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Exactly.  Well said TC.

Two of the kitchen knives were from the 3 knife Shun starter set I bought last year.  They have lifetime free sharpening and I already sent them back 6 months ago as a tiny tip on the mid sized one had broken off.  They sharpened all 3 and repaired the tip.  I’m not surprised that a tip broke as they use VG-Max steel and it seems very brittle as…[Read more]

This is why I switched to the magnetic knife strips.  But for those of you that still own knife blocks I just came across this cleaning article: https://www.onegoodthingbyjillee.com/how-to-clean-your-knife-block/

His review (as you mentioned) is using a $900 model instead of your Go model.  So I left this comment:

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<span class=”style-scope yt-formatted-string” dir=”auto”>I own a Wicked Edge Gen 3 Pro for its ease of use and it makes the hobby that much more enjoyable.…[Read more]

Great price for a total good to go system.   Won’t last long!

Update: I ordered and received the 7 inch $18 Mercer Fillet knife since I already have a thin and narrow 6 inch Wusthof for a boning situation.  The Mercer is as flexible as the Rapala I keep in my fishing box.

Thanks for all of your feedback.

In my search for Fillet knife reviews the portableLithium Ion battery powered units are popular. But I tend to think they leave excess meat on the bone or injure the tender fillets more.  They are definitely the way to go when doing quality.

Took some friends out for lunch at Sharky’s restaurant back in December in Venice Fl.  A Tiki style r…[Read more]

Thanks for that reply and comment on the square guard.  60 years old wow!  Interesting link too.

Marc, on your pictured boning/fillet knife on the right side of the pic . . . what is the meaning or design of the squared off part of the knife that drops down in front of the knife’s handle?  My friend asked me as most of his fillet knives have that area dropping down to a point.  I said I’d ask in the forum.

Thanks, Paul

Thanks for your comment Marc.  So far I’m leaning towards the Shun Classic Fillet with the non VG 10 steel with the AUS8A stainless steel blade.

I also already have a narrow 6.5 Wusthof that I could use for boning.  I’ve used a 7 inch flexible folding blade Rapala for my Trout catch for years, but I have that in my tackle box for cutting up ba…[Read more]

Hi Jake.  Welcome to the forum.  Your best bet is to go right to the horses mouth and ask Clay the owner of the Wicked Edge system.

If you click on the thread link below and scroll down to post #53419 (Numbered on right side ) you will see his pic.  Then click on his member name “Wicked Edge”  and another page opens and then click on “private mes…[Read more]

I pictured how to do before I watched the vid (until his last step).  That blow torch scared me.  I said “whats he gonna do with that”?  Then I saw he just uses it to heat the tang so it burns its way into its own hole. Vid looks good until he started whacking the bottom with a wooden block . . . Yikes!

Wow, that is an amazing handle.  Congrats.  Great choice.  I’m going to check Etsy out.  What methods did you use to tap off the OEM handle?

I too would agree with your assessment of the handle looking.  I thought it looked cheap and nothing like the picture I purchased it from. My Shun’s are 1/2 the price and their handles are first class  The company I originally ordered from (Honcho Knife) did not send me the handle I ordered as pictured.  The represented it as a Rosewood ha…[Read more]

Mounted the 2nd magnetic strip.  Still have two Shun’s coming back from their sharpening service, but had to start to filling in the added space with kitchen accessories.  Glad I was able to come up with this mounting space by screwing the strips into the window casement instead of over the greasy stove.  Clearly now I “NEED TO BUY MORE KNIVES” .…[Read more]

I thought I posted this already,  but this site is wonky.

The rack came an hour ago.  Only two screws to mount it.  I also bought this plastic knife holder for the drawer from Amazon for $9.99 to put my little used oddball knives in and free up some space on this 20 inch rack.  Strong magnetic hold that doesn’t seem like they will scratch up the…[Read more]

Wow, I just cleaned off my counter top to make room for Amazon delivering the magnetic strip today and removed the knife blocks.  We talked of the knife bock slits that can be unsanitary sticking the knives into . . . check out the top of one of the blocks.  Now I keep a pretty clean house but who ever looks under the knives in the block.  Its pr…[Read more]

Thats a good response Marc.  Now at the table has to be Michael C Hall from the series Dexter.  That looks like one of his room setups!