Knives

It's no secret that working with a dull knife can be difficult. It requires more physical effort, costs you time and delivers sub-standard results, as...

Maintaining a sharp blade on your knife not only makes your work easier and more efficient, but a using a sharp blade also keeps you...

Burgers, hot dogs and food like them tend to see their heaviest consumption in the sunny barbecue weather of our summer months, but don't write...

If you’re a professional butcher, you may well have already heard the question: ‘do you actually need a boning knife?’ Obviously, it’s not a question...

If you want to get the task done quickly, effectively and efficiently, it’s vital to have the right tool on hand for the job. That’s a great...

Butchers all over the world each have their own preferred techniques for cutting meat. Often, it depends on the exact nature of their job –...

This week its British tomato week, set up by the British Tomato Growers Association to emphasis they grow their tomatoes naturally. Tomatoes are also a great food to demonstrate the quality of kitchen knives and how well they cut tomatoes as well as the level of skills the chef has whilst cutting them. Most people who have had used the wrong knife to cut a tomato would reveal that mess and frustration that shortly follows. Butchers Equipment shows you how you can cut your tomato without the mess and the frustration. Continue reading →

  A massive 50 million fewer loaves of bread are being sold in supermarket according to reports released this week. The timeless tradition of preparing sandwiches before work has fallen out of favour with modern Britain’s who prefer meal deals at supermarkets. In 2015 bread sales lost 5.4% of its value but this year has reduced even further by 8.9%, bringing the value beneath £1.5bn mark. But what will happen to the reliable bread knife if loaves completely lose favour with the British public? At Butcher’s Equipment we have found four alternative ways you can still put our bread knives to good use. Continue reading →

Halloween comes around every year and we celebrate it by dressing up as terrifying characters and decorating our homes with creepy objects like carved jack-o-lanterns. Every year thousands of pumpkins are bought and carved. This fun and rather inexpensive tradition is repeated every year with people trying to create the customary jack-o-lantern or creating an original design. But before you start carving, you obviously need the right tools. Continue reading →

The World’s most famous pocket knife is the legendary Victorinox Swiss Army knife. But the history of the pocket knife goes a long way back. A pocket knife counts as any foldable knife with one or more blades that fits into the handle and should then fit into the pocket. Continue reading →