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My Wifey got me a Forschner brand 10" Chef's Knife with Fibrox handle for Valentine's Day. I asked her for this knife based on the recommendation of one of the folks here who goes by the name "The Chef."
Since that time, it had only been used once, to cut a friend's birthday cake. You know you're getting up there in years when we stop using one candle per year and instinctively grab the largest we can for your cake.
Here's the Forschner Fibrox 10" Chef's Knife posing some onions:
The knife is massive, but is lightweight, with a thin blade and a thick factory edge. The balance is somewhere you'll find when cooking; it's not supposed to be a throwing knife. The out-of-box edge scored maybe a 50-60% rating on my Razor Edge Systems Edge-Tester, so apparently there's a huge discrepancy in finish between the $30 knives and $200+ knives. Matching the angle with my trusty Norton combination waterstone had the spine fairly high above the stone. Since I didn't lower the angle on my Shun Elite 8" Chef's Knife, I stayed true to the manufacturer's design on the Forschner as well. Of course, I assumed the manufacturer wanted the edge polished with an 8000 grit waterstone and had at it. Now, the edge scores 100. On the first attempt, I screwed up the edge with my Kings, so I went to the Nortons as they're faster even though the level of polish seems lower (though it don't matter).
So I've got this beast with a polished edge looking to cut stuff and my Wifey says I'm in charge of evening meals this week. Insert gutteral, ferral grunting here. If none available, please substitute with Tim Allen-style grunting (from "Home Improvement," not incarceration).
Well knife and onions, let's meet the rest of the team:
Hello, steak! You look mighty yummy today. Won't you please be a dear and repeatedly bayonet yourself on my mighty chef's knife?
Many people don't know this, but Kikko and the Man was a short-lived spinoff of Sanford and Son. Other obscure trivia: Redd Foxx's given name was John Frederick Sanford. One of my favorite episodes of Sanford and Son had Fred Sanford claiming to be a minister in order to obtain tax-exempt status. In that show, he carried a wakizashi to his makeshift alter.
Now it's all sliced and ready to marinate. Wish I had more veggies. The danged broccoli wilted and the carrots are missing. C'mon! The more the marinatier.
Since that time, it had only been used once, to cut a friend's birthday cake. You know you're getting up there in years when we stop using one candle per year and instinctively grab the largest we can for your cake.
Here's the Forschner Fibrox 10" Chef's Knife posing some onions:
The knife is massive, but is lightweight, with a thin blade and a thick factory edge. The balance is somewhere you'll find when cooking; it's not supposed to be a throwing knife. The out-of-box edge scored maybe a 50-60% rating on my Razor Edge Systems Edge-Tester, so apparently there's a huge discrepancy in finish between the $30 knives and $200+ knives. Matching the angle with my trusty Norton combination waterstone had the spine fairly high above the stone. Since I didn't lower the angle on my Shun Elite 8" Chef's Knife, I stayed true to the manufacturer's design on the Forschner as well. Of course, I assumed the manufacturer wanted the edge polished with an 8000 grit waterstone and had at it. Now, the edge scores 100. On the first attempt, I screwed up the edge with my Kings, so I went to the Nortons as they're faster even though the level of polish seems lower (though it don't matter).
So I've got this beast with a polished edge looking to cut stuff and my Wifey says I'm in charge of evening meals this week. Insert gutteral, ferral grunting here. If none available, please substitute with Tim Allen-style grunting (from "Home Improvement," not incarceration).
Well knife and onions, let's meet the rest of the team:
Hello, steak! You look mighty yummy today. Won't you please be a dear and repeatedly bayonet yourself on my mighty chef's knife?
Many people don't know this, but Kikko and the Man was a short-lived spinoff of Sanford and Son. Other obscure trivia: Redd Foxx's given name was John Frederick Sanford. One of my favorite episodes of Sanford and Son had Fred Sanford claiming to be a minister in order to obtain tax-exempt status. In that show, he carried a wakizashi to his makeshift alter.
Now it's all sliced and ready to marinate. Wish I had more veggies. The danged broccoli wilted and the carrots are missing. C'mon! The more the marinatier.
The bamboo shoots were bought canned because I'm not smart enough to pick out and pare bamboo on my own (yet one more reason why I'm not a panda... 
). Now look at the water chestnuts! Please! Look at them!
