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I'll admit I've sold knives as I didn't want the project of thinning them. But that was after giving them a good testing to know what they did.
Concave butts are just weird.
Concave knives on the other hand can work very well.
Half of our geometry issues are due to absolutely out of control want of super tall knives 210s with 56 height 240s with 60+, just get a rectangle already and stop ruining perfectly good triangles. It doesn't add up for me how same people can request every knife to be extremely tall while complaining about food release and praising how great KS used to be
What's the minimum?
hmmmm... Hmin = 0.052L + 14.4?
Jovidah
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It's probably no coincidence that the quest for better food release started at around the same time that taller knives became more popular.Concave knives on the other hand can work very well.
Half of our geometry issues are due to absolutely out of control want of super tall knives 210s with 56 height 240s with 60+, just get a rectangle already and stop ruining perfectly good triangles. It doesn't add up for me how same people can request every knife to be extremely tall while complaining about food release and praising how great KS used to be
My favorite potato knife isn't some fancy hollow ground gyuto or godly convex monster. It's my Ashi 210 petty.
Although admittedly I'm one of those people who cheats with drawcuts.
Give me both
I don’t think draw cuts are cheating. In most circumstances I think complaints over food release can be summed up with “skill issue”
Jovidah
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Most of the time I'm actually struggling to see the problem. It's somewhat relevant when you're making dice or brunoise because it's a bit easier when the product stays on the board for the next cut.... but for all other things...
Never cared about food release, but I also have a 300x80x10mm gyuto on order and don’t mind giving myself joint issues by using a weapon of war to mince garlic at weird angles.
Concave knives on the other hand can work very well.
Half of our geometry issues are due to absolutely out of control want of super tall knives 210s with 56 height 240s with 60+, just get a rectangle already and stop ruining perfectly good triangles. It doesn't add up for me how same people can request every knife to be extremely tall while complaining about food release and praising how great KS used to be
I agree. Concave is exceeding functional.
45mm 210s are awesome. 50mm 240s are my wheelhouse.
Concave bevels are a great choice for someone that has no desire to work on their knives aside from sharpening. They can go much longer without needing to be thinned. Nothing wrong with them, but just not for me.
@Barmoley I don’t think every profit is a flip.
I’m sure there are lots of factors you could take into account. For me, if you’ve owned it less than a year (arbitrary), haven’t improved it (saya/polish), and are selling for more than maker’s MSRP, you’re probably flipping. Yeah, raffles are muddy, or if you buy from Snake at a crazy price and then try to sell.
I’m sure there are lots of factors you could take into account. For me, if you’ve owned it less than a year (arbitrary), haven’t improved it (saya/polish), and are selling for more than maker’s MSRP, you’re probably flipping. Yeah, raffles are muddy, or if you buy from Snake at a crazy price and then try to sell.
aporigine
The slow blade penetrates the winter squash
Once in a while, feeling the ura side reciprocate against the stones is a nice break from routine.
I have no problem with knives being sold at market price, regardless of much the owner paid or how long they had it. @OwlWoodworks certainly did not and does not owe anyone an explanation for his pricing and I’m sorry he now feels pressured into explaining all of that on his BST posts.
Calling out “flippers” for their pricing when they’re an honest normal person just selling a knife only serves to drive sellers to other platforms like eBay. “Honest” is the key word - definitely call out the misrepresented knives, the knife acquired for free as a reject/second and sold at full price, etc.
If you sit next to @martinhuber on a plane on his way to a bladeshow and by some miracle manage to out-drink him on a bet and he hands you a knife for free, by all means sell it the next day for $600. If Yannick is your bestie and he gives you a knife for Christmas, hell yes sell it to me for 1k. And if a River Jump sells for 3k, then sell it for 3k.
And @OwlWoodworks dammit I still want your Straub jailbird but that one I think we should make an exception and you should sell it to me for 50% off. On 2nd thought I still can’t afford it at 50% off so maybe 75% off.
Calling out “flippers” for their pricing when they’re an honest normal person just selling a knife only serves to drive sellers to other platforms like eBay. “Honest” is the key word - definitely call out the misrepresented knives, the knife acquired for free as a reject/second and sold at full price, etc.
If you sit next to @martinhuber on a plane on his way to a bladeshow and by some miracle manage to out-drink him on a bet and he hands you a knife for free, by all means sell it the next day for $600. If Yannick is your bestie and he gives you a knife for Christmas, hell yes sell it to me for 1k. And if a River Jump sells for 3k, then sell it for 3k.
And @OwlWoodworks dammit I still want your Straub jailbird but that one I think we should make an exception and you should sell it to me for 50% off. On 2nd thought I still can’t afford it at 50% off so maybe 75% off.
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Buy 'm lomng and blouse 'em instead of rolling.
HolyDiverScallop
Not too smart, but at least I’m ugly.
Bloused raw denim? That would be a lewk, all right.
They’re showing off their fancy selvedge denim. It’s a whole thing, the same way we show off patina and normal people think it just looks like an old, dirty knife from Saw II.
HolyDiverScallop
Not too smart, but at least I’m ugly.
Hobbies are weird, man. So much osmotic subculture.
DitmasPork
Senior Member
NYC has the worst drivers in the USA.
Hawaii has the worst pedestrians in the USA.
Hawaii has the worst pedestrians in the USA.
Boston in my experience has just been idiots.
Driving through Chinatown in Boston was a nerve-wracking experience
Downtown Philly reminded me of Korea but not as bad as Saudi.
Honestly, I think its the street layout that contributes to it. NYC area is a grid so its somewhat predictable.
In boston, some ******* stops you from making a turn you are instantly lost and going through some random ass toll tunnel for the 2nd time.
Houston has a traffic circle with internal yields - most accident prone intersection in the country I bet. Just dumb design - I’ve seen dozens and dozens of accidents there.
And Houston has some pretty horrendous drivers at a baseline. And lots of unregistered vehicles with paper plates. And terrible traffic in general.
And Houston has some pretty horrendous drivers at a baseline. And lots of unregistered vehicles with paper plates. And terrible traffic in general.
parbaked
Senior Member
Chinese drivers in China FTW...
I live in the the roundabout capitol of the world and am a total convert. For low to moderate intersections they are fantastic. Hardly ever have to stop when driving around town. No lights, no stop signs, just yield yield yield.
Ive got no issues with roundabouts, but this one in particular is dumb.
Green = clear to drive, yellow = yield, red = stop sign
Everyone assumes it works like other traffic circles and you get multiple t-bone accidents per day at the internal yields.
