those great little knives I use mine every day for everything in the kitchen. I won mine in a GAW a couple of years ago from @traumkommode and I love it.
Also thank you for the well wishes my friend. :)
 
I've been experimenting with different ways to carry my Lloyd trapper.
The pouch came with a pretty neat assembly that was too long to dangle in my pocket. For the time being I attached a piece of leather I had, which I trimmed to the right length. So far so good! If I like it enough I'll fiddle with the belt clip lanyard to get it to the right size.
Still having fun with knives but it's cheaper to buy a new pouch than a new knife!
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r redden said:
I don't know much about kitchen cutlery Jer my kitchen knives I use are a Buck 119, Enzo necker, 2 GEC H20's. and a Mora. I am interested in buying some real kitchen cutlery but most of the one's I read about in the kitchen knives forum here are pricey. I know I spend a lot for some of my slippies but for some reason I can't bring myself to spend the money on them.
That said please let us know how those work out I'm very interested in how well they perform. Thanks for posting great score. :thumbsup::thumbsup:
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Randy glad to hear you are feeling better.
I've had several Rada knives & for the money they are hard to beat. Made in USA, SS, take a keen edge & won't bust the budget.
Besides knives they have a lot of kitchen tools, I like their large peeler better than any other one I have used.
Check out their website, you can get a good assortment of kitchen knives for about one Ben Franklin.
 
oldtymer said:
Randy glad to hear you are feeling better.
I've had several Rada knives & for the money they are hard to beat. Made in USA, SS, take a keen edge & won't bust the budget.
Besides knives they have a lot of kitchen tools, I like their large peeler better than any other one I have used.
Check out their website, you can get a good assortment of kitchen knives for about one Ben Franklin.
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Thanks OT I'll have a look when I finish here unless I grow broke on the exchange. :eek::D
 
The migrators are returning to our pond in the back yard... the Hooded Mergansers are always one of the first to arrive. If you have never seen them, they are beautiful and the males mating dance, which I call the "headbanger's" dance, is amazing to watch. The second picture I caught one of the males with his head bent way backwards :D

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Well I made the 3 hour drive to visit my new great niece Brooklyn! :D:thumbsup: One week old Friday:p My nephew band his fiancee are 20, BIG life changer for them:eek:. So my birthday was Friday, I turned 40, nephew's is March 10 he turned 20, Brooklyn was born March 22. My sister has a photo of my Great Grandmother holding my nephew, with her and my father and grandmother all together. 5 living generations in one photo, now 20 years later the baby in that photo has a baby. Now my grandmother is a great grandmother, and again we have 5 living generations of family:cool:
 
Misplaced Hillbilly said:
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Well I made the 3 hour drive to visit my new great niece Brooklyn! :D:thumbsup: One week old Friday:p My nephew band his fiancee are 20, BIG life changer for them:eek:. So my birthday was Friday, I turned 40, nephew's is March 10 he turned 20, Brooklyn was born March 22. My sister has a photo of my Great Grandmother holding my nephew, with her and my father and grandmother all together. 5 living generations in one photo, now 20 years later the baby in that photo has a baby. Now my grandmother is a great grandmother, and again we have 5 living generations of family:cool:
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Beautiful baby, David. And Happy Birthday to you (you share a birthday with one of my sons)!
 
Misplaced Hillbilly said:
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Well I made the 3 hour drive to visit my new great niece Brooklyn! :D:thumbsup: One week old Friday:p My nephew band his fiancee are 20, BIG life changer for them:eek:. So my birthday was Friday, I turned 40, nephew's is March 10 he turned 20, Brooklyn was born March 22. My sister has a photo of my Great Grandmother holding my nephew, with her and my father and grandmother all together. 5 living generations in one photo, now 20 years later the baby in that photo has a baby. Now my grandmother is a great grandmother, and again we have 5 living generations of family:cool:
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Many congratulations to you and your family David, and a belated Happy Birthday too :) :thumbsup:
 
r redden said:
That said please let us know how those work out I'm very interested in how well they perform. Thanks for posting great score. :thumbsup::thumbsup:
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oldtymer said:
I've had several Rada knives & for the money they are hard to beat. Made in USA, SS, take a keen edge & won't bust the budget.
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I used the four aluminum-handled ones shown flat to make Pork Marbella and swedes for Mom's birthday today. (Spellcheck prefers "Pork Barbarella", which is hard to get out of my head.) They're very sharp and very thin. I asked a lot of the santoku-looking one, doing the initial cuts on a rutabaga (Swedish turnip) almost as wide as the blade is long. A less thin blade would have worked better for that, but the Rada did fine on the rest of the cuts, and in dicing an onion a la Jacques Pepin.
Not for chopping or prying, but it would be hard to find better slicers.
Made in Iowa since 1948, of USA materials, and their small parer is still $6 (not deal-spotting, because this is off the manufacturer's website.)
I didn't know their name until recent years, when I saw new ones in a display, because until recently they didn't even stamp their knives.

Oh, and I finally finished off the Jersey Lightning, putting some in the marinade/pan sauce and some in the swedes.
 
I have never had a KSF Northwoods knife I do have a few from the Dave Shirley. Anyway I bought a Everyday Barlow from the exchange for what I felt was a fair price and it is supposed to be here tomorrow. Other than they are made by Queen with CPM-154 steel and hopefully a good F&F (with Queen you never know) anyone have or had one of these I'd like to hear your impressions. Thanks

Congrats Misplaced Hillbilly Misplaced Hillbilly that's a beautiful child.
 
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