The knife abstinence thread

[Uncle Danny]

I’ll probably hang for this But I made a deal with a fellow knife friend to keep April free of new knife purchases (used of new knives)

So I thought, why not have a special place where people who wants to keep off buying new knives could post what they are looking at, and we all could tell them how big of an a** they are for choosing that particular knife and why they should keep off.

I’ll go first… I want a new Heldqvist WH.

Let the flaming begin

 

[M1k3]

Followed by "Double purchase May"?

 

[TheDza]

Man I feel this thread so hard. A recent eddworks buy last month, but the one that @Homechef has on BST is tempting me so bad. but I'm going to Japan next month and I just need to have some damn willpower before that trip

Let alone the fact that I still have 2 knives that I bought last year (TF Denka and JKI Tangetsu suminigashi) still awaiting strategic reveal to the wife



That said, she does really like the Shindo nakiri that I bought last year so maybe more rectangles are on the menu?

 

[Uncle Danny]

Followed by "Double purchase May"?

Could be

 

[Uncle Danny]

Man I feel this thread so hard. A recent eddworks buy last month, but the one that @Homechef has on BST is tempting me so bad. but I'm going to Japan next month and I just need to have some damn willpower before that trip

Let alone the fact that I still have 2 knives that I bought last year (TF Denka and JKI Tangetsu suminigashi) still awaiting strategic reveal to the wife

You don’t need another EddWorks. They’re all the same, and who can really say they need two from him anyway

 

[Corradobrit1]

This is a worse suggestion than putting pineapple on pizza.

 

[MowgFace]

I am hoping JNS gets some 210 Bloomeries with the extra Kanji on the left side. Rather than having the entire preamble on one side.

But also... the current ones discounted are definitely tempting!

 

[SuperLougat]

I really want either an Itsuo Doi Homura Kogetsu 210 Gyuto, or a Hatsurokoko Yorokobi 210 Gyuto, but damn they are expensive. I'm going to probably be liquidating some of my kitchen stuff that I don't use as much in order to afford em

 

[NotAddictedYet]

My pitchfork is all out and ready to defend ARM then I read the first paragraph.

Damn it put April in the title next time man.

 

[Uncle Danny]

This goes beyond April

 

[Uncle Danny]

I am hoping JNS gets some 210 Bloomeries with the extra Kanji on the left side. Rather than having the entire preamble on one side.

But also... the current ones discounted are definitely tempting!

Not worth it. It’s just a pimped out Mune - save your cash. You have better cutters anyway

 

[Uncle Danny]

I really want either an Itsuo Doi Homura Kogetsu 210 Gyuto, or a Hatsurokoko Yorokobi 210 Gyuto, but damn they are expensive. I'm going to probably be liquidating some of my kitchen stuff that I don't use as much in order to afford em

Selling kitchen stuff you don’t use that often, to buy knives you use even less is a poor decision. Don’t.

 

[NotAddictedYet]

This goes beyond April

darn, respect

 

[SuperLougat]

Selling kitchen stuff you don’t use that often, to buy knives you use even less is a poor decision. Don’t.

What about selling kitchen stuff i've basically never used? I have a blender that i never even took out of the box just... taking up space. Also some of the money would inevitably go towards getting better replacements for the things I *do* use

 

[ian]

What about selling kitchen stuff i've basically never used? I have a blender that i never even took out of the box just... taking up space. Also some of the money would inevitably go towards getting better replacements for the things I *do* use

That is an exception. Anything that you buy that is still in the box should be sold as soon as you can get around to it. Still boxed household items are an abomination.

 

[ian]

I really want either an Itsuo Doi Homura Kogetsu 210 Gyuto, or a Hatsurokoko Yorokobi 210 Gyuto, but damn they are expensive. I'm going to probably be liquidating some of my kitchen stuff that I don't use as much in order to afford em

Neither of those knives are any better than, nor substantially different from, the knives you already have. They will not add to your life in any appreciable way. You’ll feel a momentary rush when you click “Complete Purchase” and when they arrive, but after that it’ll just be money down the drain that you could have spent on something meaningful that will give you lasting memories.

 

[dragjp]

I don't need a Toyama bloomery, no big difference than his regular works, right..?

 

[False_Cast]

Binge and purge and binge and purge.

 

[Logan A.]

I need a 210mm kagekiyo suji to go with my Sakai set of knives… and I’m empty inside. @Uncle Danny can you fix me?

 

[ian]

I don't need a Toyama bloomery, no big difference than his regular works, right..?

Exactly the same. Basically all knife steel is the same. We just imagine we feel a difference. It’s all placebo.

 

[OkayMode]

awaiting strategic reveal to the wife

Ooft this hits close to home.

I’m on thin ice already this month after nuking our countertop space with a new stand mixer. Not sure how to break the news that two customs are ready for dispatch…

 

[MowgFace]

Not worth it. It’s just a pimped out Mune - save your cash. You have better cutters anyway

I appreciate you.

 

[Vertigo]

So like No Nut November, but I'm even more likely to fail. Cool.

 

[cleanfil]

Hold on.....I like this idea. 3 knives into March, 0 sales. Motivation to stay clean in April.


Quickly checking to see what other hobby or rabbit hole I can start researching for April. Thanks.

 

[OkayMode]

I still don’t have a rectangle and I think I want one. Save me from myself.

 

[Rangen]

It seems so realistic in the abstract. Then that grail knife offering arrives in BST or your email. Then what?

 

[MowgFace]

It seems so realistic in the abstract. Then that grail knife offering arrives in BST or your email. Then what?

Were it TRUELY a “Grail,” she wouldn’t have shown up in AbstinApril.

 

[BillHanna]

I still don’t have a rectangle and I think I want one. Save me from myself.

no

 

[dragjp]

It’s all placebo.

I'll take two doses, doc!

 

[Gavva]

I still don’t have a rectangle and I think I want one. Save me from myself.

You’re not missing anything. It offers no big advantage to a tall gyuto that you already have.