I guess pretty much any bread knife is a bifl one, but in the twenty odd years i’ve had this, i keep thinking to myself that this knife is awesome basically any time i use it. That’s why i want to recommend it. When I bought it it was quite cheap too, does not seem to be the case anymore. Is a Victorinox 5.2930.26

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I found a nice bread knife in a “free box” on the side of the road about 15 years ago. I still use it all the time. Works great.

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This person eats toast with a murder weapon

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Don’t bring toast to a bread discussion smh my head

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That bread looks fucking delicious. What kind of bread is it?

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It is delicious, it’s a 100% wholegrain rye bread from a very good bakery.

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Damn, that’s 100% rye? It holds up really well, impressive gluten structure for a rye bread.

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I really really hate to admit it, but the Germans can bread.

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Von welcher, wenn man fragen darf? :D

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I always asked myself how you’d sharpen these things, but I guess maybe you don’t need to.

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Scalloped edges are done with a file, twice for each scallop - leading and trailing edges separately.

Fortunately, bread knives are typically only sharpened on one side, and don’t dull very quickly.

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Which is also why most slices end up as wedges if your aren’t paying attention.

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For some reason, unclear even to myself, I have a serious dislike for Victorinox.

There are a few of those in the kitchen (didn’t bought a single one) and I can’t feel comfortable using it; it’s as if it doesn’t quite fit into my hand properly.

But if it that knife does the job for you, good!

The bread on the background, is it homemade or store bought? Looks nice.

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I remember being a bit turned off when they recommended it to me in the shop, because of it being a Victorinox, but they told me it’s the standard bread knife for all the restaurants etc, so i thought why not, it was also only around 20€ or something. I bought it for my parents too, they somehow lost their old bread knife (how can you lose a bread knife?), they also like it a lot.

The bread is from a bakery.

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The ones with the Fibrox handles I find very uncomfortable, they do not fit my hand at all. Not so much of an issue with a bread knife, but I really don’t like sharpening their blend of steel.

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I was once told their knives are not supposed to be sharpened. Or at least at a home setting. I was in a store, so I automatically take every word told to me with an extra grain of salt.

Never done it, but sharpening a serrated blade is not an easy task. Most will just wear down such a blade until rendered unusable and discard it afterwards.

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I meant their regular knives, not serrated ones. I sharpen all my knives and straight razors as well. I find Victorinox difficult.

Serrated bread knives are usually only sharpened on one side, the other side is flat. You can do what is called ‘back sharpening’ where you lightly sharpen the flat side.

In any case when someone wants an inexpensive knife recommendation I say the Thai Zebra brand, much cheaper and better quality.

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I just saw this post over at Mastodon, and it seems to be a solid reminder why Victorinox deserves to be represented in this community:

A few weeks ago, I sent my 1985 Swiss Army Knife back to Victorinox for a broken blade replacement.

It came back today, fully repaired, cleaned, polished, lubricated and in a new box.

Total cost: £10 + return postage.

They sent the knife back with an invoice. I didn’t have to pay a penny before the job was done.

A product that’s been out of production for almost 40 years, repaired at very little cost by the original manufacturer.

I’m stunned. Happy, impressed, grateful and stunned.

— @woodpunk@mastodon.online

I’ve only had my Swiss army knife for around half a decade, but I can confirm that they are still amazing.

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