Not an April Fool’s joke, from the subject line of a New York Review of Books Reader’s Catalog e-mail:
*FINALLY* Baguette knives are back in stockThey’re only (?) $35, which could buy a small serrated knife and plenty of baguettes. But the Reader’s Catalog knife is sheathed in what looks like a baguette.
[I don’t mind spending money on worthwhile stuff, but preciousness appalls me.]
comments: 2
I can never understand the desire for serrated bread knives as that one is.
When I was a child our bread knife worked amazingly well but you could run it across your arm with great force and barely abrade the skin.
It was similar to the saws they used to have to cut off plaster casts for broken limbs. It had many fine but largely dull teeth.
About 20 years ago I found a similar one at a charity shop. Keep those wicked implements only suited for use by movie serial killers I say.
Yikes!
I don’t know how you could cut through the crust well without a serrated knife. Some though are a lot more saw-like than others.
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