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Nice my wife couldn't tell the difference between a knife and a hammer )
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No more 17?
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My wife knows the difference.....but still I had to ask her to stop using the super thin Nakiri (a Japanese style vegetable knife) on the rock salt "cutting board" - because it's NOT a cutting board - it's rock! And she was cutting up chicken with it the other day - I give up. There are several very sharp Wusthof's in the knife block, for different tasks...I just bite down hard on my tongue (for all the things that aren't actually destroying the edge - see: cutting on rock above) and keep them sharp. That Nakiri goes through onions SO effortlessly it puts a smile on my face every time - so long as the blade has been kept up.
Many thanks for the link you sent earlier - been passed on to a few happy Beckerheads.
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Np glad I could help, had a chance to put the 17 to work this weekend really like the way it performed
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I'm ready to put my new 17 to work.
Actually, the wife already did. Split a 5ft long box open, lengthwise.
I've never seen her do that before...
I wonder where she's getting these ideas.
Actually, the wife already did. Split a 5ft long box open, lengthwise.
I've never seen her do that before...
I wonder where she's getting these ideas.
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Great job on those scales 👍I'm ready to put my new 17 to work.
Actually, the wife already did. Split a 5ft long box open, lengthwise.
I've never seen her do that before...
I wonder where she's getting these ideas.
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Thanks!
They were a labor of love - got a lot of help from my daughter on this set.
Took quite a bit of time / definitely not cost-effective from a labor hours standpoint.
But I've had the Shadetree sitting in the garage for a couple years waiting for the right project.
They feel even better than they look!
They were a labor of love - got a lot of help from my daughter on this set.
Took quite a bit of time / definitely not cost-effective from a labor hours standpoint.
But I've had the Shadetree sitting in the garage for a couple years waiting for the right project.
They feel even better than they look!
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I'm ready to put my new 17 to work.
Actually, the wife already did. Split a 5ft long box open, lengthwise.
I've never seen her do that before...
I wonder where she's getting these ideas.
Your 17 looks great :thumbup:
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Hey - Thank you!
It's plenty sharp, too. A gentle kiss in a moment of inattention during the game yesterday. Feels remarkably like a paper cut.
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I'm ready to put my new 17 to work.
Actually, the wife already did. Split a 5ft long box open, lengthwise.
I've never seen her do that before...
I wonder where she's getting these ideas.
Can I necro this one?
Poor 17 took a hit cleaning out the paper shredder. I didn't have the heart to get a shot of the damage. Ugly missing tip.
But here's the repair:
Not so much a clip point anymore...
But it'll still open packages and shred nonsense like nobody's business. And I've always preferred drop points anyway.
Looks like I need to spend a little more time polishing up the edge toward the tip. The belly shaves arm hair.
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Cleaning out the paper shredder?! Naw, man. Nawwwwwww. Why?!Can I necro this one?
Poor 17 took a hit cleaning out the paper shredder. I didn't have the hear to get a shot of the damage. Ugly missing tip.
But here's the repair:
Not so much a clip point anymore...
But it'll still open packages and shred nonsense like nobody's business. And I've always preferred drop points anyway.
Looks like I need to spend a little more time polishing up the edge toward the tip. The belly shaves arm hair.
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I know!!!
It was jammed up really bad. Nothing else worked. I thought the 17 was tough enough. I was wrong.
(Machine wasn't running. To unwedge the ancient tax documents, I needed something sharp, pointy, angled, and strong. If that doesn't describe a BK17, I don't know what does.)
Big mistake.
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The tip of the 17 is really strong - for a knife.
I don't hesitate to pry out hard wood or stab it into into frozen slabs of meat to separate them, but what you did with your 17 is maybe more described as a task for something different.
Alas, now you need not to worry that something like this will happen again... Use it good, use it hard, there is plenty of knife left
I don't hesitate to pry out hard wood or stab it into into frozen slabs of meat to separate them, but what you did with your 17 is maybe more described as a task for something different.
Alas, now you need not to worry that something like this will happen again... Use it good, use it hard, there is plenty of knife left