I have a cai dao a little bit bigger than this, can confirm a pinch grip with a pointer super comfortable. They're big, long, evenly heavy knives so a little extra stability on the side gives a bit more control . I've even seen some Chinese chefs who modify it further, using a pinch grip and extending the pointer and middle finger.
In anything even remotely dangerous - actors use a rubber knives. But in that case - it might be real.
I remember this movie, Sutherland is some cop in San Fran and he's cooking a Chinese Stir Fry. Sutherland also played Norman Bethune twice. Bethune is a Communist Canadian Doctor who volunteered in Spain and the Chinese Communist Revolution. Sutherland might be a secret Maoist lol
I really don't get it. Especially this part...
Sutherland also played Norman Bethune twice.
Donald Sutherland, the actor holding the knife in the picture, played Norman Bethune in two movies: Bethune: The Making of a Hero (1990) and Bethune (1977). It's an odd coincidence, especially given that nobody except weirdo communists knows who Bethune is (well, maybe canadians do, idk).
I thought "Sutherland also played Norman Bethune twice," was some kind of meme or something. I wonder why he played the same real guy twice. How odd.
Not to quibble but in Invasion he played a food inspector. I'm 100% awful at movie trivia and I forget everything but I somehow remember that because of some jokey dialog. Sutherland is saying how dirty a kitchen is and the chef is protesting that it's not. They standing next to an oven and Sutherland picks up what lots like a glob of grime or grease.
"This - for example - is a rat turd."
"No it's not. It's a caper."
"Really? Then eat it."
The chef demurs.
You're right, but fwiw I'm not the first person who responded to you lol.
Oops. I really miss that Hexbear doesn't have the reddit-like function of having a drop down of other person's comment for reference.
I want a knife like this, but how am I supposed to store it? It won't fit into my IKEA knife block thing.
I got one of those magnetic knife racks to hang my big knives on the wall, works like a charm
I'm not sure I can trust a magnet 100% to hold my big sharp knives. How do they even work?!
But seriously, thanks and I'll look into getting one hung on my wall.
They're big strong magnets, they pull your knives so hard they slap onto it. Also kind of hard to pull them off, I don't like them for that reason.
Be sure to mount it so it's across the wall in front of you. I mounted one on a wall alongside the counter and sliced my fingernail reaching past it
A lot of knife blocks on Amazon by Chinese sellers/brands will have a cleaver slot as well.
I have a knife roll bag but sometimes I just use the box my cai dao came in. Fits in my backpack just fine. To work, back home.
Alternatively you can do what real Chinese grandmas do and just leave the knife on top of the chopping board after cleaning.
I just leave it on the counter because it's the only one I ever use anymore.
What can you do? Nobody even knows the term "slap chop" anymore.
i use a Santoku style with my hand way up on the blade in a blursed pinch/combo grip
Ha, I was hoping some body snatchers discourse was around the corner. How bout that 90s one, huh? Just checked it out yesterday, characters were whatever but the alien effects and Forest Whitaker were good, plus it's nice to see a pod movie that addresses the question of "why dont you try shooting them?". Beginning and end are capped by an annoying monologue but other than that 7/10.
Actually 6.6 because it's a bit cloying in that 90s way, but it's not too distracting.
I must have seen every "invasion" remake, sort-of remake, and derivative stuff too but I can't for the life of me remember that the 1990s one. I googled and it reminded me that Abel Ferrara directed it. But I'm still drawing a blank. My memories of all the newer stuff is all mixed together.
In any case - I really love the original one from the 1950s. I like parts of the one from the 1970s but I don't like the movie itself much.
