Tomato Knives..

[NarnianGarden]

This may looks like an odd question, but I am asking anyway:

I have seen some of you 'showing off' your tomatoes along with a special serrated tomato knife Does it really cut better and more precisely than any other type of vegetable knife?
Thinking about getting one now, .. have seen those in kitchen appliances section at the supermarket. Is it a worthy investment?

[ginger2778]

Originally Posted by NarnianGarden

This may looks like an odd question, but I am asking anyway:

I have seen some of you 'showing off' your tomatoes along with a special serrated tomato knife Does it really cut better and more precisely than any other type of vegetable knife?
Thinking about getting one now, .. have seen those in kitchen appliances section at the supermarket. Is it a worthy investment?

Oh heck yes! I love mine so much.

[oakley]

I have a favorite that is no longer made....
The runner-up is an 8" offset bread knife from the WebstaurantStore.
I think i bought 6. One in our travel bag, one in the barn, one in the gardens shed...
they are everywhere. (the garden is about a football field from the barn)
Cuts like buttah

[jhp]

I have one that looks like this, the silver handled one...

http://www.radacutlery.com/blog/rada...slicing-knife/

My mother-in-law bought my first one for me many years ago. When I received it I had no idea how great a knife it would be. Super sharp, goes thru tomatoes like butter. I cut up hundreds of pounds of tomatoes each year and it keeps going. She purchased it at a local fair. I've purchased more at the fair since for about $5-$6. They can be purchased on eBay. Great knives. I wouldn't put it in the investment category of purchase. Totally worth it. For reference I have knives in the $100 range and I still use this one for tomatoes.

Jen

[ginger2778]

Originally Posted by jhp

I have one that looks like this, the silver handled one...

http://www.radacutlery.com/blog/rada...slicing-knife/

My mother-in-law bought my first one for me many years ago. When I received it I had no idea how great a knife it would be. Super sharp, goes thru tomatoes like butter. I cut up hundreds of pounds of tomatoes each year and it keeps going. She purchased it at a local fair. I've purchased more at the fair since for about $5-$6. They can be purchased on eBay. Great knives. I wouldn't put it in the investment category of purchase. Totally worth it. For reference I have knives in the $100 range and I still use this one for tomatoes.

Jen

That is exactly the one I have. I got it as a present from a nice couple of snowbirds that I always send back to Virginia with fresh tomatoes and also seeds. I wonder how I ever lived without it before.
Heres the same knife on ebay for $3.99 with free shipping
http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/3114419...&ul_noapp=true

[kayrobbins]

Originally Posted by jhp

I have one that looks like this, the silver handled one...

http://www.radacutlery.com/blog/rada...slicing-knife/

My mother-in-law bought my first one for me many years ago. When I received it I had no idea how great a knife it would be. Super sharp, goes thru tomatoes like butter. I cut up hundreds of pounds of tomatoes each year and it keeps going. She purchased it at a local fair. I've purchased more at the fair since for about $5-$6. They can be purchased on eBay. Great knives. I wouldn't put it in the investment category of purchase. Totally worth it. For reference I have knives in the $100 range and I still use this one for tomatoes.

Jen

My friends kept telling me how wonderful this tomato knife was. My initial reaction was how good could a $5 knife be. I love this thing and would never slice a tomato with out it. I was glad to see Marsha's post on the ebay deal because I want to have a back up in case something ever happens to mine.

[ginger2778]

Originally Posted by kayrobbins

My friends kept telling me how wonderful this tomato knife was. My initial reaction was how good could a $5 knife be. I love this thing and would never slice a tomato with out it. I was glad to see Marsha's post on the ebay deal because I want to have a back up in case something ever happens to mine.

Wow! Just like that it changed to $3.97 with $2 shipping. I bet a few people took adantage of it, and that's why it went up. But Geeze...

[Adriana]

Originally Posted by kayrobbins

My friends kept telling me how wonderful this tomato knife was. My initial reaction was how good could a $5 knife be. I love this thing and would never slice a tomato with out it. I was glad to see Marsha's post on the ebay deal because I want to have a back up in case something ever happens to mine.

I used to have a cheap plastic one of these and loved it!

[clkeiper]

I have one from "Warthers" Knives ( a small museum here in Ohio...if you ever get here they are in Dover. It is the most unique family run museum I know of. Mooney Warther had a 4th grade education yet carved trains to scale starting on discarded animal bones. they they started making knives to support the museum...kitchen knives and carving instruments ) ... my absolute favorite knife for tomatoes. It has a very fine serrated edge.

[ginger2778]

Originally Posted by clkeiper

I have one from "Warthers" Knives ( a small museum here in Ohio...if you ever get here they are in Dover. It is the most unique family run museum I know of. Mooney Warther had a 4th grade education yet carved trains to scale starting on discarded animal bones. they they started making knives to support the museum...kitchen knives and carving instruments ) ... my absolute favorite knife for tomatoes. It has a very fine serrated edge.

Carolyn, can you take a photo, I would love to see it.

[cjp1953]

Originally Posted by clkeiper

I have one from "Warthers" Knives ( a small museum here in Ohio...if you ever get here they are in Dover. It is the most unique family run museum I know of. Mooney Warther had a 4th grade education yet carved trains to scale starting on discarded animal bones. they they started making knives to support the museum...kitchen knives and carving instruments ) ... my absolute favorite knife for tomatoes. It has a very fine serrated edge.

I agree they make great knives and the museum is like no other.His grandson has his maybe 10 miles down the road on RT39 going towards Berlin.He carves ships from ivory that his grandfather collected.I was just by there Thursday when my wife and spent the day down in Amish country.

[bower]

Ah, you guys... I could listen forever to the metalwork talk and be enthralled. I would love to make knives or swords or just watch somebody do it. But in real life my besties for tomatoes are the 4 for a dollar finely serrated steak knives. I have another favourite knife also finely serrated but long and strong enough for filleting fish. The wider serrated knives are no good they nick me. My lack of chopping skills is legendary... dinner will be late. I have no future in the commercial harvest of lettuce. When the knife is sharp, I have to go slower. I had a favourite paring knife for years, but I managed to snap the blade trying to pry frozen giblets out of a duck. I kept the stub, and I use it just for chopping almonds, because it's the only knife that doesn't make em fly off onto the floor. Maybe it was a lefty knife all along.
If tomatoes could be cut with a hammer, it'd be a different story.

[clkeiper]

yep, here you go and a video to go along with it of warthers. I didn't watch as I have been there several times. the place is amazing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYYFNff5e20
these are made for either a right handed person OR a lefty, you just have to specify. It sucks being a lefty in a righty world using tools with edges.
100_2078.JPG

[ginger2778]

Thanks Carolyn. That precision knife is handmade? Looks wonderful.

[clkeiper]

yes it is. Not the cheap of knives. they are for a kitchen for a lifetime, but they aren't priced out of this world either. I have seen really expensive knives that are worthless.
I have a small collection of them and for Mothers day this year my kids went there and got me a knife block for the drawer to keep them in. It is a nice set of knives.