Something to consider for Christmas

[Pondoro2310]

Recent posts have discussed "What Buck knife is best for all around" and another guy said he batons basically because it is fun and he wants to do something with his knives.

So this Thanksgiving I removed all the bones from our turkey and then rolled it and tied it off in a rough cylinder. There is a nice video by Scott Rey, just search YouTube for "Scott Rey" and "Boning and Rolling a Turkey." Jacques Pepin has videos as well, he does it a bit differently.

Why am I bothering you about this? Well it used several knives. Sometimes you want to reach deep into a joint and cut through the cartilage, other times you want a nice clean slice. I used a Buck 119 to reach in and cut the joints, I also used a few other knives. My cheap but very easy to sharpen Kitchen Aid Santoku got dull about half way through.

So if you have a bunch of knives and want to spend an hour or two using them I recommend this. I used a small cleaver, a Buck 119 and a few other kitchen knives, but for Christmas I am considering doing it with only Buck knives.

 

[afishhunter]

interesting. might be a way to acquire a "turducken" for less than $15 a pound.
tho personally, i think I'd replace the chicken portion with goose.

 

[kyhunt]

I seen the post that you did and it was very impressive. While I have never done that before I do use my outdoor knives in the kitchen a lot. We have kitchen knives but I enjoy playing with my knives.

 

[pondoro]

interesting. might be a way to acquire a "turducken" for less than $15 a pound.
tho personally, i think I'd replace the chicken portion with goose.

This is the first step to creating a turducken. Turkey and chicken are very cheap, duck and goose more expensive, unless you shoot your own. None of them cost $15 per pound. So you would spend a few hours with your knives and save money at the same time. Maybe enough money for a 110 in a Christmas tin.