Turkey crown

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Oh one more downside - because the bevel of the butcher style knives curving all the way back to the spine, it'll be tricky to sharpen the full length of the blade without moving the position in the clamp if the blade is bigger than 7 or 8 inches. It might mean that you've gotta sharpen the end of the blade separately if you're talking really big knives. However they'll be so sharp that you won't need as much length for slicing ;)

By sharp I'm talking shaving arm hair almost as easily as a straight razor, obviously not quite as smooth though unless you're going to 8000 grit or higher! But stropping the blade on balsa wood covered in chromium oxide powder after going to 1000 grit will take it from sharp to ultra sharp. Paper thin slices of tomato won't be a problem
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There's a few knife sharpening services about. I think last time we all had the knife discussion one in Stevenage was brought up.

That way you get to buy Sheffield steel but not have the hassle.
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Yeti Dave,
You Sir, are an master of your art, for those of us with blunter knives, and that is most of us if not all.....I salute you.

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Kind words mate, but if I were a master I wouldn't be using a sharpening system :lol: There's not much to it really.. All you're doing is making the edge of a bit of a metal as pointy as possible
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CostCo have turkey crowns in at 7.95 per Kg.
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Youch! And I thought £6.50/kg for brisket was steep
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Looks like we'll be smoking one for thanksgiving on Thursday for our American guest, now to just convince the girlfriend to run the smoker whilst I'm at work.
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derekmiller wrote:CostCo have turkey crowns in at 7.95 per Kg.


:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

WOW

If that's right the crown I got from bookers was 5.5kgs and cost £23ish, but in CostCo it would have been £43
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Yeah, I didn't look at the price when I picked it up. 3.5kg for 28ish.
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Is it bronze for that price?
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