Curry Christmas

[jounetsu]

Have you tried a Japanese water stone Phil?  After years of never being able to get my knives really sharp I found these to be excellent.  Naniwa are the ones I got, though I suspect they're all similar.

I use a combination of 1000 & 5000 grit, finished off with a strop on an old belt.  After this even my cheapo knives will shave hairs off the arm, I know I have a bald patch!

No, I've not Paul.  Is it one (or two) of these ?
* Phil.

Yea exactly those, naniwa super stones, 20mm.  The supers require only a sprinkling of water rather than soaking, not too hard to learn on- quite forgiving of mistakes unlike some softer composition stones.

[Kashmiri Bob]

My ideal list would include:

CR0 Masterclass (Vol.1)
BIR Style Cooking by Mick Crawford (Vol. 2)
A glass pressure cooker
CR0 t shirt. 100 % cotton (embroidered chilli logo)
Tandoor oven

Rob 

[RubyDoo]

How about an automatic onion chopping garlic peeler that prevents all hob top splatters and shuts up wife for 3 nights a week? 

[RubyDoo]

Although my new combi drill I can smell under the tree could be good for pre drilling tikka before skewering.  ;D