Wall Street Journal Off Duty Holiday Gift Guide - no.10!

Off Duty Holiday 50

Blades of Glory  (number 10)

Forged in Massachusetts by R. Murphy, a company that's been honing its craft since 1850, these knives have handles of pecan wood reclaimed from an old Chrysler plant. Of course, none of that would matter if the blades themselves—high-carbon steel that holds a wickedly sharp edge—weren't the business. One 8-inch chef's knife, one slim filet knife and one paring knife are all any home kitchen requires. But the back story that comes with them does add a certain something. 

R. Murphy Knives Reclaimed Pecan Carbon Steel Knives, $249 for set of three knives, $125 for chef's knife,  food52.com/provisions

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What do Martha Stewart and Playboy have in common?

R. Murphy shellfish knives in their December issue!

Martha's Holiday Gift Guide!

Our fantastic shellfish knife kit with super soft leather wrap.  Rolls up like a dream!

Features our Wellfleet oyster knife - recommended by The Oyster Guide and the Wall Street Journal.

Litlle Neck clam knife can't be beat. Crab meat knife is weighted on one end to crack shells - sharp and pointy on the other, to pick out the meat.

Hugh's Holiday recommendations!

Our award winning New Haven oyster knife - chosen "Best in America" by America's Test Kitchen. Now the "Gold Standard" by Playboy!

Shucking Awesome!

R. Murphy knives are 100% Made in the USA!    

Great gifts!

The Grommet just launched R. Murphy knives today!

 Go check it out!  Our razor sharp, long lasting carbon steel kitchen knives and some of our favorite shellfish knives.

The Grommet carries handpicked, unique products and tells their story through video.

A great place to do your holiday shopping!

Wellfleet OysterFest - Sat & Sun, Oct 19-20!

                                             Enjoy good food, live music, arts and crafts, 
                                           the Shucking Contest and much, much more!

Come see us this Sat. and Sun. at the super popular Wellfleet Oyster Fest in the beautiful town of Wellfleet, Massachusetts.

We will have all our oyster, clam, and scallop knives on display and for sale - including our famous Wellfleet oyster knife featured in the Wall Street Journal last November.

"The Wellfleet" oyster knife is as fast and efficient to use as it is beautiful. This handcrafted knife, designed to meet the high standards of professional shuckers, is perfect for the occasional shucker as well.  Sharp pointy blade of high carbon stainless steel on contoured polished rosewood handle makes quick, comfortable work of shucking oysters from all coastal waters. You will appreciate the quality and workmanship of these  "pearls" every time you open an oyster!

Our gorgeous line of kitchen knives will also be on display and available to order.  

We are in Both # 33 right up by the stage where the shucking competition takes place.

Come enjoy the Cape on a beautiful October weekend!

Wellfleet Oyster Knife
R. Murphy Knives

Made in Massachusetts!

R. Murphy Knives collaborates with Provisions of Food52!

The fabulous food blog, Food52, is launching their new online store, Provisions, Tuesday, August 6th and   R. Murphy Knives is not only proud, but super excited to be a part of their inaugural collection of all things foodie!  

In addition to great kitchen supplies like beautiful enamel cookware, 100% linen tea towels, gourmet grilling planks and R. Murphy shellfish knives, you will also find cooking instructions for an indoor clambake, how to's for grilling a whole fish or shucking oysters and delicious recipes for plum tarts, strawberry jam and more.  

Check us out in one of their stunning collections: "Gatherings: Rooftop Party"  -- also in "Kitchen Tools" and "Outdoors".  You will love our gorgeous new, super soft leather roll for all your R. Murphy shellfish knives! 

Food52 is a crowdsourced cooking project / food blog built on recipe sharing, recipe contests, shared cooking information and instant answers to food related and cooking questions.   The site is comprehensive and absolutely beautiful.  

Started just over 3 years ago by former New York Times reporter and food editor, Amanda Hesser and co-founder Merrill Stubbs, graduate of Le Cordon Bleu and former staffer at Cook's Illustrated and Edibles Brooklyn,  Food52 is now launching its very own online store - Provisions.   We at R. Murphy Knives couldn't be more thrilled to be a part of it!

Provisions link will be live on August 6 -- no need to log in to view.

Mike Lata of The Ordinary likes R. Murphy Oyster Knives!

We are so excited to have our oyster knives  named a favorite kitchen tool by Mike Lata, James Beard Award winning Chef, and owner of The Ordinary and FIG in Charleston, SC!

See it in Food Network Magazine - April 2013 issue on newsstands now.

     
 The Ordinary, a gorgeous oyster bar and restaurant, just opened in December 2012 and has already made the James Beard Awards Nominees list of Best New Restaurants!  Bravo and kudos to you, Mike Lata and Adam Nemirow.

Happy shuckers at The Ordinary with their R. Murphy Duxbury Oyster Knife and Little Neck Clam Knife!

R. Murphy and company with Mike Lata in December at The Ordinary - then 5 days old!

Thanks, Mike!

You can buy Mike's favorite oyster and shellfish knives here.

Now you can watch the episode online!

America's Test Kitchen -- "Two Ways with Fish"

Listen to Christopher Kimball and Adam Reid discuss the merits of our New Haven Oyster Knife!  The testers have voted!!

About 9 minutes into the video is the Equipment Corner

R. Murphy Knives Will Be at the New England Food Show!

We are excited to be exhibiting at the New England Food Show!

This is our first time at this huge event which runs in tandem with the International Boston Seafood Show.  There is a lot going on between these two shows - chefs demonstrations, speakers, new products, oyster shucking competition, educational programs, and of course, great food, wine, beer and more.

Please stop by our table # 3000 located in the New Exhibitors section right at the entrance to the show. We will have our beautiful line of cooking, slicing and boning knives on display as well as our line of shellfish knives (oyster, crab, clam, scallop) and food processing and produce knives.  These are also on display in the New Products Showcase - #3513.

Then Chefs Collaborative first-ever Trash Fish Dinner is Sunday evening, March 10!

Right after our day of exhibiting at NEFS, we head over to Area Four (can't wait) to attend this sure-to-be delicious  event.  Calling attention to under-used varieties of fish, area chefs will prepare some great dishes with fish we've never heard of, much less eaten!  

We are extremely pleased to be a sponsor of this wonderfully unique event.  I believe it is entirely sold out, so we will report in next week to let you know how we liked dogfish!

R. Murphy Knives featured in Yankee Magazine!

We are thrilled to be included in Yankee magazine's regular feature, New England's Finest!  The current issue's topic is: "The Made-in-New England Kitchen " and as usual their two-page spread is gorgeous to look at and packed with great information about locally made functional and beautiful products.  We at R. Murphy Knives are honored to be a part of it!

                                   

Since 1850, R. Murphy Knives has been creating the right tool for every task.  We manufacture an array of professional cooking knives handcrafted from both high performing carbon steel and ease-of-maintenance stainless.  
Please check out our Chef's Select line of carbon steel kitchen knives - chefs, butcher, fillet, paring knives - with highly polished rosewood handles. Beautiful, perfectly balanced, and hand honed giving them an edge that delivers the sharpest cut time after time.

You can read it for yourself in the March/April issue of Yankee now available on newsstands.

Thank you Caroline Woodward and Michael Piazza for showing off our knives so beautifully!

Our New Haven oyster knife (at the bottom end of the magnet) was chosen as best oyster knife by America's Test Kitchen and featured in Cook's Illustrated magazine last Spring.  This episode is currently airing on PBS stations.  For those in the greater Boston area, it airs on WGBX, Channel 44 tonight, February 25 at 7:30pm.  It is also currently airing on the Providence PBS station, WSBE.  Check your local listings to view this episode titled, "Two Ways with Fish."

Meanwhile, pick up a copy of Yankee to see New England's Finest and read the well written, fascinating articles on The Power of Place.

R. Murphy New Haven Oyster Knife - Winner - America's Test Kitchen!

Now you can watch this episode on TV and hear the testers' praise for the 

R. Murphy New Haven oyster knife!

Or click here to watch the episode online

Check your local PBS listing for the episode called "Two Ways with Fish" in this 13th season of America's Test Kitchen, which started airing a few weeks ago.  ATK is public television's most watched cooking show!

If you bought our New Haven shucker last Spring when it was featured in Cook's Illustrated magazine, then you will not want to miss seeing this on TV.  We are excited to see it ourselves!

Since then, our Wellfleet oyster knife was featured in the Wall Street Journal and has become an overnight sensation along with our Damariscotta oyster knife - highly recommended by Rowan Jacobsen on 

The Oyster Guide, his popular blog.

Thank you to all who have given our oyster knives a place in your kitchen - we would love to hear your comments!

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PBS website

America's Test Kitchen website

The Oyster Guide website

R. Murphy Knives website

The Sun WineFest - Mohegan Sun

R. Murphy Knives will be exhibiting and selling our awesome selection of shellfish knives and more all weekend at The Sun WineFest -- Mohegan Sun Casino and Resort!

The WineFest is a huge event featuring 32 celebrity chefs, wine, beer and spirits tastings, fabulous seminars, grape stomps, oyster shucking, and much more.

R. Murphy Knives, along with Bud Light Lime and South Bay Blonde Oysters, is proud to sponsor the 9th annual Oyster Open at Mohegan!  Twenty two shuckers chosen from dozens of applications will compete for the $5000 purse.  The shucking begins at 4:15 Sunday afternoon, Jan 27, 2013.  Come on down for the fun, laughter and slurping.

And while you're there, please stop by table # 312 and check out our many oyster, clam, and scallop knives.  Plus hunting knives, pocket knives and more.  We will be selling our most popular oyster knives, the Wellfleet, Damariscotta, New Haven, and Duxbury.  All recently recommended in national publications - The Wall Street Journal, The Oyster Guide, and Cook's Illustrated magazine. 

We've got T-shirts!