In the kitchen with Buck

unimogbert said:
I have 4 Buck Paclite caping knives for table steak knives. They work really well!
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Those do look like good steak knives, the boning knives look like good kitchen knives too. And they are dish washer safe.

I have a mixed set of Henkels, and Wusthof kitchen knives. I use the pairing knives as steak knives. I was given the matching set of steak knives and nobody here likes them.

Almost 20 year's old and go through the dishwasher and they are fine.

The Buck sets look real nice.
 
eveled, that's a valid point an one we should be thinking on when considering purchasing a decent kitchen knife set. Will these make it
20 years with the use and rough treatment they'll get? My sheath knives don't get used a lot. My everyday carry knife more but still not like
a kitchen knife is used. I have no doubt these will make it 30 years. DM
 
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The Buck site says no dishwasher on the Elk Antler and Rosewood handled cutlery. Hand wash only.

I hand wash anyway so my kitchen sheath knives are safe too. :D
 
I have a large 38-year-old Wustof, the handle cracked and fell off (Bakelite or some similar) and I replaced it with maple. I have a 10-ish year old Henkel boning knife. Also some paring knives and a serrated bread knife and a santoku. I bring my Buck 110, 112 and 119's (two of 'em) into the kitchen a lot, because otherwise they do not get used enough.

When I camp I have some Old Hickory knives that work well and would not be a problem if they got stolen or lost. The Bucks help cook when I camp as well. I do not camp light - two Coleman stoves, a lot of utensils, a Dutch Oven or two. I generally camp with a few dozen people and I am often "The Cook." Recently some women cut up potatoes and carrots and onions with one of my 119's and were very happy with it, I personally consider it too thick for raw vegetables and prefer the thinner Old Hickory's. A 119 or a 110 works great on meat - cooked or raw.
 
Glad you do the cooking Pond. Bring plenty of knives too.
PoundDog, nice photos of your sets of Buck's kitchen knives. DM
 
Pondoro mentioned rehandling a kitchen knife. My mother has a drawer full of kitchen utensils rehandled by my dad. Some are quite nice some are crude. Either way it demonstrates a level of frugality lost in todays throw it away society.

He rehandled a skillet with a half inch copper pipe. Solid as a rock, just make sure you use a pot holder! Lol!
 
We are far better off than previous generations in our ability to purchase things. The good, almost anything is within reach. The bad, do we really value what we have. A good question to ponder.
 
The smaller sets look good too, the essential knives needed to get the job done! :thumbsup: Thanks for the pictures. :)
 
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