@dahobbs9 As they are a less expensive knife they will dull faster. If you do a lot of cutting these are probably not the knives for you unless you enjoy the sharpening process.
@haydesigner But the IRK is probably worth $22 by itself so if you don’t buy anything else, you probably got your money’s worth. But there are some bad IRKs sometimes too so you never know.
@cengland0@haydesigner
I’d rather just take my chances with the IRK since it’s only $22.22! I can’t see buying ONE thing to just save $2. And besides that, it’s REALLY NOT just ONE thing! I don’t care for this TWO of everything. Actually, I would have already bought a couple of today’s offerings IF it was just one of them.
@Lynnerizer I didn’t buy to save $2 but I did buy $8 camping towels and my thought was that I’ll get $2 off so the towels are really only $6 for two. I bought the IRK assuming I wouldn’t buy anything else today and ended up doing it because it’s hard to beat $6 for two camping towels.
If something else comes up that is cheap, I might buy it too. No plans but I’m lurking around just in case. Besides, I have to be here all day to click the Meh face anyway.
@cengland0
Yeah if it’s something I want I’d buy but I didn’t go searching to find something like I had in previous Meh-rathons. I actually got those same towels you bought but I haven’t opened them yet. I bought them to leave in my vehicle for emergencies so they’re sitting on the buffet waiting.
@cengland0
Have you ever tried Turkish towels? Sand Cloud brand is the first ones I heard about and tried them many years ago (LOVE THEM) but they were super expensive and totally overpriced, like $50 for a small beach towel size 70"x40". That was before I got hip to Amazon! Lol
Amazon has lots of different brands, you have to be careful and make sure they’re 100% cotton if that’s what you want, some are 90% cotton and 10% poly. Yesterday I saw some (same smaller beach towel size 70"x40") on their limited sale deals at $14 for 2.
I’ve bought the Utopia brand (link below) before and they’re just like the overpriced Sand Cloud brand. They’re super thin and dry wicked quickly, great for the pool or anything else! Love em!
Turkish towels…
Mint https://a.co/d/9lad8KY
@Lynnerizer If the towels cost $50 each then I’m sure I haven’t tried any Turkish towels.
I spend more money on the wash cloths because those wear out fast and they need to be plush to hold a lot of the liquid soap that I use. Each wash cloth is around $20 or more. Towels are of lower quality. As long as the towel does it’s job of drying, then I’m okay with it. I bought the two towels for $8 so I can take them to the gym.
Wouldn’t want to take $50 towels to the gym and then come out of the shower to find out someone stole them. LOL
@cengland0
Funny thing about washcloths, I hated them and didn’t feel I ever needed one until I was in my late 40s and noticed my skin changing with age. I always thought they were gross. And figured since I showered evey day I couldn’t get that dirty. Silly me! Dry brushing is great for exfoliating too, and helps my lymphedema.
I hear ya, people at the gym will steal anything and everything, rob you blind they will! Buying that $50 Sand Cloud brand towel was a mistake and definitely not the norm. At the time, I didn’t know that I could get them for $7 or $8! DUH ON ME… Do check out that link, I bet you’ll love them.
@cengland0 I’m not going to divulge industry Intel here in a public forum… But ask any chef and they’ll tell you quickly what they think about stainless steel knives holding an edge…
@cengland0@SputnikHQ high-carbon steel alloy of some sort. The kind of metal that will eventually rust if you let it. Should be hardened to a Rockwell hardness of…, um…, help me out here. Something around 50 or larger??
Maybe 45.
But not stainless steel. Not even the cheap Chinese “stainless steel” that rusts faster than a 16p nail in the mud.
@cengland0@G1@SputnikHQ
There’s really no great alternative. Unless you’ve got the pocketbook to afford a solid diamond edged knife.
Stainless steel, commonly the softest, has the promise of low corrosion and low maintenance.
High-carbon steel, on the opposite spectrum, is like having a sharp diamond edge (which is solid carbon itself), but it rusts quickly and needs frequent grinding.
In-between is ceramic/ceramic coated, which is sharp, stainless, and is low maintenance… because if it chips or cracks (instead of dulling; and it will) it is hard to fix and you have throw it out.
Other exotic metals, like titanium, are like carbon steel: they may dull less, but require more maintenance (or better storage) to keep their edges clean and sharp.
@SputnikHQ There are many alloys that are sold as “stainless steel”, and it’s true that lots of them are poorly suited to being used for knives. On the other hand, there are also a number of them that rival decent carbon steel for edge retention. No major high-quality knife manufacturer of my experience lacks stainless in its range, but Cuisinart isn’t exactly in that category, and these aren’t high-end even within Cuisinart. (It’s been my experience that their painted-stainless blades are distinctly meh, and thereby entirely topical as an item for sale here.
You gets what you pays for. I prefer Victorinox for kitchen knives, but even they make some that are utter crap.)
@SputnikHQ@werehatrack I followed the recommendations of America’s Test Kitchen when I decided to retire my old set of knives that were pretty beat up from misuse. (I know better now.) Here’s what I have
Victorinox Swiss Army Fibrox 8-inch chef’s knife
Mercer Culinary Millennia 10-Inch serrated bread knife (also works great to chop chocolate)
Victorinox Swiss Classic 3.3-inch spear point paring knife
177 Milk Street Kitchin-Kiji 3.5-inch paring/utility knife
All of these are under $50 each.
I splurged a while back on a Zwillig Pro 5.5-inch serrated prep knife for $100. It’s everything a knife should be: razor-sharp, well-balanced, full tang, curved bolster for safety.
Specs
What’s Included?
Warranty
90 days
Estimated Delivery
Thursday, Apr 10 - Monday, Apr 14
I have a set of these in a different colour. For the price they are pretty good knives.
@yakkoTDI been wondering how fast they dull
@dahobbs9 As they are a less expensive knife they will dull faster. If you do a lot of cutting these are probably not the knives for you unless you enjoy the sharpening process.
Good luck getting me to buy 11 different things just to reduce the cost of the IRK to 22¢
@haydesigner But the IRK is probably worth $22 by itself so if you don’t buy anything else, you probably got your money’s worth. But there are some bad IRKs sometimes too so you never know.
@haydesigner
@cengland0 @haydesigner
I’d rather just take my chances with the IRK since it’s only $22.22! I can’t see buying ONE thing to just save $2. And besides that, it’s REALLY NOT just ONE thing! I don’t care for this TWO of everything. Actually, I would have already bought a couple of today’s offerings IF it was just one of them.
@Lynnerizer I didn’t buy to save $2 but I did buy $8 camping towels and my thought was that I’ll get $2 off so the towels are really only $6 for two. I bought the IRK assuming I wouldn’t buy anything else today and ended up doing it because it’s hard to beat $6 for two camping towels.
If something else comes up that is cheap, I might buy it too. No plans but I’m lurking around just in case. Besides, I have to be here all day to click the Meh face anyway.
@cengland0
Yeah if it’s something I want I’d buy but I didn’t go searching to find something like I had in previous Meh-rathons. I actually got those same towels you bought but I haven’t opened them yet. I bought them to leave in my vehicle for emergencies so they’re sitting on the buffet waiting.
@Lynnerizer I’m planning on using the towels at the gym. Assuming they are thinner than regular towels, that should be less space taken in my gym bag.
@cengland0
Lol 
Have you ever tried Turkish towels? Sand Cloud brand is the first ones I heard about and tried them many years ago (LOVE THEM) but they were super expensive and totally overpriced, like $50 for a small beach towel size 70"x40". That was before I got hip to Amazon!
Amazon has lots of different brands, you have to be careful and make sure they’re 100% cotton if that’s what you want, some are 90% cotton and 10% poly. Yesterday I saw some (same smaller beach towel size 70"x40") on their limited sale deals at $14 for 2.
I’ve bought the Utopia brand (link below) before and they’re just like the overpriced Sand Cloud brand. They’re super thin and dry wicked quickly, great for the pool or anything else! Love em!
Turkish towels…
Mint https://a.co/d/9lad8KY
@Lynnerizer If the towels cost $50 each then I’m sure I haven’t tried any Turkish towels.
I spend more money on the wash cloths because those wear out fast and they need to be plush to hold a lot of the liquid soap that I use. Each wash cloth is around $20 or more. Towels are of lower quality. As long as the towel does it’s job of drying, then I’m okay with it. I bought the two towels for $8 so I can take them to the gym.
Wouldn’t want to take $50 towels to the gym and then come out of the shower to find out someone stole them. LOL
@cengland0
Do check out that link, I bet you’ll love them.
Funny thing about washcloths, I hated them and didn’t feel I ever needed one until I was in my late 40s and noticed my skin changing with age. I always thought they were gross. And figured since I showered evey day I couldn’t get that dirty. Silly me! Dry brushing is great for exfoliating too, and helps my lymphedema.
I hear ya, people at the gym will steal anything and everything, rob you blind they will! Buying that $50 Sand Cloud brand towel was a mistake and definitely not the norm. At the time, I didn’t know that I could get them for $7 or $8! DUH ON ME…
These aren’t bad knives, I have more than enough knives though, what I do need though is a knife sharpener.
@AaronLeeJohnson would love to see a rechargeable one on here
@dahobbs9 I assume you mean rechargeable sharpener and not a rechargeable knife?
@cengland0 @dahobbs9 There kind of is a battery powered knife of sorts.
@AaronLeeJohnson I have an electric knife that plugs in the wall. Sort of like this one.
@AaronLeeJohnson @cengland0
These ARE bad knives. Stainless Steel is the worst choice for metal when making a knife. Dulls super fast and will not hold an edge. Avoid.
@SputnikHQ What should a knife be made out of? Titanium? Gold? Nickel? Stainless alloy with nickel?
@cengland0 I’m not going to divulge industry Intel here in a public forum… But ask any chef and they’ll tell you quickly what they think about stainless steel knives holding an edge…
@SputnikHQ Um, okay. Industry Intel huh? Wow, you’d think you would be giving away military secrets or something.
So you make a comment putting down a product because of what it’s made of but don’t want to divulge what you think it should be made of. Gee thanks.
@cengland0 @SputnikHQ high-carbon steel alloy of some sort. The kind of metal that will eventually rust if you let it. Should be hardened to a Rockwell hardness of…, um…, help me out here. Something around 50 or larger??
Maybe 45.
But not stainless steel. Not even the cheap Chinese “stainless steel” that rusts faster than a 16p nail in the mud.
@cengland0 @G1 @SputnikHQ
There’s really no great alternative. Unless you’ve got the pocketbook to afford a solid diamond edged knife.
Stainless steel, commonly the softest, has the promise of low corrosion and low maintenance.
High-carbon steel, on the opposite spectrum, is like having a sharp diamond edge (which is solid carbon itself), but it rusts quickly and needs frequent grinding.
In-between is ceramic/ceramic coated, which is sharp, stainless, and is low maintenance… because if it chips or cracks (instead of dulling; and it will) it is hard to fix and you have throw it out.
Other exotic metals, like titanium, are like carbon steel: they may dull less, but require more maintenance (or better storage) to keep their edges clean and sharp.
https://gosharpening.com/best-steel-for-knives/
@SputnikHQ There are many alloys that are sold as “stainless steel”, and it’s true that lots of them are poorly suited to being used for knives. On the other hand, there are also a number of them that rival decent carbon steel for edge retention. No major high-quality knife manufacturer of my experience lacks stainless in its range, but Cuisinart isn’t exactly in that category, and these aren’t high-end even within Cuisinart. (It’s been my experience that their painted-stainless blades are distinctly meh, and thereby entirely topical as an item for sale here.
You gets what you pays for. I prefer Victorinox for kitchen knives, but even they make some that are utter crap.)
@SputnikHQ @werehatrack I followed the recommendations of America’s Test Kitchen when I decided to retire my old set of knives that were pretty beat up from misuse. (I know better now.) Here’s what I have
All of these are under $50 each.
I splurged a while back on a Zwillig Pro 5.5-inch serrated prep knife for $100. It’s everything a knife should be: razor-sharp, well-balanced, full tang, curved bolster for safety.