
Bill1170 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 19, 2021 10:31 pmThe image only showed up after I hit reply to say there wasn’t any image. And what showed up looked like a hunting knife. After posting my reply I saw the bearded knife and then it made sense at last.
Edited a second time to add:
For chopping vegetables the bearded pattern looks like it puts less strain on the user’s wrist than a conventional chef’s knife.
TenGrainBread wrote: ↑Fri Feb 19, 2021 10:36 pmLooks good for making homemade pasta. Might be a little beefy for other kitchen work, but it's a fun design.
I’m going to have nightmares about this now lolCheddarnut wrote: ↑Sat Feb 20, 2021 12:59 amI like it very much. The question is: when it decides to shave, does it shave itself, and if so will that create a paradox, as the shaving would be done by the part that was being shaved off.
It’s pretty much the same as using a Chinese cleaver but better body mechanics. I use a Chinese cleaver a lot so it feels good for me.
Woodpuppy wrote: ↑Sat Feb 20, 2021 7:59 amMy initial impression is that it’s kinda weird looking. But I probably thought same about Spyderco 27 years ago...
One of the things that I find annoying when slicing veg with a santoku (while pinching the blade with index and thumb) is the slices stack and push up until they hit my fingers. This design looks like it might mitigate this. It also looks like it will be adept at scooping diced food off a cutting board to drop into a pan. It’s an interesting design I’d like to try before I buy.
u.w. wrote: ↑Sat Feb 20, 2021 11:37 amHmmmmm....
Very much reminds me of an Ulu, which is a Very Capable knife kind of "all arounder" used up north.
Interestingly... a quick search for "ulu knife" popped up some strikingly similar designs being made, marketed & sold already......
Of course there are other variations of the ulu...
The ones shown above are not what I think of when I think of "the traditional ulu", but they are pretty reminiscent of it (to me)...
The ulu has been around & and in use for centuries, millennia even depending on sources, for good reason.
u.w.