Cheap azz knives

Legume

if you're a knife guy, look away, this thread isn't for you.

white handled dexters are the closest I get to name brand knives, except for a really nice carving knife that was a gift a long time ago.

A few years ago I bought a couple of knives at IKEA that I have loved, but they stopped carrying them.  I just went back the other day and they have them again.  They're cheap, decent steel, take an edge really well and are very comfortable.  I have a big chef knife, couple of paring knives and couple of 5 or 6" chef style utility knife.  I just picked up a cleaver and filet knife the other day.  The filet knife is almost as stiff as a boning knife.  The cleaver was maybe $16, they're all really cheap.  The name of the line is Vorda.  Highly recommend if you're not a knife guy or if you need decent knives for camp or RV or buttblast.  Cleaver is heavy.

northGAcock

Legume said:

if you're a knife guy, look away, this thread isn't for you.

white handled dexters are the closest I get to name brand knives, except for a really nice carving knife that was a gift a long time ago.

A few years ago I bought a couple of knives at IKEA that I have loved, but they stopped carrying them.  I just went back the other day and they have them again.  They're cheap, decent steel, take an edge really well and are very comfortable.  I have a big chef knife, couple of paring knives and couple of 5 or 6" chef style utility knife.  I just picked up a cleaver and filet knife the other day.  The filet knife is almost as stiff as a boning knife.  The cleaver was maybe $16, they're all really cheap.  The name of the line is Vorda.  Highly recommend if you're not a knife guy or if you need decent knives for camp or RV or buttblast.  Cleaver is heavy.

Knives are aloud at Butt Blast? I am with you..I only have one knife that i have paid significant money for....and that was a bread knife in Paris. Thanks for sharing. I am need of some myself.

Carolina Q

Great idea for fests, even for knife snobs. No one wants to lose a $200 knife at a fest, yet everyone needs a sharp knife there.

Skiddymarker

Never thought of IKEA, thanks for the heads up. I usually take Johnson-Rose Chinese SS to any place I might lose them. My local supply store has closed, so now I have to get in and out of IKEA without SWMBO. 

HeavyG

Neat.

I'm a knife guy but not a knife snob. Always appreciate a decent cheap knife.

RRP

link linky
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/20289236/

Photo Egg

RRP said:

link linky
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/20289236/

Cleaver for $17 and filet knife for under $8. Hard to pass up.
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/categories/departments/cooking/15946/

GrillSgt

I need a cleaver for the lake. Thanks 

blasting

Plenty of white handles in my knife drawer as well.  Thanks for the tip.  While at Ikea, check out their sensuell (?) line of cookware.  I've had it for a good year and remain impresssed.

Legume

For steel nerds, here's a pic from the cleaver, the knives are labeled differently, they all just say molybdenum/vanadium.

I've never had to sharpen, only hit them
with a steel from time to time.

Legume

Also, they also have some knives that look more like global knock-offs, but I've never tried one.  They're a bit more.

bigbadben

Legume said:

For steel nerds, here's a pic from the cleaver, the knives are labeled differently, they all just say molybdenum/vanadium.

I've never had to sharpen, only hit them
with a steel from time to time.

I am pretty sure that is the same steel wustoff uses. Heat treat and grinds are more important than steel....

Ozzie_Isaac

The handles remind me of something.  Can't put my finger on it, but I am sure it will come to me.

Btw, aside from the aesthetics of a nice knife, I agree on low price knives.  Low price used to mean cheap, but now-a-days it just means inexpensive.  Repeatable factory processes on digitally controlled equipment takes the expensive "art" out of knife making.

Focker

Beaters are nice to have lying around.

Those handles have a similar shape to Globals.

The biggest concern with a cleaver while chopping is a good grip.  With a true, heavy cleaver, we are talking about taking digits completely off, not just a clean laceration from a sharp chefs knife.

That taper may be troublesome while chopping, as things will get slippery.  

One shouldn't pinch grip a cleaver. Lol
Maybe you could trigger finger it?

A DR cleaver handle for reference.

U_tarded

I have the filet and cleaver bought on a whim and like them a lot, not as much as my Japanese knives but for the price they were in the couldn't pass up category.

Legume

@Focker the handle is actually a black, grippy rubber, I've been elbows deep into pork fat and not had them be slippery.  I used the cleaver to split some lamb chops and the heft was fantastic, no need to hack at it to get through the bone.

The other knives they have look more like globals, but I've not tried those.  This 8" chef's knife is $20

Focker

Legume said:

@Focker the handle is actually a black, grippy rubber, I've been elbows deep into pork fat and not had them be slippery.  I used the cleaver to split some lamb chops and the heft was fantastic, no need to hack at it to get through the bone.

The other knives they have look more like globals, but I've not tried those.  This 8" chef's knife is $20

Glad it's working out for you.  Was more concerned with the smaller handle size, shape, and the notch taken out of it, than the material.  Once you're elbow deep in chopped pork, they're all slippery.
I would have to add a Pearce grip extension, maybe a laser too.  

bgebrent

Always knew you were a cheap azz

gmac

This thread makes me sad. :(

Ozzie_Isaac

I remembered what the handle reminded me of ....

bgebrent

Ozzie_Isaac said:

I remembered what the handle reminded me of ....

Thats so demeaning.

Ozzie_Isaac

bgebrent said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

I remembered what the handle reminded me of ....

Thats so demeaning.

I don't know what demeaning means.  Is that like removing meaning?

Btw, I think it is the perfect set of knives for ButtBlast.

bgebrent

Ozzie_Isaac said:

bgebrent said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

I remembered what the handle reminded me of ....

Thats so demeaning.

I don't know what demeaning means.  Is that like removing meaning?

No!  Its like not being meaning!  Is it really that hard?

Ozzie_Isaac

bgebrent said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

bgebrent said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

I remembered what the handle reminded me of ....

Thats so demeaning.

I don't know what demeaning means.  Is that like removing meaning?

No!  Its like not being meaning!  Is it really that hard?

Well then, I agree.  I speciliaze in not meaning and single entendres.

bgebrent

Ozzie_Isaac said:

bgebrent said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

bgebrent said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

I remembered what the handle reminded me of ....

Thats so demeaning.

I don't know what demeaning means.  Is that like removing meaning?

No!  Its like not being meaning!  Is it really that hard?

Well then, I agree.  I speciliaze in not meaning and single entendres.

You should investigate metaphors.  And double entendres.  Parley vous français?

Legume

Ozzie_Isaac said:

I remembered what the handle reminded me of ....

I'm pretty sure the fence across the street is topped with a bunch of those.  Between this and that crazy tie tack thing that @DMW posted a couple of weeks ago, I have this funny feeling you boys ain't right. You know there's camps where they can pray that outta you.

gmac

Legume said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

I remembered what the handle reminded me of ....

I'm pretty sure the fence across the street is topped with a bunch of those.  Between this and that crazy tie tack thing that @DMW posted a couple of weeks ago, I have this funny feeling you boys ain't right. You know there's camps where they can pray that outta you.

This one time...at pray camp. 

Ozzie_Isaac

gmac said:

Legume said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

I remembered what the handle reminded me of ....

I'm pretty sure the fence across the street is topped with a bunch of those.  Between this and that crazy tie tack thing that @DMW posted a couple of weeks ago, I have this funny feeling you boys ain't right. You know there's camps where they can pray that outta you.

This one time...at pray camp. 

I so wish there was an LOL button on posts!

Eggcelsior

So are these Cheap-ass knives or cheap ass-knives? Based on the vector of the comments, I'm thinking the latter.

jonessteave

under $75

doesn't want to buy piece by piece

wants steak knives

Amazon cheaper brand name sets or overstock.com selections?

This is not for me but for my girlfriend's mother? It is hell right now cooking at her house. I have never been in such a sub-par cutting implement environment.

Any suggestions from your benelovences? Please help before I commit harikari with spork.

alaskanassasin

@jonessteave do you and @legume hand out on the weekends? you seem to have a lot in common.