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Old 07-16-2012, 09:23 AM   #1
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I am looking to buy a good knife to be used to cut raw meat (i.e. I want to buy a big piece of meat from Costco and cut it into steaks) and possibly to play a really competitive round of "knifey spoon".

I was looking on Google and could not quickly locate a knife shop that is either close to work (right across the street from chinook) or possiblely somewhere in the deep SE (I live in New Brighton). Google was showing a knife store in Chinook, but it is not in the mall directory (wife wants a good knife from a specialty store - I want to buy one at the Bay)

Anyone have a recommendation? Clever and witty comments are most welcome.
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Old 07-16-2012, 09:28 AM   #2
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There is/was a knife store in the north end of the mall. Used to be around where that Starbucks booth is on the main floor. (or was it the second? In that area, anyway).

There is also a knife store right beside Chinook and Hobby West on MacLeod and 50th.
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Old 07-16-2012, 09:30 AM   #3
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Chinook area is definitely Calgary's knife district.
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Old 07-16-2012, 09:33 AM   #4
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There is 'the cutting edge' in northill mall. (Yeah, NW!). I have one of these but it's more for chopping:

http://www.j-a-henckels.com/en-US/Pr...dge--7982.html

However a Swibo butcher knife would do you pretty well I think! They last forever and aren't too expensive.
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Old 07-16-2012, 09:33 AM   #5
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Inglewood isn't too far from Chinook and is technically the SE. And it is the home of Knifewear - which has the sexiest knives in Calgary (http://knifewear.com/). Prices range from affordable to used car. All Japanese, all deadly. It's a rather addictive place.
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Old 07-16-2012, 09:38 AM   #6
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Ok, it's nowhere near the areas you mentioned, and it's not a witty answer at all. But were I in the market for a specific, high quality knife, my first stop would be be Knifewear in Inglewood.

They seem to have a real passion for the finer points of cutlery and seem less interested in selling lifestyle type sets ("Oh look dear! The handles match our pot holders!") than selling the sharpest, high quality pieces of forged metal known to man.

If you're wife wants a top quality knife you can at least spare yourself the time at the mall and maybe learn a thing or two.

Full disclosure, I've never shopped at knifewear, but like I said, if I were looking for a top quality blade, I'd go there first.
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I am looking to buy a good knife to be used to cut raw meat (i.e. I want to buy a big piece of meat from Costco and cut it into steaks) and possibly to play a really competitive round of "knifey spoon".

I was looking on Google and could not quickly locate a knife shop that is either close to work (right across the street from chinook) or possiblely somewhere in the deep SE (I live in New Brighton). Google was showing a knife store in Chinook, but it is not in the mall directory (wife wants a good knife from a specialty store - I want to buy one at the Bay)

Anyone have a recommendation? Clever and witty comments are most welcome.
Wise decision, If you are buying the strip loin from costco look at aging it a little before you cut it to get some amazing steaks.
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Old 07-16-2012, 09:40 AM   #8
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Knifeware is amazing. I had a chef friend fly over from Vancouver just to buy a knife there and I tagged along. I suddenly got very scared for my own fingers after seeing what they could do to an overripe tomato.
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Stabmonton is the knife capital of Alberta.
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Old 07-16-2012, 10:13 AM   #10
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Wise decision, If you are buying the strip loin from costco look at aging it a little before you cut it to get some amazing steaks.

so if ran to costco at lunch time, and then left the meat in the back of my truck until i got home in the evening, is that enough aging?

tell me about aging the meat. do i just leave it in the package i buy it in?
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I'm on my phone so don't have a link handy, but I'll recommend the Porsche Design knives. Available at Lee Valley tools, in the south near Deerfoot meadows. I've owned them for two years now. Absolutely love them.

Also, make sure you don't just cut it right after buying it. If its partially frozen it's way easier to cut.

http://www.leevalley.com/garden/page...tYvzmK-N6Bscgg

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so if ran to costco at lunch time, and then left the meat in the back of my truck until i got home in the evening, is that enough aging?

tell me about aging the meat. do i just leave it in the package i buy it in?
You'll know it's done when the meat is grey and smells.
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Old 07-16-2012, 12:20 PM   #13
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good grief, those are more expensive than i thought. i think i need to get on a canadian game show and win a set.
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I also recommend knifeware. by far my best knives.
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I have two knives from knife wear. Highly recommend the place. They aren't cheap, but they will make you better in the kitchen.
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