I love food cut pristinely and perfect. Perfect circles and straight edges are my things, but knives have never been my favorite kitchen tool. Sometimes I envy chefs and cooks that take pride in a good Japanese Knife -at least to me that still seems to be the trend- but I could never find appeal. I remember my first experience working in a fine dining kitchen and one of the sous chefs made fun of my German knife. The one CIA provides you in your knife kit. I always came to its defense, really, it was fine after a good sharpening. Especially, a good $3 sharpen at Warren’s Cutlery, the place where all CIA kids went.

This week host Ray Delucci of Line Cook Thoughts interviews Dillon Marra, a chef turned knife maker! And, his knives are kinda whimsical. Maybe, I just need to purchase something more stylish like this!?

Check out this podcast to see what Dillon has to say about his career as chef turned entrepreneur. He must love his knife skills!