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Figured I'd launch this to maybe get some discussions and suggestions going. A few things that I noticed in more recent times and that mildly bothered me....
-'My first J-knife' threads almost default into pushing people into higher budgets and high end high hardness knives
-When people say they prefer to rockchop, they're almost invariably told to just stop rockchopping and get with the program and just learn to pushcut.
It feels to me like we're sometimes missing the point, trying to convert people instead of actually helping them. And I get it; most people don't exactly get excited by yet another 'my first knife thread', and most people who actually have the experience and actually used a lot of knives don't necessarily have the time to keep answering the same question.
So I figured maybe we should just try to condense a solid list to start with. Maybe a shortlist, or just a place we can point to, or sticky somewhere so that we have some solid suggestions for people to start with.
Because it feels to me like, at least when it comes to suggestions, there's sort of this 'gap' where people jump from suggesting either a Victorinox to a Yoshikane, with if you're lucky maybe a Kaeru in between. There have to be some good option in between. What are your experiences with and suggestions for good bang-for-the-buck knives that are more gentle on the budget, and perhaps more forgiving to rockchopping, that can be nice gateway knives for people who don't want to immediately jump into the deep end of the pool?
-'My first J-knife' threads almost default into pushing people into higher budgets and high end high hardness knives
-When people say they prefer to rockchop, they're almost invariably told to just stop rockchopping and get with the program and just learn to pushcut.
It feels to me like we're sometimes missing the point, trying to convert people instead of actually helping them. And I get it; most people don't exactly get excited by yet another 'my first knife thread', and most people who actually have the experience and actually used a lot of knives don't necessarily have the time to keep answering the same question.
So I figured maybe we should just try to condense a solid list to start with. Maybe a shortlist, or just a place we can point to, or sticky somewhere so that we have some solid suggestions for people to start with.
Because it feels to me like, at least when it comes to suggestions, there's sort of this 'gap' where people jump from suggesting either a Victorinox to a Yoshikane, with if you're lucky maybe a Kaeru in between. There have to be some good option in between. What are your experiences with and suggestions for good bang-for-the-buck knives that are more gentle on the budget, and perhaps more forgiving to rockchopping, that can be nice gateway knives for people who don't want to immediately jump into the deep end of the pool?