More Vintage Knives!

I went to an estate sale and bought more stuff!

Vintage Dexter Knife Steel, Stanley Hatchet, Forschner Boning Knife, Chinese Chef's Knife

Here is a picture of the four items.

The Dexter knife sharpening steel is at the bottom of the photograph. I usually pick up any knife steels when I find them, as long as they are large, from a quality manufacturer, and look nice. This Dexter steel does. I keep a couple of steels at my mobile knife sharpening booth to both sell and to demonstrate.

Although I am calling this a knife sharpening steel I don't think that is a proper way to refer to it. I used knife sharpening steel as that is what Dexter calls it on their website. A steel does not sharpen a knife — it restores the knife edge, keeps it straight. A straight edge cuts better than if the edge was folded over — but know that a straight edge can still be dull. I will gladly talk to anybody about how a knife steel works, and the best way to use a knife steel — just stop by my mobile knife sharpening booth.

The next up is a Forschner 6" boning knife. The design of a boning knife is a thin blade, which allows  one to twist and turn the knife as one trims meat off of a bone.

Forschner knives are the knife of choice of professional meat cutters. I will probably end up selling this knife to one of the butchers at one of the supermarkets where I sharpen knives.

Estate Sale Knives

Next up from the bottom is the hatchet. This is a Stanley hatchet. I will sharpen the hatchet and just let the guy hang around. We are entering camping season — somebody will want it.

At the top is a Chinese chef's knife. Most people think this is a cleaver, it ain't. A cleaver has a much thicker blade to stand up to heavy chopping — a Chinese chef's knife is the same as any chef's knife, it's just wider and has no point.

I got this guy because of the wooded sheath. The picture above shows it half in the sheath.

Chinese Chef's Knife with Wooden Sheath

Here is the Chinese chef's knife in it's holder.

Chinese Chef's Knife

Here is the knife being pulled out.

The rust that is visible tells us that the knife is carbon steel (as opposed to stainless steel). I like carbon steel knives — they require different handling and use, kind of a throwback to simpler times.

I'll clean up, sharpen up this knife and see it anyone wants to take it home.