Mistwalker
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I picked up the Gaucho at Blade this year. Actually there were two on the table, and I wanted both for what I am doing, but could only manage one of them. So I opted for the white one in 3/32 for now, in hopes of getting a wooden handled one in 1/8 for woods wandering and bushcraft type stuff later. I have been really enjoying the Gaucho in my kitchen and in use in a project I am working on.
At Blade
The knife has a classic look, so it desn't seem at all out of place with my lunch kit, even down town in a park, and it slices like a laser.
It has helped with breakfast a number of times, and it will slice bacon as thin as it comes from the store, though I typically like it a bit thicker.
The thin blade does do wonderfully versus things like soft cheeses and sticky sweet breads, just slices right through them.
It has helped with dinner a few times. The trout was bought at a local meat market, so the only thing I did to it with the Gaucho was remove the head. My daughter has always been fascinated by the whole fresh fish in the case and studies them a lot when we are there shopping, so since she had access to check this one out as much as she liked, in a short time the fish head became a sort of macabre finger puppet fussing at me about cooking its body. I didn't even take pics of some steps because I was too busy laughing at her odd puppet show. She definitely isn't a girly girl...The Gaucho made very short work of removing the head, and of the accompanying vegetables.
She did no fussing as we ate, that girl loves her some fish, and the trout was delicious,
It has been helpful with lunch on several occasions
And I had fun playing with the star fruit when my daughter just had to try it
All in all, I really like the Gaucho very much. It is very nimble and very intuitive for me to use, and I really like how the front of the scales wrap further around my forefinger. Very comfortable in whittling and carving uses. I will definitely be on the look out for another one when I recover from some recent heavy expenses.
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At Blade
The knife has a classic look, so it desn't seem at all out of place with my lunch kit, even down town in a park, and it slices like a laser.
It has helped with breakfast a number of times, and it will slice bacon as thin as it comes from the store, though I typically like it a bit thicker.
The thin blade does do wonderfully versus things like soft cheeses and sticky sweet breads, just slices right through them.
It has helped with dinner a few times. The trout was bought at a local meat market, so the only thing I did to it with the Gaucho was remove the head. My daughter has always been fascinated by the whole fresh fish in the case and studies them a lot when we are there shopping, so since she had access to check this one out as much as she liked, in a short time the fish head became a sort of macabre finger puppet fussing at me about cooking its body. I didn't even take pics of some steps because I was too busy laughing at her odd puppet show. She definitely isn't a girly girl...The Gaucho made very short work of removing the head, and of the accompanying vegetables.
She did no fussing as we ate, that girl loves her some fish, and the trout was delicious,
It has been helpful with lunch on several occasions
And I had fun playing with the star fruit when my daughter just had to try it
All in all, I really like the Gaucho very much. It is very nimble and very intuitive for me to use, and I really like how the front of the scales wrap further around my forefinger. Very comfortable in whittling and carving uses. I will definitely be on the look out for another one when I recover from some recent heavy expenses.
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