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> Those are things you expect from a new car, and they're the reasons you buy a new car. Those are thing you expect from a new car, and they most certainly are
by 4ad 9y ago
> Those are things you expect from a new car, and they're the reasons you buy a new car.
Those are thing you expect from a new car, and they most certainly are not the reason I would buy a new car.
> If I buy a brand new knife, I expect it to be sharp right from the factory.
You might expect that, but the practical reality is that knives don't really come truly pre-sharpened, and there are many reasons for that. People don't realise that this is the case, because most people, in general, have really, really dull knives, so even a mediocre edge will seem comparatively sharp. But it isn't, it's just mediocre and once you have used a really sharp knife the difference becomes very apparent.
There isn't one way to sharpen a knife. Some people prefer an asymmetric edge, some people hate asymmetric edges. Some people prefer shallow angles, some people prefer steep angles. Some people prefer knives sharped for slashing, some people prefer knives sharpened for slicing. There is no right way to sharpen a knife, it is something extremely user-specific and personal and there cannot be a way to pre-sharpen them that would satisfy all people.
Because it is such a personal issue, I fully expect that I need to sharpen a new knife the way I want it, just as I fully expect I need to installs the apps I want and configure a new phone before I can use it.
> I could have saved money and just bought a steel rod and made my own knife out of it.
This is just hyperbole.
> There is zero reason a brand new product needs immediate maintenance before it can be used.
And yet many products are like that. For example DSLR cameras come without SD/CF cards. The user has to buy them and put them in the camera before he can use it.
- RobertKerans 9y agoThat read as a satire of a hacker news response. It's a relatively expensive knife, it's not unreasonable to expect it to arrive with a sharp edge.
- 4ad 9y agoNo offense, but it's a very cheap knife. Not saying at all you need or you might even want expensive knives, in fact yesterday I made a post on reddit about some very good cheap knives: https://www.reddit.com/r/Cooking/comments/6pet6k/cooks_whats_your_unpopular_opinion/dkpgk9y https://www.reddit.com/r/Cooking/comments/6pet6k/cooks_whats.... However, that price point is the bottom of the bottom of the lowest end when it comes to knives and should be reviewed as such.
- freehunter 9y agoNo offense, but you seem to be someone who is very into knives and is proud of that. Most of us aren't. So what's "very cheap" to you is well above the price point of many people. I mean, a BMW may be a high quality car, but most people are going to just get a base model Toyota Corolla and they're just fine with that choice. I can buy a kit car that makes me supply my own engine and tires and exhaust and electrics and it will be custom fit to my exact needs, but for the Toyota Corolla owners, they want to buy a car that already has all of those things and can be driven off the lot. I'm not criticizing your choices, you seem very knowledgable. I'm just trying to help you understand that when you say "a knife shouldn't come sharp from the factory" and "that $45 knife is the bottom of the lowest end", it makes you seem incredibly out of touch with how most people buy knives. If I bought a knife that wasn't sharp, I would return it to the store and get a different one.
- Sleeep 9y agoKnives and knife sharpening is a hobby for some people. These people are going to think any knife under $500 is garbage and any knife they didn't sharpen themselves is dull. They have their mind made up already.