Joyce Chen My Handy Little Knife, 4-Inch
by Joyce Chen
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Product Summary
Manufacturer: Joyce ChenBrand: Joyce Chen
Model: 50-0045
Color: Red
Product features:
- Great for cooking, camping, picnics, fishing , and more
- Handy matching sheath makes for easy transport and safe storage
- Unbreakable;corrosion-resistant would make much sense
- Safe to use in dishwasher
- Contoured safety-grip handle
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Joyce Chen My Handy Little Knife, 4-Inch
Customer Review: Great idea, bad execution
Summary: 2 Stars
I ran into this knife when I was actually hoping to find one of those short Japanese sushi knives with the nice little wood sheath. A nice multi-purpose portable knife. I have a lot of small pocket knives, but but one of the most common uses I end up needing them for is food. SO here comes a great idea: a small kitchen knife with a sheath!
But there are some problems that could easily be fixed with little or no cost:
1. The handle guard hangs down below the blade, while a food knife is usually better if the blade hangs down so it can chop flat onto a plate or board.
2. The handle is shorter than the blade, but a short kitchen knife (ie, paring knife) usually gives you a useful handle length with a short blade. To make it worse, some handle length at the back end is wasted with that stylish drop-down bump, which is right where my pinky wants to sit.
3. The sheath has no drainage hole. It's basically impossible to give the sheath a good inside cleaning. Plastic sheaths for many hunting or utility knives often have a small hole at the end, so you can flush it out all the way just by holding it under the faucet. It's like trying to clean a cup by slowly filling it with water and pouring it out. Not very sanitary for somthing I want to use for food.
4. The plastic is cheap. Oils or alcohols are causing red stains when I wipe them on a paper towell. That means the plastic is not stable. Not only is the sheath difficult to clean, you have to be worried about what you clean it with.
5. The steel isn't that great either. It was sharp when new, but that didn't last very long and when it was time to sharpen it the thing just didn't want to get sharp. I have sharpened hundreds of knives and I have a dozen different stones, and this is one of those knives that just doesn't like to get very sharp. It's not an expensive knife, but I had a Victorinox parer I got for 5 bucks that was better.
For the price it's still handy to have, but it could be 10 times better and still be cheap.
Description of Joyce Chen My Handy Little Knife, 4-Inch
Joyce Chen opened her first restaurant in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1958. She found that the selection and quality of Chinese cookware in America didn't live up to her high standards¿ so she developed her own. Today, Joyce Chen Products sources from all over the Pacific Rim to bring the best of Asia to you. The "My Handy Little Knife" really lives up to its name. It comes with a matching sheath for easy transport and safe storage. It features a sharp, stainless steel blade. This knife is unbreakable, won't rust, and is dishwasher safe.Chef's Knives
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