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Cheap azz knives
Legume
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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.
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.
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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.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.Ellijay GA with a Medium & MiniMax
Well, I married me a wife, she's been trouble all my life,
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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.
I hate it when I go to the kitchen for food and all I find are ingredients!
MichaelCentral Connecticut -
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.Delta B.C. - Whiskey and steak, because no good story ever started with someone having a salad!
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Neat.
I'm a knife guy but not a knife snob. Always appreciate a decent cheap knife.
“Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.” ― Philip K. Diçk -
Re-gasketing the USA one yard at a time!
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Cleaver for $17 and filet knife for under $8. Hard to pass up.RRP said:
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/categories/departments/cooking/15946/
Thank you,DarianGalveston Texas -
I need a cleaver for the lake. Thanks
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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.
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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.
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Also, they also have some knives that look more like global knock-offs, but I've never tried one. They're a bit more.
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I am pretty sure that is the same steel wustoff uses. Heat treat and grinds are more important than steel....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. -
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.Don't tell your problems to people. 80% of people don't care and 20% are glad you have them.
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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.
BrandonQuad Cities
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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.
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@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
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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.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
I would have to add a Pearce grip extension, maybe a laser too.
BrandonQuad Cities
"If yer gonna denigrate, familiarity with the subject is helpful." -
Always knew you were a cheap azz Sandy Springs & Dawsonville Ga
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I remembered what the handle reminded me of ....
Don't tell your problems to people. 80% of people don't care and 20% are glad you have them.
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Thats so demeaning.Ozzie_Isaac said:I remembered what the handle reminded me of ....
Sandy Springs & Dawsonville Ga -
I don't know what demeaning means. Is that like removing meaning?bgebrent said:Thats so demeaning.
Btw, I think it is the perfect set of knives for ButtBlast.Don't tell your problems to people. 80% of people don't care and 20% are glad you have them.
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No! Its like not being meaning! Is it really that hard?Ozzie_Isaac said:I don't know what demeaning means. Is that like removing meaning?Sandy Springs & Dawsonville Ga -
Well then, I agree. I speciliaze in not meaning and single entendres.bgebrent said:No! Its like not being meaning! Is it really that hard?Don't tell your problems to people. 80% of people don't care and 20% are glad you have them.
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You should investigate metaphors. And double entendres. Parley vous français?Ozzie_Isaac said:Well then, I agree. I speciliaze in not meaning and single entendres.Sandy Springs & Dawsonville Ga -
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.Ozzie_Isaac said:I remembered what the handle reminded me of ....
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This one time...at pray camp.Legume said: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.Mt Elgin Ontario - just a Large. -
I so wish there was an LOL button on posts!gmac said:This one time...at pray camp.Don't tell your problems to people. 80% of people don't care and 20% are glad you have them.
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So are these Cheap-ass knives or cheap ass-knives? Based on the vector of the comments, I'm thinking the latter.
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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.
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