Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Big knife smackdown

For years I've looked in junk shops and antique shops and flea markets for old kitchen knives that struck my fancy, pretty much without finding anything I liked. But now in the last six months or so I've bought three knives, and I think I'm done. (Except maybe in the small knife, paring knife end of things.) Any way, this past weekend at the Brooklyn Flea I purchased big Bertha up above - 8 inches of very heavy blade. Note the flattened area above the eyelet - clearly had been hammer-whacked regularly. Bone bustin'. Can't quite make out the maker's name, but...

1 comment:

juju pongo said...

bone crushing blood splatter at its best, the tool cleaver wielding maniacs everywhere dream of...