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Went to a cooking class yesterday to sharpen my knife skills. I was surprised to
learn there wasn't much for me to learn anymore. My mom would take great pride
in knowing that over the years I took advantage of her professional training by
managing to pick up the proper way to do just about everything with a knife from
her. I think one of my insecurities about my knife skills is an odd backward
paranoia... I never cut myself (well, except for the future amputation I just
inspired by saying that), but most experienced chefs are known to do so on
occasion, so I sometimes feel this means I'm being too deliberate. It's not like
I want to slice my fingers, so I think I just need to work on getting this crazy
thought out of my head.
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ColBlister wrote on Dec 16, 2014, 01:30:
What's your opinion on using finger guards while cutting. Like these.
Huh, look at that. Never saw one of those before, but it makes sense if you're nervous about knives, though as I say, I don't have a problem with cuts myself. Your holding hand should be relatively safe without one if you hold it in a proper claw style, and I'd almost worry that there's a possible increased danger from someone handling a knife carelessly because the finger guard makes them overconfident. Also, I would much rather have a Damascus steel chef's knife sliding up and down against my knuckles than a metal guard, and even for the cheapest knife I'd be concerned it would leave scratches.
But in the end, you should go with what works for you... especially considering it's all of $2.50.
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It's also dependent on the speed at which you're working and what you're working on. Doing prep in a busy high-end kitchen is considerably different from what you're doing at home. So long as you have good, sharp blades - and are using the right knife for the right job - then you should be pretty accident free.
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