The performance just isn't there, the blade height is too short to use useful and the steel is still too soft to perform up to standard. Such it's a deba, being that it has a thick spine to provide some weight behind it.
Fat santoku with minimal belly, or faux deba with no substance.
Sold the knife off to someone else to make god use of it, not me.
Original post:26DEC07, Updated:16OCT08
I like this brand of rubber waterstone holder stocked by Carba-tec mainly because it has good rust resistance since oiling the stone holder can lead to stone contamination.
Original post: 26DEC07, Updated: 16OCT08
Bought it for the shape of the blade and handle for a good price on eBay, but I don't like the roughness of the handle and the shiny smooth pinch grip area which gets slippery when coated with fat.
Good for functionality but the blade is surprisingly flexible for "stiff boning knife".
Replacement will be a Swibo with a straight handle.
Most of the knives are from the stamped Superior series made by F. Dick and specially marked for the Johnson & Wales University (J&W) and some other stuff that's I think is not really part of the original set, personally don't care about J&W but I do like the F. Dick because of the stamped blade without the bolster return and the riveted handles. The case is really quite gimmicky and horrible waste of space especially compared to for example a simple Victorinox case, I could use the case a really bulky knife block...
The kit includes:
Out of the whole set, I've used the serrated slicer and chef's knife the most, as well as other nice items like the boning knife and bird's beak.
Nice set, probably not worth the retail price especially
Not so good for value, $35 for this stone that's size is similar to the Masahiro stones. Very irritatingly narrow stone to use especially with the bonded plastic base. Glazes over easily but provides a bright near mirror polish with some scratches especially with stainless steel knives. Very soft and dishes easily.
I’m about to use it up all the way down to the plastic base soon, and since the base is getting in the way of easy sharpening knives, I’ve reserved it to sharpen with woodwork chisels and plane blade.
Being replaced with the Shapton Japanese GlassStone 4K, big difference jumping to that high density, ceramic sharpening stone.
Original post:26DEC07, Updated:16OCT08
Good size, decent cutting, ok finish, good price. The biggest positive point of this stone is the amount of feedback you get without the stone being too soft.
To be superseded from Japan Tool in the form of 1K Sigma Power stones to replace both the 800x and 1200x King stones.
Original post: 26DEC07, Updated: 16OCT08.
Another King stone from Carba-tec at the special price of $35, this is a medium size Deluxe stone in 800 grit.
Good value compared to the smaller King Home stones sold at certain kitchenware stores that sells for more or the same money.
Similar to the King 1200x but with a little more bite.
Being superseded with a Sigma Power 1K from Japan Tool.
Original post: 26DEC07, Updated:16OCT08
I hate bonded plastic bases for sharpening stones, they don’t easily fit most rubber stone holders and they flex under pressure.
I like this stone, very easy to use. It’s soft but it cuts even at its 6K level, and depending on how much you soak the stone you can achieve different cut-polish results.
On single bevel Japanese knives, it can achieve a foggy (kasumi) finish depending on the softness of the jigane.
This stone will be superseded by a medium finishing natural stone sourced from So at Japan Tool.
Original post:26OCT07, Updated:16OCT08
I think I got a little impulsive when I bought these diamond stones.
Sure they're neat long 300x and 800x equivalent diamond stones, but they're quite low quality compared to the DMT, Eze-lap brands. They are not accurately level, the yellow 300x is noticeably concave when used as a stone flattener; the hollow dimples in the diamond plate seemed like a good idea to speed up cutting and clear swarf but more or less just scratched knives or stones. I use the 800x orange stone since it's flatter than the yellow one and leaves less scratches as well.
This stones have been replaced with DMT D8XX and D8C for heavy stock removal and stone flattening (more of the latter). I killed the yellow bench stone flattening a Imanishi ‘Pink Brick’ 220x.
If you’re looking for good quality diamond stones in Australia, Everten Online stocks a lot of DMTs and Japan Tool carries the more expensive but very advanced design Atoma diamond plates.
Original post:26DEC07, Updated:16OCT08
Masahiro Arato 18cm L x 17mm T Coarse Grit 600 waterstone. My second sharpening stone, bought from JCK.
Same size as the 1500x Masahiro and this stone is very soft and creates alot of mud (swarf) when sharpening. Very soft and according to some more comfortable to use by beginners, creates a rather smooth finish for a 600 stone because it's so soft it creates a hack of mud.
I had issues with the rubber feet; not bad a stone but expensive for it size and sharpening qualities.
Used for less than 5 knives, sold to someone else in it’s fairly new state.
Original post: 26DEC07, Updated:16OCT08
A nice 10" Chef's knife from F Dick, part of the stamped Superior series. A nice large handle which I prefer to the Victorinox Fibrox and has a slightly lighter to my feel compared to the Victorinox.
A very nice knife to use.
Edit: In the process of being rehandled; African Blackwood with Mangowood spacers in the style reminiscent of the 1905 series done hidden tang.
Original post:26DEC07 , Updated:16OCT08
Part of the Johnson & Wales tool kit.
Another very nice steel from F Dick. Regular cut according to F Dick, but compared to the evil Mundial Regular cut steel, this feels like a fine cut.
Part of the Johnson & Wales toolkit.
Currently the most used item in the set, a 10" F Dick Superior Serrated Sicer. Fairly gentle serrations more of a meat carver than crusty bread knife, but it's gentleness helps on super soft white bread outer sandwiches.
Part of the Johnson & Wales tool kit.
An 8" F Dick Superior Slicer, quite a nice slicer with a usable amount of flex when pressed sideways.
Part of the F Dick-Johnson & Wales tool kit.
A very nice 9" F Dick palette knife, highly flexible and has a nice thin edge. Should be great for spreading ganache
Part of the Johnson & Wales tool kit.
A shorter 4" F Dick narrow boning knife with the ergogrip handle almost like short poultry boning knives, another nice boning knife from F Dick. It has a slightly more pronounced concave in the pinch grip area of the handle which I like.
Part pf the Johnson & Wales toolkit.
7" F Dick forged carving fork, have actually used it at all. Feels great in hand and is a pain to transport since the prongs keep piercing the knife roll.
A F Dick 2.5" Superior Bird's Beak Turning knife part of the Johnson & Wales case.
Part of the Johnson & Wales tool case.
A single sided Parisian scoop (melon baller), also not as useful or comfy as the rubber handled Messermeister one in the TAFE kit.
Part of the Johnson & Wales knife case
Not as nice as the Messermeister zester/channeller in my TAFE kit.
F Dick fixed peeler part of my Johnson & Wales knife case.
Nice handle, haven't tried it head to head the Victorinox.
Bunch of tools necessary for my Cert III in Hospitality (Commercial Cookery) chuck into a crappy tool box.
Standard box of tools at a discounted price of $199; retail prices for the Cook's Knife $60, Filleting Knife $40, Boning Knife $30, Steel $40, Tool Box $30, etc... so price is worth it and easier for me to not have to look for little bitty detail items like the correct cookie cutter set.
The TAFE toolkit contains:
Monopol U-Peeler
My favourite peeler; sharp, versatile, cheap, ergonomic and easy to use, blade engages food easily at many angles (unlike the Victorinox peeler)
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