The "Shit I just bought" thread

Brahma said:

I have a question about knives. Do you always need to sharpen an expensive knife, or just cheap ones?

I snagged the one Lanx posted.

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I'm not going to scroll back to see what knife you are talking about.

The answer has different parts.

Firstly, expensive doesn't mean anything. It could be a pseudoluxury brand where they buy Paki trash for a few cents and place it in a twee box and charge a pile of cash for a sharpened bed spring.

It could also be a fancy "German" brand that is stamped trash but with a vast advertising budget. Further if it is a "set" knife and comes in a block with a zillion other knives....usually trash. No...usually wildly overpriced trash.

Further, actual nice knives can be made very expensive with the addition of fancy handles.

...and then nice knife with fancy handle and a fancy ad budget behind it. Very nice to show off but no better than a good $11 Japanese chef's knife.

And then consider chopping technique and metals. If you bang the fuck out of your chopping board with your knife, then even a lightsaber will go dull. If you rotate your knife along the long axis as you chop...it will go dull pretty fast....and can even break the edge. I have a few knives that are sub atomic sharp but are ONE sloppy cut away from being trash.

As such 98% of my "chef's" knives are cheaper steel. I have an ace cutting game, but still waddle the hilt around like a drunk fat woman in Wisconsin looking for a curd fix.

But....ahhh...they are still wildly fucking sharp and lovely to use. WAY better than anything with "Germany" printed on the side. I strop mine, anything more hardcore than that can fuck up the blade in a heartbeat.

And then there's using knives to purpose. I don't use my nice knives to cleave bones, I have cheap knives for that. I don't sharpen them myself because that always ends in tears.

But they are a joy to use. My favorite is a nakiri that I've had since 2008. I've only stropped the blade and it is a LONG way from needing a sharpening. 98% of my knives are the same shape.

Better yet? I never spent a pile of cash on any single one of them. I think maybe the most expensive one was $275; most of them in the $100-200 range.

I do all the prep and all the cooking, so really value a sturdy fast and reliable blade.

I tried learning to sharpen them myself, but...it is a long task to get it done well. I don't bother.

Lanx said:

amazon black friday has this
KAWAHIRO Japanese Chef Knife, 210mm Black Forged Kitchen Knife with Tri-Ply VG-10 Stainless Steel Blade, Professional Handcrafted Gyuto Chefs Knife, Ergonomic Handle Grip and Gift Wood Box
as a price
it is a black friday sale usually at 180

they still have coupon attached to it

there was already a 20% coupon that could be stacked that was gone

the other coupons might show in yours, if you can snag it w/ the coupons it's a good deal

i checked them out, they seem to based in chiba

seems like they only sell their most basic vg10 knife on amazon, you can go to them directly for the prettier knives

Kawahiro knife - Products

Kawahiro product list,include chef knife, kitchen knife and so on of japanese knife from kawahiro knife

kawahiroknife.com

idk these knives, but real jap mass produced knife for under 70$ sounds crazy

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Appreciate it bro, ordering now.

Also, what do you think of the tumbler rolling knife sharpeners? Are those any good? I currently use the type you pull the knife through.

I'm whiter than white. This is the only actual art I have on a wall, lot of pictures but no art but this.




The only thing I bought on Black Friday was a cheap Chinese guitar tube amplifier to fill in for my Fender that is ailing.

Is Cyber Monday even a thing much anymore? Black Friday now has turned into a week long "event" and not much of anything so not sure about Cyber Monday.

If you're in need of socks and wanted to get Bombas (they're super comfortable), I've got a pretty good deal.

- Right now, they're 25% off everything with code. (BIGHOLIDAY25).
- Additionally, Rakuten is giving 20% cash back for them. If you used them before, you can just go here. If you've never used Rakuten before, here's my referral link for an additional $40 on your first purchase through them of $40 or more: www.rakuten.com/r/KONVAL7?eeid=28187
- On top of that, my Platinum Amex card is doing 15% statement credit up to $15, just check your offers. This should stack as it just requires you to add it to the card and doesn't require you click through Amex.


They're normally pretty expensive at like $12 a pair, but this brought it down to about $7 a pair when I bought three 4 packs.

Fuck it I bought one of Lanx's kitchen katanas. It does look gorgeous. For $60 I'll take the risk with Amazon.