IronStomach
Full Fledged Farker
- Joined
- Oct 1, 2009
- Location
- West Chicago, IL
Not to start an argument but to join the Knife Makers Guild your knife has to bend to a 45 and not break if it does your temper is wrong. A lot of knives are either cast or made of what they call a powder metal, cheaper than quality steel but they break easy.
The difference between what you just described and what the kiwi review described is this:
The kiwi bent and held the bend. It had to be bent back with pliers.
Real forged blades can bend - but they spring back on their own and don't show a bend after the fact.
In the end, tools are tools. If something reliably works for the task, then so be it. Leave the jewelery for the people who never use the tools they buy.
That said, I'm incredibly darn happy with my three wusthofs and cheap-a@@ Wolfgang Puck santoku knife set. :-D $10 on cheap blades is $10 I won't use, but thanks for the tip PatioDaddio!