I guess pretty much any bread knife is a bifl one, but in the twenty odd years i’ve had this, i keep thinking to myself that this knife is awesome basically any time i use it. That’s why i want to recommend it. When I bought it it was quite cheap too, does not seem to be the case anymore. Is a Victorinox 5.2930.26

  • @[email protected]
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    56 hours ago

    I always asked myself how you’d sharpen these things, but I guess maybe you don’t need to.

    • @[email protected]
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      96 hours ago

      Scalloped edges are done with a file, twice for each scallop - leading and trailing edges separately.

      Fortunately, bread knives are typically only sharpened on one side, and don’t dull very quickly.

  • @[email protected]
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    35 hours ago

    Very nice looking knife.

    Mostly I use a regular kitchen knife (ie non serrated) for bread too, just have to keep it very sharp. It’s carbon steel so it’s easy to hone and strop.

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    56 hours ago

    For some reason, unclear even to myself, I have a serious dislike for Victorinox.

    There are a few of those in the kitchen (didn’t bought a single one) and I can’t feel comfortable using it; it’s as if it doesn’t quite fit into my hand properly.

    But if it that knife does the job for you, good!

    The bread on the background, is it homemade or store bought? Looks nice.

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      14 hours ago

      The ones with the Fibrox handles I find very uncomfortable, they do not fit my hand at all. Not so much of an issue with a bread knife, but I really don’t like sharpening their blend of steel.

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        13 hours ago

        I was once told their knives are not supposed to be sharpened. Or at least at a home setting. I was in a store, so I automatically take every word told to me with an extra grain of salt.

        Never done it, but sharpening a serrated blade is not an easy task. Most will just wear down such a blade until rendered unusable and discard it afterwards.

    • @AchtungDrempelsOP
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      I remember being a bit turned off when they recommended it to me in the shop, because of it being a Victorinox, but they told me it’s the standard bread knife for all the restaurants etc, so i thought why not, it was also only around 20€ or something. I bought it for my parents too, they somehow lost their old bread knife (how can you lose a bread knife?), they also like it a lot.

      The bread is from a bakery.

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    47 hours ago

    Thanks, I’ve been looking for a new bread knife!

    Now I just have to persuade me other half that €45 is a reasonable price lol

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      French person advice : idk how widespread they are internationally, but Nogent*** (also called “Nogent trois étoiles”) has a good one for half the price. My dad has been using one since before I was born, and the guy literally can’t live without bread.

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          Incroyable ! Je ne m’attendais certainement pas à ce qu’un anglais soit installé là-bas, parce que si je me souviens bien, économiquement c’est une des pires régions du pays. Mais la nature y est magnifique.

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      they have been making these knives for so long that you can probably find it second hand (pawn shop? thrift store?) for a couple of … your local money units