The Frozen Ham Challenge - I Shoulda Used A Busse or Carothers 😂

I get it. The only time I've ever batoned with a knife was to cut a big hunk of frozen meat, because I didn't need or want to thaw the whole piece. I used a heavy cleaver that had been hand hammered in a South Korean market stall and it was more than up to the task.
 
DennisM said:
Got a surprise at the front door today.
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They either did a great weld and buff job 😂 or replaced it.
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No frozen ham's for you!

CUTCO is GTG! Thank you 🫡
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Cutco released a new knife recently in that same style but with a smaller 5” blade and my wife has been murdering lots of veggies with it since receiving it as a gift, Cutco donated a bunch of them to give to the volunteers of the local food pantries in Olean.
 
I am very satisfied with my purchase.

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Some may rip on them for being over priced or hard to sharpened. Their lifetime warranty - lifetime free sharpening - being made in the USA of quality materials that stand up to "proper use" - makes them hard to beat. Being a USA company that gives back to the community adds a cherry on top of their resume. 💜
 
EngrSorenson said:
As part of certifying jet engines we perform a bird shoot test: firing prescribed birds into the blades of a perfectly good engine. Even we know you gotta thaw the birds out first.

Piece of wisdom learned from our axe-welding forefathers- keep the metal warm. Cold makes metal brittle and more prone to breaking. The axemen during the winter would keep the bits close to their bodies to keep them warmer. Then, Unlike your typical kitchen experience, the chopping blows of an axe continues to warm the metal through friction.
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Yeah, Terminator 2 taught me cold can’t be good for metal.

Using body heat to keep yer axe warm is an interesting trivia. First time I’ve heard of that.
 
Since ham is a customary protein to serve for Easter ... it would be fitting for The Frozen Ham Challenge to be an annual thing during Easter week.

Come on fellas ... let's see what you got! Ha ha ha

Next year, I'll use my Daado Cleaver, that's in queue for production. 😬
 
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I only had one knife from Cutco, and looking at some photos believe it was a Cutco 1882 Bullwhip Cutter. Not a bad knife but if I remember correctly not a $110 knife, especially when you could get a Buck 110, for about half that price, and get a much better made and stronger knife. I sent it back and had no problems getting my money refunded. John
 
yeeesh. Probably to thin to chop something that hard. I have an old early 1900's cleaver, that will chop through anything. I don't know what steel it is, but it is tougher than nails
 
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