Wednesday, November 3, 2010

What's in your knife-bag?

Whether you've got a bag, a toolbox, a few knives wrapped in plastic, in towels or just a single Wusthof in a plastic sheath, every cook carries a few tools with him to work. Knife bags are often heavily guarded corners of personal real estate. You never go in another cook's knife bag without asking first, or face the wrath of a pirate who's booty has been filched. They're expensive, personal and closely guarded. As Anthony Bourdain put it: "I don't touch your Dick, you don't touch my knives!"
Some other replies I've heard when one cook caught another snooping in his knife bag:
"What the fuck are are you doing in my knifebag!?!?!"
"Um. Get the fuck out of there."
*Heavy sigh** "Do you NEED something?"

So I'm laying it on the line
for you folks. I'm opening my knife bag up to all the sarcasm and ridicule you can muster. Feel free. But please, I show you mine, you show me yours.


Item List:

*Wusthof classic 8" Chef's
*Wusthof classic pairing knife
*Wusthof steel
*10" Yanigaba Sashimi slicer - hand forged perfection
*Microplane fine grater
*Easy 'n' fast Chinese Cleaver
*Pure Komachi 2 Vegetable knife
*OTF Double Action "Utility Knife"
*Oyster knife
*Wusthof 7" offset, scalloped serrated knife
*Offset pastry spat
*Channel knife/citrus peeler
*Temp Probe (haha, 'probe')
*Pencil from womenenjoyingbeer.com (pencils ARE useful now and then, like for tracing cake pan liners)
*Pen
*Blue Sharpie (my clickie-sharpie just died)
*I Heart Bacon button

…and a side towel knife cover, a PBR box knife cover, and a classic knife shield…

Ok, so the obvious items missing are:

*Peeler - I left it at my last job and never got a new one
*Boning or fillet knife - you can buy me one from Wusthoff and e-mail me for the mailing address - thx!
*Salmon slicer - you just use it so little, I can't justify it to myself

I also wish I had:
*A can opener - the table ones suck to use on small cans and any hand-held one you find in a restaurant is likely 10 years old and dull as hell.
*A new santoku. Mine broke.
*A new 8" chef's. I wanna shun. Yah I know everybody's got one, but I don't.

2 comments:

  1. Thanks Pat,
    What did you like?
    The info, my badass knife bag or just my sweet little storytelling?

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