The Tourist
Banned
As you know, I've been looking for a good "steak knife" that I can carry to restaurants. While I want it to function better than those flimsy serrated knives they give you with dinner, I want the knife to look like common dinnerware.
And I don't want it to be a pampered drawer queen. I want a knife that takes repeated blows to plates, oceans of gravy, the corrosion of salt and pepper and numerous washings with a sinkful of dishes. All while looking quite common. In fact, to the common diner, "invisible."
Well, I found a knife that suits me. It fits my hand. It has a wood grip. The blade has plenty of chromium, and takes a good edge.
(I placed it on a colored pad of Post-It notes to reflect the mirror finish of the bevel.)
While there is no doubt it functions, its proportions look out of whack. It looks too heavy, too thick. More like a carving knife. The blade is still under four inches, but it appears chunky.
Other than just getting a sacrificial four-inch Chicago Cutlery mule and buffing that edge, I wonder if this project is simply snake-bit.
If you saw this knife on the edge of my plate, would it appear out of place to you?
And I don't want it to be a pampered drawer queen. I want a knife that takes repeated blows to plates, oceans of gravy, the corrosion of salt and pepper and numerous washings with a sinkful of dishes. All while looking quite common. In fact, to the common diner, "invisible."
Well, I found a knife that suits me. It fits my hand. It has a wood grip. The blade has plenty of chromium, and takes a good edge.
(I placed it on a colored pad of Post-It notes to reflect the mirror finish of the bevel.)
While there is no doubt it functions, its proportions look out of whack. It looks too heavy, too thick. More like a carving knife. The blade is still under four inches, but it appears chunky.
Other than just getting a sacrificial four-inch Chicago Cutlery mule and buffing that edge, I wonder if this project is simply snake-bit.
If you saw this knife on the edge of my plate, would it appear out of place to you?