Rhone Tasting
As you all know we have started a new Rhone wine list. There will be a tasting on Wednesday, February 13th at noon. All wait staff are encouraged to attend and should be toting writing utensils as we will be making note of who is making notes. Also store and kitchen staff are welcome to join in. We will be swilling in the back room at Marlow and Sons. See you soon!
Knives Out
Here at the store we carry
Kikuichi and
Sabatier Four Star Elephant Nogent Knives.
The
Kikuichi family has been making blades for 700 years. Originally a samurai sword maker, they have been making high quality cutlery for over a century. These knives are made the old fashion way, by hand hammering and forging and never stamped steel. No two Kikuichi knives are the same and they also take and keep an edge far longer than most European knives. They are available in stainless steal and carbon laminate.
Sabatier, in their prime, had over seventy houses producing Nogent style carbon steel knives. Starting in the 1970s Sabatier houses started closing or being bought out by alrger producers who favored lesser quality materials and production methods. The knives we carry were all forged between thirty and sixty years ago and have been culled from the attics and basements of the original houses. They have been assembled with traditional ebony handles and fittings and are quality tools in addition to a piece of history.
