Tadafusa Knife Set

2020년, 남편의 생일선물

My husband's birthday gift this year.

Tadafusa Knife Set: Petty Knife, Santoku Knife, Bread Knife

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*Bias Alert*

It's not a gift for me; it's a gift for him.

Everything started from my little suggestion to buy a longer bread knife after cutting a baguette. "We need to buy a longer (and sharper) one. This knife keeps getting stuck in the bread."

His eyes start to shine with curiosity. Grabbing his smartphone, he says, "If you say so... Time for some shopping, yo!"

Oh, no. There he goes again. Let me spill some beans about my husband. He's definitely not an extravagant person, but he IS a living example of 소확행(소비는 확실한 행복, Happiness comes from consumption.) He never gets tired of looking for high-quality products (usually home stuff), comparing them and studying ways to buy those at a very reasonable price─by "reasonable" I mean less than half price. And he's good at it.

At first we thought of buying one of Henckel knives with five stars, since we already had some of them. But I noticed my husband was getting a bit tired of Henckel products. Being a big fan of wooden products with unique design, he wanted the handle of the knife to be wooden as well. After some blog surfing, I found the perfect model of what he's looking for.

"Here. A sharp bread knife with handle made of wood, and also handmade by a craftsman!" He fell in love with it at first sight and wanted to buy the whole set including petty knife, santoku knife(basic model) and bread knife.

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The price was the issue. Each of them was at least above a hundred bucks, which was quite astonishing to me─I never cared about these kitchen tools before I got married. I couldn't find any information about discounts, but I did find the lowest price in Kitchen Tool, an offline and online mall of kitchenware. I needed to instill the thought in my mind that these knives are not for me, they are for someone else. That way, I thought, I could accept the price even though it's way above my "knife budget."

Kitchen Tool (1F cafe, B1F shop)

We headed to a shop named Kitchen Tool (located in Daemyung-dong, Daegu), one of the few shops that handle Tadafusa products. Lots of shiny, glimmering utensils, most of which were made in Japan, I assume, caught our attention, but we tried hard not to be tempted. After a quick stroll around the shop, we spotted the three knives that were waiting to be tested.

My husband looked even more satisfied with them after grabbing them one by one and finding out that they're lighter than he expected. Every detail in the knife was quite satisfying to me, too. (Usually, I rarely get excited about cutlery.) I also found out later that Tadafusa bread knife is especially famous for not making any crumbs when cutting bread.

After my husband examining every single detail and making sure no stains or scratches were found in the three knives, I bought them and brought them home. "YAY!" he jumps with great excitement.

My husband showing off his petty knite XD

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(After the purchase)

"Hubby, what are you going to cook with these knives? I can't wait."

"Hmm, I was just thinking of cutting some bread. That's all."

"......"

"......"