random question

[fervens]

So i'm sitting here watching walking dead seasons 1 and 2 on netflix while playing with some sharp object and making them sharper, and i started to wonder... What show(s) inspire you to maintain, tinker or embellish your knives?

 

[Turbomammoth]

Was Martha Stewart's.

Now I tinker no more.

 

[stitchawl]

No question about it. 1956-1958 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxJ0_DW9mCc
You just have to be old enough to remember it.


Stitchawl

 

[xuz]

Various cooking shows where you can see the chefs working extra hard to chop carrots or scallions.

 

[orca8589]

David Lynch's Dune, or Blade Runner. No matter what I'm doing, I can stop and watch fora few minutes then go back to tinkering with my knives.

~Chris

 

[Phydeaux]

No shows, I get a lot of ideas from the forums.

Ric

 

[Obsessed with Edges]

Various cooking shows where you can see the chefs working extra hard to chop carrots or scallions.

This is what I tend to notice too, though I notice the 'good' examples more than the bad ones. Can't help but be impressed at how the thinner blade geometry of many kitchen/chef's knives used by some of these 'pros' makes a huge difference, when they're chopping onions or similar. That sort of drives me to keep thinning my blades a bit, and it's been paying off. And a larger & thicker-bladed chef's knife with a full convex is a beautiful thing to watch at work, in skilled hands.


David

 

[fervens]

You just have to be old enough to remember it.

If you're gonna play that game, here's another one i enjoy, but you might not be young enough to understand it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Wt6XlVob_E