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Heard a customer say "a knife's a knife" at the counter yesterday
Some guy in his 40s was buying a cheap $15 knife block set and told me any blade will do the job. I wanted to hand him my old Victorinox and let him try breaking down a chicken with it. Has anyone else had to just bite their tongue when someone says stuff like that?
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ward.piper2d ago
Used to be one of those people myself, to be honest. I thought a knife was just a hunk of metal and you paid extra for a name brand. Then I got a decent chef's knife for my birthday a few years back and tried cutting a squash with it. Night and day difference, no joke. The cheap ones slip and chip and you end up fighting your food instead of just cutting it. Now I get why folks drop real money on good steel, it saves you time and a lot of frustration in the long run.
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finley_flores281d ago
A good knife really does change how you prep food, but the whole "it saves time" thing is a little misleading. You still have to sharpen it regularly and treat it right, otherwise it chips just as bad as the cheap ones. A lot of folks drop big money and then toss it in the dishwasher thinking it's indestructible, that's how you ruin a nice blade fast. A decent mid-range knife with proper care beats a fancy one you neglect any day of the week.
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