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Chef's Knife - Help with Bevel, width, edge angle
What do American chef's like in a typical 'American' style chef's knife?
Bevel - straight V, angle? Width at spine? Width at edge before sharpening? Angle of edge? 15deg? Assume S30V, BG42 Last edited by twistedneck; 07-07-2006 at 11:54 PM. |
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most of the chef's I know will run to the chinese cleavers, santoku and nakiri types.
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As Ed says, there seems to be a trend twords the Asian style kitchen knives. I know I like them! I no longer cook as a profession, but did for some time. I like a wider blade 2.5 to 3.5 wide. I do not do a lot of heavy chopping, so I like a thinner 1/8, 3/32 spine with a flat ground blade. I like a finer edge. I understand that it is much more delicate, but with care it isnt a problem. 10 to 12 inches seems to be a good size, althought I prefer a 10 there is sometimes a need for the length.
Just my $0.02 worth. God Bless Mike __________________ "I cherish the Hammer of Thor, but I praise the hand of God" |
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DiamondG, BlackNet.. if those designs are more of a japanese influence, what would be the most Amercian (opposite of the new influence) design? Honestly, i'm real tired of Japanese influence, i work for Ford. lol.
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Instead of American Chef knife, how about French?
Since the French chefs are by far the worlds most respected, what is a typical French chef knife? I think a true american knife would be a combination of the best traits from each.
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wide blade, thin spine (i prefer 3/32" over 1/8") 10" model, drop point. i also liked to keep a heavier knife for chopping through stuff such as ribs, and of course a smaller paring knife for peeling things and 100 other tasks. i would say about 70% my time was with a 10"drop point chef knife, 25% with a small paring knife, and the other 5% with a large knife. a couple observations.....have an ergonomic handle and light weight. the hand tends to fatigue quickly with a heavy knife in a kitchen. make sure if you have a bolster on the knife it doesnt go all the way down to the edge. some knives have this (integral henkels come to mind) and after repeated sharpening the edge wears back and the bolster will hit the cutting board before the edge..making it harder to quickly chop through things. also on the blade where the bolster would be i liked to grind the 90degree angle off so you dont catch your finger on it on accident. jason cutter posted a knife that has this modification awhile back http://www.knifenetwork.com/forum/sh...ght=jason+chef i never used japanese designs myself but ive had customers ask for them. i stuck to the drop point that is found in most commercial kitchens. ok done rambling now, -jason |
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'french' knife would be the classic triangle shaped chefs knife. I think if you really get down and looked at what's being use you will find it's whatever their supplier likes to stock As many resturants are not that concerned with what knife they use as they are quite bad in the abuse department. The recomendation is stainless steel , no wood and perferably no cracks or gaps, something they can toss in the dish washer and put thru abuse, they sacrifice cutting and edge holding over abuse friendly.
Also if you head over to places like cooking.com the pampered chef and other places like that and take a look at the best sellers you will see a trend. Also if you look at the 'iron chef's on food network you will see in the original japanese version they all use custom hand made knives, in fact http://www.chefmorimoto.com/knives/knivesinternal.htm Ed |
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Sure would be nice to forge a nice 01 or W2 knife out of good ole carbon steel.. but the stainless seems more useful. thoughts? He's using exotic woods and expensive materials for the handle, i was thinking about Corian - how would that perform? Last edited by twistedneck; 07-13-2006 at 11:18 PM. |
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Sfreddo Gaucho
Rodrigo Menezes Sfreddo made that one, and it's not a chef's knife, but... I've been itching to give a "modern Gaucho" influence to a chef's knife and see what happens... there are some design elements that would be cool on an indoor knife too. It's New World. |
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Material selectoin - gain size for tool steel vs. stainless tool steel
The more research I do, the more I uncover the benefits of carbon / alloy tool steel for a good edge. With the fine carbides from even a plain carbon steel like 1090 or super fine from austempered 52100, the edge can be very fine and strong. Stainless on the other hand is has very large carbides - 10microns or more, resulting in a much larger STABLE edge angle. (25+ degrees). Carbides are so big they can't be held in the matrix at those edge angles. Work done by Cliff Stamp and Roman Landes point clearly to this issue, test results show these super s30v high carbide allows to be good in slicing abrasive media, good wear, that's pretty much all those big carbides have to offer! What stainless works the best for a chef knife with the above in mind? What is the stable edge for a stainless chef vs. std carbon steel? Many commerial knives use some type of 0.60C stainless.. hmm. Last edited by twistedneck; 07-30-2006 at 04:13 AM. |
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Follow up - after reading all of the threads about fine grain structure and good hardness performing well in a chef knife, i'll try the AEB-L route.
That's probly why most of the commercial knives use 0.60 C max (right on the saturation line). No need for more primary carbides to enhance wear resistance. Wear isn't a requirement in a chef knife. Also, this makes sense, my chef friends asked for a 'soft' knife. What the meant was a knife they can steel easily, that wont chip, and gets sharp as a razor. Heck, these guys use the steel constantly to get the edge perfect. S30v would leave them steel-less until they can affor a diamon rod! lol. |
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Check out the "outpost" for Tai's newest -- its a kitchen knife and looks like it would be way good for the tasks at hand. azmike
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Wow, that is nice! its an outback style kitchen slicer.. very very nice. With high carbon 1095 it should be able to slice for a while w/o wearing out. he talks about the edge, only 25 to 30deg!
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