$8 Kitchen Knife Vs. $800 Kitchen Knife

oh hey I came ready I brought my own apron Bri a welcome to worth it lifestyle okay yep you're obviously a very talented cook thank you that's why you're here on what the lifestyle we're doing kitchen knives yes Wow Hey Hey nice necklace I am a very amateur home cook but I know that you not only are a great home cook you worked in professional kitchens and also I used to work for a knife company as a knife sales by saying I would like to take you to my old stomping ground all right let's stop once on the grounds then let's go welcome to the show Rea thank you your first time as the featured sole host usually you're our translator a cultural guide parfait ambassador bodyguard everybody needs a ring in their life oh that's the best thing do you ever said to me best thing today I'm worth it lifestyle we're gonna be trying three kitchen knives at three drastically different place points to find out which one is the most worth it at his price what we're on our way right now to a company called portal II bamboo and they are making lettuce knives so I've never heard a lettuce knife I've never seen a knife made oh he's bamboo does it work is it sharp Hot Shot knife hi my name is Tom Sullivan and I'm Joanne Sullivan and we're co-owners of totally bamboo and today we'd like to show you our lettuce knife what makes bamboos so great as the sustainable material bamboo grows to maturity in four years the pole itself will die at seven years so we're not taking anything away from nature also bamboo you don't have to water it or fertilize it it just grows and if you don't use it it will die we're using the same mountains that they use for centuries it's the same place that chopsticks and the Ming Dynasty were made out of it's really neat it's a very romantic way of thinking we kept experimenting with what can we do differently and laser was one of the early ones we'd landed on because that's just a way to make a cutting board a piece of artwork we saw so many lettuce knives on the market that we just figured we need a bamboo one there's too many plastic ones plastic of course is plastic it's it's not biodegradable it doesn't have the the looking feel of the natural material we developed ours with a nice ergonomic thick handle pretty excited how we we got the little grooves on the wood which is something unique because it's woodworking we had to develop a special jig that would make those grooves it's all handmade we're really not a giant production so this knife what do you think it's super light oh wow it's like a feather don't do that okay let's fly in the lettuce Andrew you ready to cut yeah can you first teach me how to cut lettuce I feel like there's no right way it's almost look like you break her at the scene aha Oh like a strong person just busted it open so have you ever had to tear lettuce by hand in a kitchen before yeah so usually when you're at the follow the station you hand at all with us like that kind of looks prettier I feel like this knife kind of gives the same effect it's good this is how my mouth looks after I eat like a baby this bamboo species that they're using is not the bamboo that feeds pandas in China they are no skating pond that's food yes don't steal paint as good this a knife it's great because it's slated when you're cutting something it's not about strength I just think I think it's like fruit ninja the cabbage up never do it no okay totally bamboo yeah it was such a nice couple starting business together yes their passion about bamboo it's extraordinary you ready for the next stop we a we're going to touch a knife at town get to knife back hotel mama to ski but jomama to ski in medieval times people would bring daggers to the table when they ate do you know why they are afraid of somebody try to attack them yes part of the reason yes and the other reason is to cut the food oh yeah can I just point out flower blooming Wow deform California today good thing we are now leaving beautiful California going to Koren knives in New York City I used to work there at the knife salesperson I sold very expensive knife as a gift for you what I'm not sure we can say that he is a very talented musician yes cellist [Music] my name is Vincent and I'm the sharpener here at Corrin Japanese trading I think you guys know each other yeah and what were you doing here I was a salesperson I visit restaurants and so table wares or night sometimes we tag along together and show how to shut the knife properly to cooks and chefs in the kitchen the owner here sorry : oh she started as a business way back in 1982 she was actually waitressing at first and she saw a demand for Japanese tableware in these restaurants cuz they were using really cheap almost imitation stuff the nice we carry are really geared for professional use so it's all handcrafted in Japan Japanese knives are more delicate because they're so sharp it's thin and light my mentor Chi harvester guy he started sharpening and the service for our customers so that they had a place to go and you know repair their knives the craftsmanship and the skill and experience that goes into each and every knife really produces a knife that's sharper and it's gonna hold its edge a lot longer when you have a dull knife and you're trying to cut something you're forcing the knife through you can easily slip and hurt yourself so having a struck knife it does less damage to the cell structure of the ingredient it just makes the food taste better when you're cutting onion if you're using sharp our knife it doesn't make it classically we have the option of what we call the initial sharpening a knife is ready to use out of the box but it's always good to touch it up just a little bit more to give it that extra little sharpness we can do that service for you as well so the knife we have here today is the Toki hogwash santoku it's something that's a little bit unique western edge or a double bevel knife which makes it very versatile but it has a traditional Japanese handle on it so it takes the best of both world and put it together it's just amazing that no matter you know how far we are from New York people still recognize us that's a nice sound cut this fits my hand very well I like to round our handle how are you how are you holding your knife so you kind of put your index finger and thumb in here so it's secure and very sturdy what do you want a cup for let's do the what's the easy thing the cut here Apple first it's a nice whoa it does feel really satisfying to have my force transmitted so easily through the Apple should I try to cut like this cut the core out I feel like the way you are holding knife scared of me somehow like this thing like something about I don't know what to tell you teach me how to cut this just show me okay well now I'm like getting nervous cuz I'll do it really slowly you still nervous a little bit there we go no why everybody's freaking out I remember the person I cut a tomato it's flattered so tomato um it's the inside it's soft so it's very difficult to cut if you have dull life so let's see how sharp it is enough it whoa Wow that's what you're talking about just like so I've seen on YouTube people are cutting tomato very thing and I want to challenge you we can peel the tomato skin that's nice wow oh wow oh wow okay Bri a can even see through it oh my god that was boring it's Corinne the knife was so sharp watch out I did feel like because it was sharper it was safer yeah and it made my mind sharper knife that hot gentlemen Matushka throw mama just be okay Rhea yes how many knife related injuries are treated in the US every day on average mm no if it more it's less than that it's 1190 have you ever had a knife for the injury before yes so I cut my finger weeds bread knife before no oh please ha it's I was bleeding everywhere alright 3a so finally for our last stop we're gonna stay in New York City to see some very unique nice try another knife fun nice bomb is a friend to buy and real nice knowing you I'm Chelsea Miller and I'm a knife maker and we are in my home in Clinton Hill Brooklyn and I have my little backyard knife studio which I'm going to show you how long have you been a knife maker for I've been a knife maker since the end of 2011 but I also grew up in very rural Vermont and my father was a blacksmith so it's always been in my blood from a very young age what inspired you and what inspires tiffin eyes that you make now so when I first started making knives I was very much in a place where I wanted to just bring everything back to me so the metal I ended up using for a nut my knife was recycled from a horseshoe rasp which we'd grown up with all our lives my dad had horses the high carbon steel which is great for knife making because it holds a great edge and it's easy to sharpen and then all the wood that I use for the handles comes from the trees on my parents farm and a lot of the wood that my dad had cut and has been drying for you know 30 years just sitting there once I have the material I have a plasma cutter where I can cut out the exact shape of whatever knife I'm making so after I've cut out the shape then I take it to my bench grinder and I just start grinding away the excess material then I use a series of belts in different grits so a really coarse grit to take off more material and then the grits get finer and finer on the belts to refine and polish the Blaz it's a look most importantly I want your fingers as far away from this wheel as possible this will be spinning and you're just going to press against it this is gonna go like this okay I'm gonna and keep your elbows close to your waist and if you feel comfortable you can just use that as a little pressure alright okay I feel alive often times people want a handmade knife because of that story and because they know exactly start to finish the process that went into the knife like I want to create something that has value in your own mind something that is not unattainable for everyone but it's something that is a commitment I want to cut with this oh oh and then also with this grater it's kind of like nice way - mm-hmm did you hold it not yet oh I can go into battle with this so it's a beautiful knife it looks amazing but how or does it cut wow it's very sharp do you know how to dye seungyun yes wait but do I do it the right way probably not it sounds amazing by the way why so far away thank you oh wow it feels like it was made with purpose mhm it's giving me purpose no yeah-oh shop knife don't make you cry I would love to try this thing something that is so cool to have this on a knife yeah have you seen this before no this knife is not gonna get there tsa so we'll leave it here in New York tell us whose knife yes what do you think it was beautiful I want to be that woman who used the knife in a beautiful kitchen cooking rustic so we've now covered three knives what's the most worth it to you and I know we're gonna pick what go ahead okay my wall cent winner is Corinne that knife reads very sharp you can use for everything and it's not too expensive you know I also feel like that knife is kind of you Japanese knife came to America multi-purpose what multiple purposes that's true so the bamboo knife very sustainable and also innovative mm-hmm and really cheap my worth it winner today orange yeah I think the thing about it is is it inspires me to cook you don't take corners okay so that's been worth it lifestyle Rea thank you for being a wonderful host thank you so much for having me and a cool ride or co-writer wait you know what I'm talking about like the motorcycle has a little car cool pile of copilot alright see you next week I'm worth it lifestyle Roo doing eggs headphones

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Views: 3,054,590

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Id: YWsB6GRec9E

Length: 14min 35sec (875 seconds)

Published: Sun May 05 2019

Reddit Comments

[u/nightingaleblade]

Do the world a favor and banish this back to r/ knifecringe where it belongs.

[u/RSRaven]

I’m sitting on a goldmine if her knives are worth $800

[u/Kenneth_The-Page]

Ah I remember her from while ago. She sells them for a ton of money. You should've seen her earlier models

[u/kknives_switzerland]

I wonder at what Rockwell hardness she runs them - lol.