spartyonjoe
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Anyone have any good recommendations for a slicing brisket knife? My standard chef knives don’t seem to work well for me.
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Yes, I wholeheartedly agree. Regrettably, I have never consistently truly mastered this skill after decades of trying. I have recently done the next best thing. I found a mobile knife sharpener that pulls his van up to my driveway a handful of times a year. He mainly deals with restaurants, but apparently I'm located on his way home. Last November he even knocked off 20% as a "holiday discount".If you can "master" only one kitchen skill, it should be that of properly sharpening a knife! You can get by with good, fair or sometimes even mediocre kitchen skills in other areas. but becoming a master in knife sharpening is the key to great cooking IMHO.
That would certainly be a time saver. All you need to do with a properly sharpened knife is to keep the edge honed and I think that is an easier skill to master.Yes, I wholeheartedly agree. Regrettably, I have never consistently truly mastered this skill after decades of trying. I have recently done the next best thing. I found a mobile knife sharpener that pulls his van up to my driveway a handful of times a year. He mainly deals with restaurants, but apparently I'm located on his way home. Last November he even knocked off 20% as a "holiday discount".
Yes, there is a certain education process that needs to take place with other family members not as well-acquainted with sharp kitchen tools as we'd like. At our abode, brisket slicing and boning knives are excluded from use by other than the grill master.My other Wustofs have served me well for decades (once I educated my wife that you do not cut things on the bare countertop).
I’ve recently switched to a SpitJack brisket slicer. Fine knife and very closely matches the Wüsthof Classic style. It’s also available from Amazon.I too wish Wustof would make their brisket knife in the Classic style. My other Wustofs have served me well for decades (once I educated my wife that you do not cut things on the bare countertop).
To be clear, @Greg Jones, the Wusthof knife shown is from the Classic Ikon series rather that the original Classic. The Classic handle style is squared off rather than rounded.I’ve recently switched to a SpitJack brisket slicer. Fine knife and very closely matches the Wüsthof Classic style. It’s also available from Amazon.
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Gotcha. Thanks for the clarification. Is this Knife then not what @Pacman is looking for?To be clear, @Greg Jones, the Wusthof knife shown is from the Classic Ikon series rather that the original Classic. The Classic handle style is squared off rather than rounded.
I don’t know, Greg; not sure where he stands regarding having things match up to his existing Wusthof Classic series.Gotcha. Thanks for the clarification. Is this Knife then not what @Pacman is looking for?
The blade length has not been an issue thus far. It’s only about a half-inch shorter than my trusty Victorinix slicer.
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Oops, sorry Greg; I misread the link. Yes, that's a Classic series slicer. It was just a bit shorter than I wanted for myself, so I went with the Gourmet series 14" brisket knife. https://www.wusthof.com/products/go...VBQWtBh2BzA9LEAQYASABEgJbvvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds. It has a similar style handle to my other Classic series knives.Gotcha. Thanks for the clarification. Is this Knife then not what @Pacman is looking for?
The blade length has not been an issue thus far. It’s only about a half-inch shorter than my trusty Victorinix slicer.
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Gotcha. Thanks for the clarification. Is this Knife then not what @Pacman is looking for?
The blade length has not been an issue thus far. It’s only about a half-inch shorter than my trusty Victorinix slicer.
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Yep! I have the Shun classic- nice and thick on the spine so you always get consistent cuts. Great weight to it also- isn’t cheap though https://www.williams-sonoma.com/pro...t-knife/?pkey=s~shun classic~48&sbkey=default
Ooohhhhhhh, I was OK until you got to the lemon bars; then I melted! Not sure if I would let my wife use the Wusthof brisket knife to slice lemon bars on the granite countertop, but it would be tempting. I lemon bars. They are my absolute favorite; hands down.Greg, I'm still using my wife's "cake and brownie" knife like the one you show on top. While Victorinox is a boring production, stamped, machine ground blade of an unexciting steel, it seems to have the perfect profile for slicing brisket (and a lot more tri-tip). The thin, stamped blade will glide through brisket like butter, when I do my job on the stones and strop. I think the thinness of the blade and the Granton grooves make for a great slicer. But since I "share" (yes, my wife gave it to me as a Christmas gift years ago) my knife with my baking wife, I have to straighten the edge with a steel and sharpen before most uses. But I do get to have some great cakes and brownies on occasion, and let's not forget the lemon bars.
I thought I had found a similar profile, made with a super steel (SV35) in the Warther. But when it arrived, the workmanship just wasn't there. The cutting edge was not straight and was actually convex, to the point it would be a problem to hand sharpen on a flat stone. I suppose I could have straightened it out on my coarse diamond lap, but ended up sending it back.
OMG, lemon bars would be so good right now! Or some Girl Scout lemon cookies. I want to pretend I’m a semi-strict Keto observer, but anything baked with lemon in it trips me every time! The wife stopped in Wally World a couple of days ago, brought home a lemon pie and an apple pie. The lemon pie is long gone and I can’t blame my wife. But there is still some apple pie in the house!Ooohhhhhhh, I was OK until you got to the lemon bars; then I melted! Not sure if I would let my wife use the Wusthof brisket knife to slice lemon bars on the granite countertop, but it would be tempting. I lemon bars. They are my absolute favorite; hands down.
The Shun is very nice... been eyeing it though, already have a knife for "any occasion" and then some!Yep! I have the Shun classic- nice and thick on the spine so you always get consistent cuts. Great weight to it also- isn’t cheap though https://www.williams-sonoma.com/products/shun-classic-12-inch-brisket-knife/?pkey=s~shun classic~48&sbkey=default
I have this knife and it is fairly close to matching the classic series, especially the ones the red symbol has worn off.I don’t know, Greg; not sure where he stands regarding having things match up to his existing Wusthof Classic series.