Glom on to people who know butchery and knife care like white on rice.
Sharpening begins with learning the Work Sharp, for most people. And the next step for most people (in my experience) is learning the value of and proper use of a REAL leather strop. Beyond that you get into weird Zen practices with stones that have been blessed by putting them on the thighs of Thai virgins and all of the rest of that hoo-hah. And to be clear: I do like my hoo-hah. ;)
The corn for marbling is a temptation. It adds so much flavor. But if it comes with the need for an antibiotic shot, then no thank you. And I am herein not being a phaggot hypocrite: I eat it and I love it. I just try to "be best" (heh) and go for grass fed grass finished where I can.
Rural America needs to buck up. Rural America is the only America worth saving. They need to carry themselves with that level of pride. And I say that as a New York City Boy... who learned.
Congrats on being NYC and aware of all of this! As far as corn finished, it doesn’t come with any extra shots. When calves are born (mine anyway) they get a “7-way” vaccination to protect against lethal illnesses such as blackleg. (That’s a whole different conversation). I don’t do implants or hormones etc. And I sure enough love the end product!
I’m good at sharpening, my issue is the touch ups on the steel while working and using a strop. I lack there a little.
Yes the corn-finished can be done without shots, as you seem to know much better than I do. A sort of "last minute cheat" to enhance marbling and flavor. Some day would love to see a study on what that does to the Omega 3/6 balance. Nothing good, of course. But possibly "still acceptable".
And yes, the strop. It's all about the strop and its proper use.
And yes, I am a NYC Boy. But what happened after that was that we moved away from NYC and to America. So I learned.
You seem to know this better than I do, so if I am telling you something you already know, then "that's just that problem we have with the internet". Or one of them, anyways.
I carry a stone. I use it for touch ups. It works well.
Glom on to people who know butchery and knife care like white on rice.
Sharpening begins with learning the Work Sharp, for most people. And the next step for most people (in my experience) is learning the value of and proper use of a REAL leather strop. Beyond that you get into weird Zen practices with stones that have been blessed by putting them on the thighs of Thai virgins and all of the rest of that hoo-hah. And to be clear: I do like my hoo-hah. ;)
The corn for marbling is a temptation. It adds so much flavor. But if it comes with the need for an antibiotic shot, then no thank you. And I am herein not being a phaggot hypocrite: I eat it and I love it. I just try to "be best" (heh) and go for grass fed grass finished where I can.
Rural America needs to buck up. Rural America is the only America worth saving. They need to carry themselves with that level of pride. And I say that as a New York City Boy... who learned.
Congrats on being NYC and aware of all of this! As far as corn finished, it doesn’t come with any extra shots. When calves are born (mine anyway) they get a “7-way” vaccination to protect against lethal illnesses such as blackleg. (That’s a whole different conversation). I don’t do implants or hormones etc. And I sure enough love the end product!
I’m good at sharpening, my issue is the touch ups on the steel while working and using a strop. I lack there a little.
Yes the corn-finished can be done without shots, as you seem to know much better than I do. A sort of "last minute cheat" to enhance marbling and flavor. Some day would love to see a study on what that does to the Omega 3/6 balance. Nothing good, of course. But possibly "still acceptable".
And yes, the strop. It's all about the strop and its proper use.
And yes, I am a NYC Boy. But what happened after that was that we moved away from NYC and to America. So I learned.
You seem to know this better than I do, so if I am telling you something you already know, then "that's just that problem we have with the internet". Or one of them, anyways.
I carry a stone. I use it for touch ups. It works well.
https://www.amazon.com/Fallkniven-DC4/dp/B004731IBG/
I assure you... the Swedes know something about knives and steel. :)
I also carry the little Worksharp, if I am really using my knife.
https://www.amazon.com/Work-Sharp-Guided-Field-Sharpener/dp/B009YKHZ96/
Submitted respectfully, for your consideration.
Thanks for the suggestions. I will certainly check them out.