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If you never use them, they just look cool in your kitchen, so at least there's that.
by tptacek 11mo ago
If you never use them, they just look cool in your kitchen, so at least there's that.
- ycombinatrix 11mo agoI don't disagree - I just think this "show of confidence" take is nonsense.
- tptacek 11mo agoI liked it --- it doesn't have to be true to be thought-provoking, but also: it was the logic I used when I bought a carbon steel nakiri for my brother; that he would read the intent behind the gift as a show of respect. If he doesn't want to maintain the knife, he doesn't have to use it! Erin came back from Tokyo a few years back with a stainless-clad nakiri that I use every day, and a carbon steel nakiri with my surname engraved on it that I use maybe once a year. I'm still thrilled to have the carbon-steel nakiri! (I have a carbon-steel gyuto I use all the time, but I bought it specifically so I could get good at sharpening it when it eventually dulls, which it stubbornly refuses to do.)