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Hi folks -
I received the scandi pass-around knife yesterday, and as promised, I immediately put it to work this evening cutting up six slabs of baby backs.
The JK Scandi was smaller than I thought it would be, and is the smallest JK I have handled so far, but I really REALLY like the smaller, thinner blade, especially for kitchen duty, where I typically use my fixed blades the most.
knifenut (Jason) did an outstanding job re-profiling the blade, and it arrived to me truly able to shave the hair on my arm - plus it bit me once on my index finger.
I am making my Cajun Candied Baby-Backs for a work potluck tomorrow, so the first task for the knife was to separate the ribs for cooking.
When I do this task I normally use a longer and thinner blade, but the JK made short work of cutting the ribs apart.
Cutting ribs apart is a slicing operation, but you do hit a lot of bone during the process. The knife sliced right through the rib meat.
The handle on this knife is really nicely shaped and it fits the hand well. I naturally chose to hold the knife with my index finger on the spine of the blade just where the handle and blade meet so as to get more control over the very sharp blade.
The JK/knifenut Scandi passed this first test and was still able to shave hair from my arm, as expected.
Here are pictures of the knife in use cutting up the ribs.
I will put more pictures and review comments into this thread throughout the week as I take the JK Scandi on a trip through the life of a knife in the cornfields of Illinois.
First impression? :thumbup::thumbup:
best regards -
mqqn
I received the scandi pass-around knife yesterday, and as promised, I immediately put it to work this evening cutting up six slabs of baby backs.
The JK Scandi was smaller than I thought it would be, and is the smallest JK I have handled so far, but I really REALLY like the smaller, thinner blade, especially for kitchen duty, where I typically use my fixed blades the most.
knifenut (Jason) did an outstanding job re-profiling the blade, and it arrived to me truly able to shave the hair on my arm - plus it bit me once on my index finger.
I am making my Cajun Candied Baby-Backs for a work potluck tomorrow, so the first task for the knife was to separate the ribs for cooking.
When I do this task I normally use a longer and thinner blade, but the JK made short work of cutting the ribs apart.
Cutting ribs apart is a slicing operation, but you do hit a lot of bone during the process. The knife sliced right through the rib meat.
The handle on this knife is really nicely shaped and it fits the hand well. I naturally chose to hold the knife with my index finger on the spine of the blade just where the handle and blade meet so as to get more control over the very sharp blade.
The JK/knifenut Scandi passed this first test and was still able to shave hair from my arm, as expected.
Here are pictures of the knife in use cutting up the ribs.
I will put more pictures and review comments into this thread throughout the week as I take the JK Scandi on a trip through the life of a knife in the cornfields of Illinois.
First impression? :thumbup::thumbup:
best regards -
mqqn
Good review as well as some good pics.
