New knife and a brisket

[cathouse willy]

A new "old hickory" knife arrived in the mail today, with a 14 in blade it has a good heft and came sharp.I put it to work on a 12 lb brisket and cut off the smaller end for pastrami. The larger piece is frozen and I'll make another later on.

[Quarlow]

Nice looking Samurai sword. LOL Looks like it will get the job done.

[beefmann]

nice knife, looks like you  will have many years of good service

[MoHuka]

Now that's a knife.....as per Crocodile Dundee..

[TMB]

I love the knife, would love to have one for sure

[AllDayFoodie]

That...is...awesome!!

[tskeeter]

Geez, that thing looks more like a machete than a knife!  Holy cow!

My bet is that you are going to love your Old Hickory.  About 45 years ago, when I was working in restaurant kitchens, one place had an orphan Old Hickory paring knife laying around.  The knife didn't look very impressive, but boy could you sharpen that thing up razor sharp.  It would slash through a  36 inch piece of freezer paper like a hot knife through soft butter.  Today, I've got more flashy and more expensive big name knives, and I've got much better sharpening equipment.  But, nothing I've got will take an edge like that Old Hickory did.

When I'm having a Jimmy Carter moment, I still lust after that paring knife.  ;)

[Turok]

Good googlie mooglie! You don't mess around sir!