We have started to stock Richardson Sheffield Knives on the Cook Knives website. Richardson Sheffield Knives are characterised by both their highly innovative design and their use of advanced technology. Each Richardson Sheffield Knife Set has a unique, stylised and distinctive appearance.
The Gripi 5 Piece Straight Knife Block Set is the perfect illustration of the Richardson Sheffield Knives design philosophy in practise. This is the world’s first ever ‘soft touch’ knife block. It has been constructed using ‘Gripi’. It also features interchangeable colour inserts that allows you to change the colour of the knife block to suit your kitchen or your mood. The knives have a tactile soft touch handle that makes them easy to use and comfortable to hold even when wet. The set includes a Paring Knife, an All Purpose Knife, a 20cm Cooks Knife, a Bread Knife and a Carving Knife.
Another new product that we added to the website is the new I. O. Shen 5 Piece Magnetic Knife Block Set. This knife block features two extra strong magnetic strips which you can use to secure even your longest knives. It is capable of holding up to 9 knives. The set comes with a 105mm pairing knife, a 160mm Sahm Khom Slicer, a 210mm Chef’s Knife and a 270mm Bread Knife. We are selling this new I. O. Shen 5 Piece Magnetic Knife block for £199.95, an incredible £154 below the recommended retail price.
We are continually looking to increase the range of knives that we stock, when we come across a quality knife range or even a single knife we always aim to add it to our existing stock if possible. If you know a range that you think that we should stock let us know and we will see what we can do with regards to adding it our online store.
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
Thursday, 10 September 2009
Jamie Olivers Latest Adventure
Jamie Oliver is back on our TV screens. This time he is touring the USA generally having a good time and hanging out with interesting folk!
If you watch carefully you will see Jamie is using IO Shen knives. I spotted their distinctive handle design when he was chopping Red Onions for the cowboys - if you spot other scenes please let us know.
I'm told by a very reliable source that Jamie is a big personal fan of IO Shen. He doesn’t get paid to use them, its not one of his licensed products but he uses them - not only on TV but in his latest cookbooks.
We will soon be offering a great gift for Jamie fans - 3 IO Shen knives for under £100 - available from mid November.
Tuesday, 23 June 2009
UK Exclusive Global Knife
Global G-64 Knife
A UK exclusive for Cooks Knives. The Global G-64 is part of the G Series of classic large knives used for general food preparation and also for the more adventurous chef.
Global knives are made from the finest high carbon stainless steel available for producing professional quality kitchen knives. Yoshikin uses its own proprietary stainless steel called CROMOVA 18 Stainless Steel and this steel was designed exclusively for Global knives. This steel is hard enough for Global knives to hold the steep, acute cutting edge and keep their edge for a long time,but soft enough so that it is not too difficult to sharpen them. The CRO in CROMOVA 18 stands for chromium and the 18 is the percentage of chromium in the steel. The high percentage of chromium contributes to Global's excellent stain resistance.
Global knives are the most popular professional kitchen knives in the UK.
They have been for many years and whilst other manufacturers such as Wusthof and Henckels offer great alternatives Globals’ quality and distinctive design will keep them as the market leader for many years to come….
Age verification
Working with NetIDMe we have successfully trialled and integrated an online age verification system with our website. We are now in a position to age verify any person purchasing knives from our site. The process is seamless and secure ensuring the privacy of our customers without having any negative impact on our sales.
The UK government have been talking about age verification and online sales of age restricted goods and services for many years. The Gambling Act 2006 was brought in to ensure that online gambling companies could be made accountable for any under-age use of their services. The age verification checks needed to be independent of the payment method and so a number of online age verification services became available whereby the details of the customer could be checked against various publically accessible databases, such as the electoral roll.
The pressure is now on for all online retailers of age restricted goods (such as knives, alcohol, tobacco, DVDs and games) to take active steps to ensure that these products are not sold to under age persons. The Online Purchasing of Goods and Services (Age Verification) Bill has had readings in the House of Commons (by Margaret Moran) and House of Lords (by Baroness Massey of Darwen) and has received generally positive comments in both. However, the general consensus is that the existing laws that govern sales of age restricted goods should be enforced online in the same way as they are offline – the retailer needs to take reasonable steps to ensure that they are not selling goods or services to under age people and there is no need to bring in new laws to govern online sales separately. No mean feat as it’s not possible to physically check the photo ID of an online customer in the same way that a high street merchant can!
A few small modifications needed to be made to our online checkout process to ensure that we were gathering customer data in as accurate a format as possible, ready for the age verification process. In this way we can perform the checks and store the customer’s account and delivery details without lengthening the checkout process in any way.
So far we’ve had great results – where an age verification check has failed we’ve been able to follow up with the customer and either correct the details they entered or get additional information so we can perform a further check. For instance, a buyer for a hotel was using a company credit card and so the billing address given was the hotel rather than the purchaser’s home address – once we had the buyer’s details we could confirm that he was over 18. Other customers had failed the checks as they had recently moved – once previous address details were collected we could perform further checks. We’ve also had a couple of orders where the customer failed the age verification check and they haven’t responded to our requests for further information. We’ve placed the orders on hold until they get back to us, but they may have been fraudulent orders in the first place (which we would have picked up on and rejected when we came to process payment) or orders from minors who decided not to try their luck any further. Either way, we’re happy!
So, as more pressure is placed on the online retailer to ensure that they are doing everything possible to stop sales of age restricted goods to minors, we hope that taking the initiative and putting these checks in place will mark us out as a knife retailer with a sense of social responsibility.
The UK government have been talking about age verification and online sales of age restricted goods and services for many years. The Gambling Act 2006 was brought in to ensure that online gambling companies could be made accountable for any under-age use of their services. The age verification checks needed to be independent of the payment method and so a number of online age verification services became available whereby the details of the customer could be checked against various publically accessible databases, such as the electoral roll.
The pressure is now on for all online retailers of age restricted goods (such as knives, alcohol, tobacco, DVDs and games) to take active steps to ensure that these products are not sold to under age persons. The Online Purchasing of Goods and Services (Age Verification) Bill has had readings in the House of Commons (by Margaret Moran) and House of Lords (by Baroness Massey of Darwen) and has received generally positive comments in both. However, the general consensus is that the existing laws that govern sales of age restricted goods should be enforced online in the same way as they are offline – the retailer needs to take reasonable steps to ensure that they are not selling goods or services to under age people and there is no need to bring in new laws to govern online sales separately. No mean feat as it’s not possible to physically check the photo ID of an online customer in the same way that a high street merchant can!
A few small modifications needed to be made to our online checkout process to ensure that we were gathering customer data in as accurate a format as possible, ready for the age verification process. In this way we can perform the checks and store the customer’s account and delivery details without lengthening the checkout process in any way.
So far we’ve had great results – where an age verification check has failed we’ve been able to follow up with the customer and either correct the details they entered or get additional information so we can perform a further check. For instance, a buyer for a hotel was using a company credit card and so the billing address given was the hotel rather than the purchaser’s home address – once we had the buyer’s details we could confirm that he was over 18. Other customers had failed the checks as they had recently moved – once previous address details were collected we could perform further checks. We’ve also had a couple of orders where the customer failed the age verification check and they haven’t responded to our requests for further information. We’ve placed the orders on hold until they get back to us, but they may have been fraudulent orders in the first place (which we would have picked up on and rejected when we came to process payment) or orders from minors who decided not to try their luck any further. Either way, we’re happy!
So, as more pressure is placed on the online retailer to ensure that they are doing everything possible to stop sales of age restricted goods to minors, we hope that taking the initiative and putting these checks in place will mark us out as a knife retailer with a sense of social responsibility.
Friday, 27 February 2009
Henckels Twin Fin Knives
A new range of knives from Henckels. Perfect function, attractive and innovative design. Twin Fin stands for a previously unknown level of user comfort. The innovative, asymmetric handle makes cutting easy as well as safe, whichever way you hold the knife. A seamless solid metal design and multi-purpose blades allow a much broader range of application than ordinary blades. Twin Fin... The Joy Of Cutting.
- Edge - Special hand honed cutting edge for scalpel like sharpness.
- Blade - Friodur® ice-hardened blades for superior edge retention.
- Handle - Perfect grip regardless of cutting style. Anti-slip grooves.
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