Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/09/23/an-electric-carving-knife-that.html
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But why, indeed!
That thing looks very unwieldy and - well, just dumb.
This is a proper electric carving knife. There’s a reason they make the blade narrow, like a proper knife. Try carving round a curve or corner of a bone with that dumb chainsaw thing and see how far you get.
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I’ve never owned one. I have always found a carving knife and boning knife have sufficed.
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Me too. But I inherited one, and I have found it has some utility from time to time. Mainly for trying to get thin/smooth/consistent slices out of meat that is likely to just fall apart otherwise. I think it is the fast movement and vibration that works in that scenario.
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Are we still talking about the same thing?
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Look who’s coming to Thanksgiving this year!
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About one surface rubbing over another repetitively and mechanically until a satisfying result is … the outcome ?
Umm, maybe… ? 
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Only if it does the “brraat… brraat… rhaaaaaaa”
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Cute but even if it works well, that is HUGE. Where do people keep all this junk?
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I think we will just have it catered instead. 
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Man, I would LOVE to be able to do that. That! That there is the best super power!
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Such a bizarre American tradition. The mom does all the work all day, then the father gets to take a weird tool designed especially for him to proudly and ceremoniously carve the bird, fulfilling his role as pater familia.
“If this were a chain saw, you boys would be fighting over who gets to carve the turkey.”
I think she hit the nail on the head re the reason for the traditional electric carving knife. It gives the man a special tool that’s all his. It’s manly enough, slightly dangerous, seems like a power tool, and the wife will never use it.
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Over the mantel.
Also:
No one needs an assault carver.
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I was trying to find a pic with Ash relaxing by the fire with the chainsaw on the mantel. If that isn’t a pic, it should be.
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How does it deal with larger bones? Asking for a friend …
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I don’t know if there is, but there should… certainly there is some fanfic art along those lines?
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Keep your carving knife nice and sharp, and with good technique (both cutting and cooking), you should be able to carve deli meat thin slices for sandwiches.
(but yeah, I spent my weekends in my Uncle’s butcher shop as a kid, so I’m a bit spoiled)
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