[thechat] Handling a knife like a pro (was: Cooked carrots)

[Martin Burns]

On Fri, 28 Feb 2003, Roger Austin wrote:

>   This is the type of cleaver I have, the big square bladed one.
> I got it about 15 years ago when I was taking a Chinese cooking
> class. It doesn't fit in our block, but I have been meaning to
> make a block out in the shop so that I can customize it for all
> my knives of various shapes and brands. I keep the cleaver in
> the original box in a drawer since my SO is a (self described)
> clutz. She has her own little set of dull knives that she uses
> rather than use mine.

Yeah, but with a dull knife, she's more likely to cut herself.

>   Has anyone sharpened their big square cleaver?

No (I don't have a cleaver), but I've used my Global water stones on a
range of straight-bladed knifes with excellent results.

Cheers
Martin


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