Wanna Own Bourdain's Knife? Get Out Your Checkbook...

[chromedome]

https://www.esquire.com/food-drink/a29622461/anthony-bourdain-auction-bob-kramer-knife/

Edited November 1, 2019 by chromedome (log)

[kayb]

Good read. There is a magic about good knives. I bought my Misonos when I was in Tokyo. A young American who lived in Tokyo was escorting us about, and I told him I wanted to go knife shopping. He didn't have time to take me to "kitchen street," but he wrote the name of the street on a card for me to give to a cab driver. I could have spent hours there -- every kind of kitchen implement imaginable, not to mention the ubiquitous molded plastic food for displays in restaurants.

 

I had it in mind to buy Shuns, but when I picked up the Misono, it just melded into my hand. I bought a 10-inch and 8-inch chef and a 6-inch utility knife. They go with me when I go anywhere else to cook. They faithfully go to the knife sharpener once a year, and in between, get touched up on my EdgePro. 

 

They are the one piece of kitchen equipment I would not do without.