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The blade of this knife is a sandwich of spring steel, solid along the cutting edge, with a center composed of two oppositely-oriented piezoelectric-fiber laminate strips. Buttons on each side of the knife's handle send a current to the piezoelectrics, causing the knifeblade to bend in the indicated
direction. Pressing the right and left buttons simultaneously makes the piezo elements work against each other and provides a straight, rigid blade.
$695 Bendable Fork
www.hanklee.net/hankievision/index.html
To go with your $2000 knife. Click link, scroll down to "The Bending Fork" and click on it. Flash/shockwave animation. [quarterbaker, Jan 25 2002, last modified Oct 05 2004]
Global Flexible Fillet Knife
http://www.cutlerya...etails.asp?SKU=1096
Not $2000, but not cheap either. [bristolz, Jan 25 2002, last modified Oct 05 2004]
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Always wanted one....never tried to work out the details. |
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Yes! With a little tinkering, could it be set to wiggle about independently? |
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Can't see how this improves things over my 'normally' flexible carving knife, which bends which way I want by simply applying some sideways pressure. Am I missing something? |
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Indeed! The potential for independent wiggling! Think, man! |
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goff: But does your regular carving knife cost $2000 US? And does it use elaborate cutting edge (!) technology in a completely unnecessary way? Well, *this* knife does. (Price may vary, check local stores if you have money to burn.) |
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Why not just uses a boning knife, the tool butchers have been using for hundreds of years? |
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I'm with mcscotland on this one. Try a Global fillet/boning knife. Flexibility is controllable by resting a finger on the base of the blade. You can get the blade to follow the contours of the bone closely, especially when filleting fishies. True, it's not particularly hi-tech, nor is it $2K. (linkie) |
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