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Sep 22 2019 01:39pm
looking to get a decent meat cleaver my budget is 200$. Not sure what company to buy from anyone got any suggestions?
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Sep 23 2019 02:37pm
I like the Damascus style cleavers.

Anything japanese steel would last longer in my opinion
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Sep 23 2019 04:22pm
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I like the Damascus style cleavers.

Anything japanese steel would last longer in my opinion


ok and whats best method to sharpen a basic steel?
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Sep 23 2019 06:08pm
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Sep 23 2019 08:34pm
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ok and whats best method to sharpen a basic steel?



The only methods I really know are spending about an hour using a variety of honing stones.
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Sep 24 2019 04:47pm
Anything you order from Japan will almost always be good. Shun is a good brand to start with :)
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Sep 24 2019 04:56pm
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The only methods I really know are spending about an hour using a variety of honing stones.
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Quote (Culinary @ Sep 24 2019 06:47pm)
Anything you order from Japan will almost always be good. Shun is a good brand to start with :)


ok thanks :) ill probably be ordering off amazon so anything thats Japanese steel is a good buy.
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Sep 24 2019 04:58pm
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ok thanks :) ill probably be ordering off amazon so anything thats Japanese steel is a good buy.


Yes japanese is the best. German made would be my second choice
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Sep 24 2019 04:58pm
Quote (kalelvszod @ Sep 24 2019 05:56pm)
ok thanks :) ill probably be ordering off amazon so anything thats Japanese steel is a good buy.



Correct!
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Sep 24 2019 05:02pm
Quote (Culinary @ Sep 24 2019 06:58pm)
Yes japanese is the best. German made would be my second choice


thanks was thinking same thing one of my chefs knifes is german steel almost perfectly well balanced and sharpens quite nicely



Quote (hunter_1 @ Sep 24 2019 06:58pm)
Correct!


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