What kind of knife is this? Those are apples by the way.
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  • 179 points Judgement915

    Offset chefs knife with aerations

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    50 points ehalepagneaux

    Also called a granton edge or occasionally referred to incorrectly as hollow ground.

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    3 points Scary_Olive9542

    Not the same 🤔

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  • 122 points Chefmeatball

    Ew, I hate everything about it for some reason

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    11 points NoAttorney9330

    I hate the station. Shit messy lol. Unclean spatula. Apple cuts of ALL shapes/sizes. The glass with random black shit on it. Knife is the least of my worries.

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    3 points GroundControl2MjrTim

    The random black shit on the glass...

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  • 76 points delasouljaboy

    gleistain or however you spell it offset. heavy. expensive and kinda hard to sharpen. 

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  • 27 points SauceOnMyStarter

    The only use for this I could imagine is cutting potatoes that have been in water which makes them way more prone to sticking to the knife.

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  • 79 points medium-rare-steaks

    Not one that good chefs use

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    138 points narak777

    Lol the funny thing about that, this is a screenshot from a cooking competition show and the chef in this photo using this knife was eliminated immediately for this dish 😂

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    21 points lemonarmpittea

    My husband and I are watching this show too! We love it

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    28 points narak777

    Lol yep it's entertaining. I know some people think Chef Anh Sung Jae is being too "harsh" but I actually think he's a fantastic judge. Very knowledgeable and fair.

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    6 points walkinmywoods

    Is it culinary class wars?

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    4 points narak777

    Yep, 1st episode of Season 2

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    5 points lemonarmpittea

    Agreed, his pallet is insanely inquisitive.

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    3 points palf_070

    I knew the chef was in trouble when chef Anh Sung Jae wanted to taste the apple by itself.

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    1 points chumpandchive

    my favorite cooking show by far

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    20 points so-much-wow

    It's the kind of knife a pastry chef would have honestly ( i mean no disrespect to pastry, just a reflection of the weird knives I've seen them use). Like one of those gimmicky energy balancing bracelets. Looks unique, but has no function.

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    15 points PurpleHerder

    My favorite pastry chef would use an 8 inch serrated or a pairing knife, and that was it.

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    -2 points Hyruliansweetheart

    What 😭

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    5 points laidback_chef

    There's not a single thing you can't do in a kitchen with a pastry knife.

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    -2 points [deleted]

    [deleted]

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    7 points laidback_chef

    Skill issue.

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    1 points oshitimonfire

    To be honest I don't think those even exist anymore

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    4 points Halfaflamingo

    I spent many years in a butcher shop but the one summer I spent in a bakery I saw the most bizarre and dangerous knife choices. The only serious cut I’ve ever received was from one of those long serrated bread knives with a rounded tip (scalloped bakers knife). I was using it to cut a pie and the knife went straight through the pie tin and the tip of my finger underneath it with the lightest pressure. Someone had sharpened the entire rounded part of the blade and the entirety of the back of the knife to a razors edge. No one had any idea who thought that was a necessary modification or what purpose they used it for and it was unceremoniously thrown away along with a lovely blueberry pie that had been covered in my blood.

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    3 points budnakedbiologist

    bakeries and pastry chefs are lawless. before working in a bakery i always thought they seemed so put together and such cute little places to work compared to what i was used to in fine dining and brunch but holy shit, lmfao. and that’s saying something because working brunch turned me into a monster but working in a bakery provided me with a significant amount of culture shock.

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    2 points narak777

    I worked in a bakery once and I had the opposite problem - they never sharpened the knives. They were all dull. Pretty sure nobody there knows how to even sharpen a knife.

    They also had a station for making sandwiches and they never cleaned the cutting board on it. It was covered in black with mold.

    I was new to baking at the time but I came with a lot of experience in sushi. And the bakers heard this and acted like they were culinary experts around me and condescending to me. It was amusing.

    Also I think bakers for the most part wouldn't survive in other types of kitchen environments. They seemed really clueless in anything other than bread/pastry.

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    1 points Dangerous-Disk5155

    i had the same experience and observation.

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    1 points narak777

    lol i'm not surprised. Seems bakers are pretty much same everywhere.

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    2 points Koelenaam

    It looks like a santoku with the top half removed tbh. It's just thicker and heavier, so a shitty western made one.

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    2 points vegasidol

    What show?

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    4 points JonInfect

    Culinary Class Wars. Season 2 started on Netflix.

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    -3 points bumkneefixed

    I was forced by a restaurant I worked for to enter a cooking competition. I won all 3 categories without any plan or recipes. People who willingly enter cooking competitions do it to prove something. To prove they can not cook.

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    4 points JimmyMcNulty410

    i’ve got 2 glestains (honesuki & santuko) and they are excellent knives

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  • 18 points oneworldornoworld

    It's a Glestain Utility Knife.

    Glestain is a Japanese manufacturer. The dimples are to reduce friction. I would love to have this one. It's in my opinion a pretty neat design for a Petty knife.

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    8 points bumkneefixed

    You can get a much better and more useful knife that isn't the ugliest thing second only to a cyber truck, for the money.

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    9 points oneworldornoworld

    Oh, I still would love to try that one out. For real, I don't like my Tojiro Petty knife. It's ergonomics. The handle is too small/thin for my hand. Look at the knuckle clearance of the Glestain. Naturally, on a Petty you don't get much knuckle clearance, as it's short. So, you will hold it in an angle and not be able to use the full length of the blade to the board. But not here, as it's offset.

    You may not see it as pretty. I see the functionality of the design. That's why I would like to have it.

    "Better" is subjective. That's why there's a wide variety of knives. "Ugly" is subjective. That's why there is a wide variety of knives.

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    3 points Rialas_HalfToast

    Yeah what it looks like is 100% irrelevant unless you're here for glamour

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    4 points ericfg

    I have one similar. Has serrations and not aerations, and is a bit wider at the point. It's a great sandwich knife on the line. The wider tip area makes it ideal for sliding under the sando, yes I said sando, to lift and plate. I found it searching for "panini knife".

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    1 points jarfiller

    Y did u say Sando ? X

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    3 points ericfg

    I'm a rebel. Dontcha just know it.

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  • 12 points burntendsdeeznutz

    Garbage. Its a knife meant to be sold and not used.

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    2 points Fabulous_Witness_935

    Never heard that phrase before, stealing it.

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    1 points burntendsdeeznutz

    Its yours now brother.

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  • 5 points Donnyboscoe1

    I can't imagine you could get a good fast cut going with that. How would the side of the blade glide against your fingers?

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  • 2 points Half_cooked

    https://knifemerchant.com/glestain-8-25-in-210mm-offset-utility-knife.html?tm=tt&ap=gads&aaid=ada5w5bcRr0mO&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=17339148385&gclid=CjwKCAiA9aPKBhBhEiwAyz82J2P7Tcg3fjVZlKWfUzW9Sp-fqWpc_fTDf0W-DDGCdwfl4y6p_mNkIxoCEhcQAvD_BwE

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  • 2 points Partyslayer

    I just watched this show last night! The molecular gastronomy apple. "The raw apple was better."

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    2 points narak777

    😂 lol yep that was funny

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    1 points cubic_zirconia

    What show is it?

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    1 points Partyslayer

    Culinary Class Wars on Netflix. Season 2.

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  • 3 points knoft

    These are usually for people with arthritis etc, although the better ones have a vertical handle (like this https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qvRRGoNczHw )

    Dexter-Russell DuoGlide 7 1/2 in. Offset Bread Knife is approved by the Arthritis Foundation for it's versatile soft grip handle.

    Designed to make it easier for those with arthritis to cut, chop, or slice, with greater comfort and less fatigue.

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  • 1 points gloop0234

    It’s basically a veg knife without the extra metal

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  • 1 points Paradoubec

    Looks like a fancy cheese knife

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  • 1 points saygoosewithoutgoose

    I thought this was a screenshot from r/ShittyDaystrom for a moment

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  • 1 points Certain_Ad7718

    European style Japanese made knife. Flexible, easy to sharpen, extremely thin behind the edge. I have one , great for cooking in general, easy to take care and because it is super thin behind the edge it’s basically a laser that is flexible.

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  • 1 points danthekid912

    The brand is called glestain

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  • 1 points Ulloriaq86

    It's an offset glestain or something similar with heavy scallops/granton edge. Usually the offset knives are for people with some kind of injury to the wrist. Could be arthritis or something similar.

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  • 1 points M0rt1m

    It is a Santoku multipla

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  • 1 points Phoniphorger

    Out of the 60-70 knifes i‘ve owned, Glestains are the easiest to work with. 59 HRC and easy to sharpen. Good value for money.

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  • 1 points Ill-Web-9379

    This knife is awesome, really versatile. you can use it like a petty, or a santoku, it has a slight rock to it. Jack of all trades but master of none. Really great line knife and really strong. Its not hard to sharpen but is hard steel. Its ugly though.

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  • 1 points Zantheus

    I'd bet it cuts like how it looks... ugly...

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  • -3 points Pucketz

    There are lots of ridiculous knifes nowadays this is just a santoku that has been made stupid to sell cus it looks different

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  • 0 points bumkneefixed

    Why? So you never accidentally buy one?

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  • -2 points soukaixiii

    That's a ground to death santoku knife

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  • -2 points Backeastvan

    that's a toy

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  • -24 points [deleted]

    [deleted]

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    7 points narak777

    They're apples lol. He just took off the skin. It's a screenshot from a cooking show I'm watching.

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    1 points TheUrbanRenaissance

    Oh my apologies I read it wrong. I should use my glasses more often.

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    9 points Famous-Restaurant875

    It's literally apples... Why would you argue with no knowledge? 

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    8 points Lenora_O

    Welcome to the post-chives sub.

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    1 points zazachard

    Nowhere near santoku where tf pulled that? Santoku have sheep footish tip and pretty wide blade. There is absolutely zero santoku aspect on this guesting knive??!?

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    1 points teddyhearted

    Jesus Christ god forbid a guy be a little blind

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