What's in my Magnetic Knife Block?

 

My Wall Mounted Magnetic Knife Block from Harbour Freight

So what's in my magnetic knife block. The knives you see in my knife block are my go-to knife in my day-to-day work in my restaurant. I remove all the other knives that we don't use. We still have a other knives that are not in my knife block, like pairing knives with a couple of 8-inch chef knives and a santoku knife that other workers use.

From left to right :

1. Tramontina Bolo Machete: This 14" Bolo style Tramontina machete with 1070 carbon steel and a hardwood handle is made in Brazil. It is a really simple machete and to be honest, it looked rough and unfinished when I saw it the first time. I use sandpaper to smoothen the wood handle and everything looks great, it is sharp and really fun to use to chop some leg quarters and pork meat. I don't use it every day because it's to big and too long to use as a chef's knife.
2. 8-inch Vintage EKCO Eterna CHef's Knife with wooden handle, Made in Japan: I don't have a lot of info about this knife, except that is made from High Carbon Steel, keeps its edge nice and it's nice to use, and is well balanced. 
3. 5-inch Vintage Chef's Knife with wooden handle, Made in Taiwan : I also don't have a lot of information about this knife, but like my 8-inch it is made of High Carbon Steel, also keep the edge and easy to sharpen, a really nice backup to the Chef's Knife.
4. Guanfeng Chinese Cleaver : You can read my post here regarding this Cleaver.
5. Zwelling J.A. Henckels Honing Rod
6. Kiwi Brand Cleaver from Thailand,
7. Another Heavy Duty Meat/Bone Cleaver from our Local Asian Store.
8. Dexter-Russell 9" Heavy Duty Cleaver 

Ka Tato's Corner March 17, 2024

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