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[–]hennaojichan 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (6 children)

C H E E S E & E G G S But two packs of ramen is way enough for two people. Cheese, Eggs, and Bacon — Brock Berrigan. Is that a Japanese knife?

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I also have a 1095 high carbon steel "camp knife." 1095 is the shittiest performing steel I have, with terrible corrosion resistance and poor edge retention. But it's cheap, you can sharpen it on any rock if you need to, and the blade makes pretty patterns when exposed to acids.

And two Chinese vegetable cleavers. Called cai dao, it's China's answer to the Western Chef's Knife and Japan's Gyuto. Another knife that can do damn near everything in the kitchen you need to.

Now if chef's knives scare people, as you may imagine, even more are terrified of cleavers. But in a way they're actually safer, having no pointy tip, and the large flat blade actually acts as a knuckle guard to keep your fingers safe when in a proper claw pinch.

They use Chinese steels. One is 40Cr13, and the other was supposed to be high carbon steel but it's not, it's some stainless mystery steel. Both are cheap and crap but easy to sharpen.

If you chop a lot of veggies these are awesome.

[–]hennaojichan 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

I'm not biased but in one of his books, Anthony Bourdain named a certain brand of Japanese knife that he says are the best for chefs. I loaned that book to a chef I know and it was never returned. Same as it ever was.

About a week before the lockdown in 02/2020 we returned from Cambodia. In the markets there, you can get Chinese knockoffs of all the popular military knives for way cheap according to a friend who knows about such things. My favorite was one that fits in the palm and when you slide a heavy steel button, then pops out, you flick it open and you are ready to scare the bejesuz out of someone. When you come back home, customs may or may not find it/them but the length of the blade is what's important. I think just under five inches if allowed. You can find the allowed lengths online. Whoever made them took the allowed lengths in mind so there are no huge, Bowie-type ones, that no one really needs. My friend, who is a Brit, stayed through the whole lockdown and is now in Siem Reap, where Angkor Wat is. He and his Swedish girlfriend are the only customers in what used to be a tourist hotel. I am aching to get back there but — regulations.

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Anthony Bourdain named a certain brand of Japanese knife that he says are the best for chefs

Bourdain pushed the Global G2. It's not a universally loved knife, a lot of people take issue with the handle. Check out https://www.chefknivestogo.com/ for the really nice stuff.

My favorite was one that fits in the palm and when you slide a heavy steel button, then pops out, you flick it open and you are ready to scare the bejesuz out of someone

Switchblade? They're called automatic knives, there's a few varieties. The OTFs (out the front) have been pretty popular recently but I always hear about blade play issues.

I think just under five inches if allowed

Every bladed weapon is now allowed in Texas, you can walk down the street with a spear if you choose. Cops here got sticky fingers though, gotta be careful with them if you have a nice knife.

[–]hennaojichan 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

It's not a switchblade or OTF but when you slide that steel button it pops out (like a penknife about a quarter open) and all you do it flick your wrist and it's locked and ready. My guess is the designer wanted something that would not fail. Texas: I'll bet now you could buy that knife for $10 in Cambodia , if you had your shots and insurance and were ready to do a week quarantined in a Phnom Penh hotel room.

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Ah! Benchmade's Axis Lock. I have that one and the mini-grip. 154CM steels, that's discontinued now.

I'll bet now you could buy that knife for $10 in Cambodia

There's some really decent clones these days. My Chinese $30 Ganzo knife is a pretty solid offering that rips off the AXIS lock you mentioned.

[–]hennaojichan 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I believe you since my buddy was very pleased to see it and hear the price. He bought two and would get high and fool around with them in the hotel room. He's a crazy-ass lawyer from Houston who was a lot of fun to travel with.