Yaxell (and Enso, C&M’s house brand made by Yaxell) are awesome, often beautiful knives. I can't, at this time, justify they cost of their Damascus lines, but one day I'll own a full set of Enso SG2.
Yaxell (and Enso, C&M’s house brand made by Yaxell) are awesome, often beautiful knives. I can't, at this time,…
1) Most honing rods *do* sharpen. They’re sticks of hard material with a coarse, abrasive finish. Of course they sharpen. Not only can you see streaks of material (especially if using a ceramic) caused by grinding off the edge, but I’ve used rods to change the edge angle of soft blades like Wusthof/Heinkel/Fibrox.
1) Most honing rods *do* sharpen. They’re sticks of hard material with a coarse, abrasive finish. Of course they…
I’ve actually spent much of the year trying out a variety of knives. The steel in the Fibrox (X50) is soft. It might hold whatever edge you put on it (most western knives are sharpened at 20° per side), the edge will fold over almost immediately if I put the kind of super-acute angle (12° per side) I put on my knives.
I’ve actually spent much of the year trying out a variety of knives. The steel in the Fibrox (X50) is soft. It might…
I’ve seen the Nexus knives and was intrigued. How’s the finish and handle? Are they fat behind the edge? Any chipping?
I’ve seen the Nexus knives and was intrigued. How’s the finish and handle? Are they fat behind the edge? Any…
I you only have $5, you really cannot beat Kiwi. I wouldn’t say they’re good knives. They are great for the price.
I you only have $5, you really cannot beat Kiwi. I wouldn’t say they’re good knives. They are great for the price.
They hide this with BS marketing, but Global uses almost exactly the same kind of steel as rando western knives. That’s basically the pitch: thin Japanese style blade made with soft, durable western steel. A thin blade you can beat on.
They hide this with BS marketing, but Global uses almost exactly the same kind of steel as rando western knives.…
Maybe I just beat on mine, but *every* western knife I’ve owned required a daily-ish hone. It’s the soft steel. You can usually feel the edge starting to fold over almost immediately, especially at the agressive angles some of these knives come with out of box. You have to reduce the edge angle (blunt it), which then…
Maybe I just beat on mine, but *every* western knife I’ve owned required a daily-ish hone. It’s the soft steel. You…
DP series *does* (sometimes, but not always) need a little love with some 1000 grit sandpaper out of the box. 10 minutes and you’re done. Still, $150 knife for $50-70.
DP series *does* (sometimes, but not always) need a little love with some 1000 grit sandpaper out of the box. 10…
A $30 chef's knife is more expensive than a $20 ceramic hone, and the hone will actually keep your knife sharp for a decade.
A $30 chef's knife is more expensive than a $20 ceramic hone, and the hone will actually keep your knife sharp for a…
Tojiro DP, vastly better steel (thus thinner and sharper) than a Fibrox, Global, Heinkel or other western knife, but ⅓ the cost of a Shun, Misono or similarly composed Japanese-style knife. Unlike a Fibrox, which needs a honing before every session to stay out-of-box sharp, a hard-steel knife should be fine with a…
Tojiro DP, vastly better steel (thus thinner and sharper) than a Fibrox, Global, Heinkel or other western knife, but…
There’s already more college graduates than openings that actually require postsecondary knowledge. Not everyone can or should become a goddamn engineer, software or otherwise. Not every job will be high skill. In fact, most won’t for the foreseeable future.
It’s the correct way if you like munching on the pepper caps while prepping.
Everything east of the Mississippi and north of the Mason Dixon can be called “northeast”. Especially if you’re just breaking the country into quadrants.
Point #1 is horseshit invented by thorium fanboys (Because of course the internet has fanboys of thorium). Uranium was chosen because it could be cooled and moderated by pressurized water, which was a well-understood technology. Uranium itself is rather plentiful too. That most of the processing cycle was proven and sc…
I’d grab as many people from the party as I could, go to the next council meeting, sign up to comment, wait my turn, read the letter out loud and formally respond to it by having everyone laugh at the whole council for a solid 10-15 seconds.
Alternatively: https://theoutline.com/post/5126/
If plates and banging together, just don’t pack them so closely. Leave an empty space between them.
Electric knife sharpener are pretty much *only* for people cutting up meat all day. For everyone else, they at best remove excessive material. In practice, they usually just fuck up the edge.
Yeah, everyone’s gawking over some wings and there’s a full size Stargate. Right. There. And no one says a thing.
Nah. Not only did the Pearl Harbor attack (rather famously) miss every aircraft carrier in the Pacific, but all of the battleships at anchor were...well...the C-Team. All of them were laid down during or before WW1. Only 2 ships present (Maryland and West Virginia) had modern 16" guns.
