A personal steak knife
Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2019 2:34 pm
Have you ever been disatisfied by the steak knife issued in a restaurant? The standard serrated edge that is fine with a good fillet can come to grief when challenged by a tasty but gristly sirloin and I rather like a sirloin.
I think I found the answer when a French flea market produced a battered Laguiole. The olive wood handle was splintered and it looked as though it had been washed in a washing machine. The blade was blunt but bore the stamp 12C27 so that situation would be temporary.
The Laguiole is a beatiful knife and is sometimes sold as table cutlery but I always felt that the slender handle with its high surface polish meant that one could lack control.
I replaced the handle with plumper plates of sapele wood and stopped polishing before I achieved a mirror finish. As a vanity piece, I stained the mouche and backspring with cold gun blue.
For me, the knife as been a great success and after eating, I wipe it over, close it and slip it into my pocket again. 200 years ago a lot of travellors would have done that anyway.
What do you think?
I think I found the answer when a French flea market produced a battered Laguiole. The olive wood handle was splintered and it looked as though it had been washed in a washing machine. The blade was blunt but bore the stamp 12C27 so that situation would be temporary.
The Laguiole is a beatiful knife and is sometimes sold as table cutlery but I always felt that the slender handle with its high surface polish meant that one could lack control.
I replaced the handle with plumper plates of sapele wood and stopped polishing before I achieved a mirror finish. As a vanity piece, I stained the mouche and backspring with cold gun blue.
For me, the knife as been a great success and after eating, I wipe it over, close it and slip it into my pocket again. 200 years ago a lot of travellors would have done that anyway.
What do you think?