I own both. I reach for the Fiskar when there’s prep work to be done. The Fibrox is a great pie cutter. It’s also a good backup to the Fiskar at ten times the price.
@kalfaz zooming in on the picture showing the scissors in action makes it look like there is a bit bias for righties. The thing being cut tends to push the blades apart, turning a pair of scissors into very awkward pair of knives. The thumb and finger placement in the picture looks like it is applying force to keep the blades rubbing against each other.
It might be more awkward to hold the scissors in the left hand and apply pressure to keep the blades scissoring.
@hamjudo@kalfaz They’re not that easy to use, especially if you have larger fingers & thumbs. Tight fit and the leverage to really cut things is not very good. But very sharp, and they work good for trimming baking parchment, cutting up cooked chicken or string cheese, or taking off the tip of your finger …
@mediocre@RedOak@TimW@unixrab@Yoda_Daenerys I never noticed the “v” symbol. And I don’t have one even though I am signed-up, but, now I see, I am signed-up on that wine site that’s related. And a “membership” gives you the free ship on all the related sites. But I guess I’m not officially “in the club” for meh. That’s OK because if I could pick one club, it would be “wine I didn’t need,” not "useless household and electronic items I didn’t need.
@mediocre@pmarin@RedOak@TimW@unixrab@Yoda_Daenerys You have the little heart shield @pmarin. That indicates the newer “membership” club. It’s essentially the same thing as the older “VMP” (very mediocre person) club. Either way, your money is very welcome across ALL the mediocre corp. properties!
Passing because I have decent knives, but forgot I did cause they’re new and went to dry one with the cheapest paper towels ever made in existence, giving myself a nice deep cut that will likely mirror the one i gave myself from a mandaline a decade ago. Super fun day lemme tell you, bleeds like a mofo the second the bandaid gets changed, cause applying pressure without cutting off circulation was too hard for me the first time.
@mcanavino Ill have to look into them if I go out later today cause already slept on it, hoping the worst will have passed. The only upside is I dropped the same knife earlier and was smart enough to step away and not try and catch it which probably saved me from something much worse.
I bought these last time (at more than twice the price!) and they’re actually pretty decent knives. The scissor thing is not horribly useful, except for soft stuff. If you use it for anything crispy, like carrots or celery, it shoots the pieces all over the place. And they’re not very strong, you won’t be spatchcocking anything with them. But good knives, and, hey, for $10 I’ll probably get a second set.
Wow, an actual super high quality product! About damn time! I happen to need the shears, so I’m in. Also, bad advertising to have one of the pictures be one of the knives stabbed through a hand.
My snobbiest knives are Henckels Pro S. I reach for these Fiskars just as often for everyday tasks when I’m getting work done rather than trying to impress someone. The guards/sheaves are odd but workable and save a couple of block slots. The shears/snips/scissors are not as useful as common kitchen scissors. I find them handy for snipping green beans and chopping cilantro/parsley and so forth. As another post commented bits fly all over the place. I use them left handed just fine. I bought more sets for “just because” gifts.
I’ve got a number of ok knifes and one really good one. Seems the good one is always in the dishwasher, missing, or stuck in a block of stone whenever I need it so hopefully these will be good backups.
@MooseWizard dishwasher detergent is very caustic to be able to dissolve food without scrubbing. The edge of a sharp knife is a delicate exposed piece of steel that is going to get the worst of that. It will deteriorate the sharp edge causing your good sharp knife to get dull faster.
@djslack@MooseWizard It also has abrasives in it. Not unlike a sand blaster with water. Just do the blades a favor and hand wash them. There are Kevlar gloves available so you can wash them without fear of losing a finger. I have to keep all sharp objects away from my wife…has nothing at all to do with my being an A-Hole…she gets cut just by looking at a sharp knife…
In for a set. Although I have various high-end Wüsthof & Sabatier knives (and a great Victorinox Fibrox bread knife [$40]), these will replace some everyday ones we leave out on the cutting board for casual use. I’m retiring an old chef’s knife that a girlfriend from the '80s had used on the family boat in the '60s. Good steel, but it looks like hell and the handle is disintegrating. The Fiskars seem to be well-liked on Amazon, but I’ll probably give the shears to my Laotian neighbor who grows her own herbs…
Specs
What’s in the Box?
1x 7" Chef Knife
1x 4.5" Paring Knife
1x 7" Kitchen Shears
Price Comparison
$24.99 Amazon
Warranty
90 days
Estimated Delivery
Monday, July 13th - Thursday, July 16th
That’s not a knife…
Old joke, yeah.
Owie!!
I still have a bacon bowl maker you sold me somewhere in a drawer.
@sammydog01 How did it happen to come about that you and Meh were hanging out in a drawer making bacon-bowl deals??
@sammydog01 @shahnm “How it got in my drawers, I have no idea.”
Looks sharp!
Lesson to you kids: Cheap knivrs are dangerous.
@hchavers That is why I always pay top dollar for my knivrses!
@shahnm thr small phonr keyboard is hard to usr with a knivr through the hand
@hchavers That, my friend, is why you should always get the fancy knivrses and top-of-the-line phonrae!
Yep. Save yourselves the time/money and get a $40 Fibrox. That’s the cheapest knife worth owning.
I own both. I reach for the Fiskar when there’s prep work to be done. The Fibrox is a great pie cutter. It’s also a good backup to the Fiskar at ten times the price.
Loreena wants me to order three sets…I’m hesitant but not sure why
@mydrivec Did you recently sign up for a large life insurance policy? Why? Oh… no reason…
@mydrivec she’s just looking out for your future as a porn star…
I hope they sell BB gun tomorrow!
@ibjungle You’ll shoot your eye out kid.
Are these shears for lefties or righties or does that not matter with these?
@kalfaz Yes.
@kalfaz zooming in on the picture showing the scissors in action makes it look like there is a bit bias for righties. The thing being cut tends to push the blades apart, turning a pair of scissors into very awkward pair of knives. The thumb and finger placement in the picture looks like it is applying force to keep the blades rubbing against each other.
It might be more awkward to hold the scissors in the left hand and apply pressure to keep the blades scissoring.
@hamjudo @kalfaz They’re not that easy to use, especially if you have larger fingers & thumbs. Tight fit and the leverage to really cut things is not very good. But very sharp, and they work good for trimming baking parchment, cutting up cooked chicken or string cheese, or taking off the tip of your finger …
bought here the first time, bought 3 more as gifts “elsewhere”… the knives are decent, but the shears are really, really cool.
That being said- they really don’t add anything to the clown costume.
@alacrity The shears are useful in making Mint Margaritas.
Great gift for that special mohel in your life.
@mike808 they are kosher, technically… they’ll slice, they’ll dice, they’ll circumcise?
@alacrity @mike808 No, thank you; I am rather attached to my foreskin and intend to keep it that way!
pretty sure i would have bought if i still had free shipping
@Yoda_Daenerys how did you get free shipping? Wasn’t aware that ever existed here (other than for @Mediocre employees).
@Yoda_Daenerys Same.
@mediocre @RedOak @Yoda_Daenerys https://meh.com/vmp
@mediocre @TimW @Yoda_Daenerys
You’ll note the little “V” (VMP) next to my username and yours… that comes with a $5/month obligation.
Still wondering about the “free” shipping for non-employees.
No matter how much a VMP or “Member” orders per month, their shipping cost is never free.
It only approaches but never hits zero, even if you amortize $5 across 30 items… buying every day.
Sunk cost <> no cost.
@unixrab
@mediocre @RedOak @TimW @unixrab @Yoda_Daenerys
/youtube freedom isn’t free
@mediocre @RedOak @unixrab @Yoda_Daenerys
/image mr pedantic
@mediocre @RedOak @TimW @unixrab @Yoda_Daenerys I never noticed the “v” symbol. And I don’t have one even though I am signed-up, but, now I see, I am signed-up on that wine site that’s related. And a “membership” gives you the free ship on all the related sites. But I guess I’m not officially “in the club” for meh. That’s OK because if I could pick one club, it would be “wine I didn’t need,” not "useless household and electronic items I didn’t need.
@mediocre @pmarin @RedOak @TimW @unixrab @Yoda_Daenerys You have the little heart shield @pmarin. That indicates the newer “membership” club. It’s essentially the same thing as the older “VMP” (very mediocre person) club. Either way, your money is very welcome across ALL the mediocre corp. properties!
@mediocre @pmarin @RedOak @therealjrn @TimW @unixrab @Yoda_Daenerys
Except we pay an extra penny every month for that super cool V.
@Ignorant @mediocre @pmarin @RedOak @therealjrn @TimW @unixrab @Yoda_Daenerys
I consider my montly fee to be for membership in the cool kids’ club. So shipping is free after all.
@mediocre @RedOak @TimW @Yoda_Daenerys
Didn’t I already explain this?
https://meh.com/forum/topics/this-is-why-i-dont-buy-vmp#5521968db03199c8081bf13a
@Ignorant @mediocre @pmarin @sammydog01 @therealjrn @TimW @unixrab @Yoda_Daenerys
Fuck the “cool kids club” - I’m much too practical - and cheap - for that.
If there hadn’t been the continue-VMP (but exclude “Members”) bribes during the last Meh-Rathon, I’d have dumped VMP. So close…
@Ignorant @mediocre @pmarin @RedOak @therealjrn @TimW @unixrab @Yoda_Daenerys
@Ignorant @mediocre @pmarin @RedOak @sammydog01 @therealjrn @TimW @Yoda_Daenerys
Cut meh pie into pieces, this is my last dessert.
Knife is a Unifork!
Passing because I have decent knives, but forgot I did cause they’re new and went to dry one with the cheapest paper towels ever made in existence, giving myself a nice deep cut that will likely mirror the one i gave myself from a mandaline a decade ago. Super fun day lemme tell you, bleeds like a mofo the second the bandaid gets changed, cause applying pressure without cutting off circulation was too hard for me the first time.
@Tiamat114 - Owie.
@Tiamat114 Get some butterfly bandages - pull the wound closed.
Also reminded me the time I sliced the shit out of my hand cutting Parmesan Regginano at WF. Nice little scar on my finger.
@mcanavino Ill have to look into them if I go out later today cause already slept on it, hoping the worst will have passed. The only upside is I dropped the same knife earlier and was smart enough to step away and not try and catch it which probably saved me from something much worse.
will the shears work to spatchcock a turkey?
@chienfou You’d better have extreme hand strength
/giphy extreme strength
@ManBehindPlan yeah, I generally use a pair of dedicated aviator snips… so guess I’ll keep that up!
Gotta love some spatchcocked turkey though…
I bought these last time (at more than twice the price!) and they’re actually pretty decent knives. The scissor thing is not horribly useful, except for soft stuff. If you use it for anything crispy, like carrots or celery, it shoots the pieces all over the place. And they’re not very strong, you won’t be spatchcocking anything with them. But good knives, and, hey, for $10 I’ll probably get a second set.
And they’re still available this morning, so …
/giphy better-invisible-butterfly
Wow, an actual super high quality product! About damn time! I happen to need the shears, so I’m in. Also, bad advertising to have one of the pictures be one of the knives stabbed through a hand.
/buy
@Dizavid It worked! Your order number is: fun-mangy-tail
/image fun mangy tail
My snobbiest knives are Henckels Pro S. I reach for these Fiskars just as often for everyday tasks when I’m getting work done rather than trying to impress someone. The guards/sheaves are odd but workable and save a couple of block slots. The shears/snips/scissors are not as useful as common kitchen scissors. I find them handy for snipping green beans and chopping cilantro/parsley and so forth. As another post commented bits fly all over the place. I use them left handed just fine. I bought more sets for “just because” gifts.
Are the blades serrated? I think I’m glad I grabbed the Kai Luna set instead of these.
/buy
@ckcarlton It worked! Your order number is: typical-grimy-pudding
/image typical grimy pudding
Tempting but don’t need 'em.
VMP-bait!
/buy
@ManBehindPlan It worked! Your order number is: lagging-jumbled-airport
/image lagging jumbled airport
I went ahead head and pulled the trigger ( physical-uppity-mouse ) they can go along with my other 60 or so knives
I’ve got a number of ok knifes and one really good one. Seems the good one is always in the dishwasher, missing, or stuck in a block of stone whenever I need it so hopefully these will be good backups.
/giphy optimal-terrible-perch
@MooseWizard don’t put your good knife/knives in the dishwasher if you care about keeping a nice edge.
@MooseWizard Have a star for that “block of stone” slide-in joke!
@djslack Legit curious, is it the heated dry that would damage the blade? Otherwise, it’s just soap and water, no?
@MooseWizard dishwasher detergent is very caustic to be able to dissolve food without scrubbing. The edge of a sharp knife is a delicate exposed piece of steel that is going to get the worst of that. It will deteriorate the sharp edge causing your good sharp knife to get dull faster.
At least that’s how I understand it.
@djslack @MooseWizard It also has abrasives in it. Not unlike a sand blaster with water. Just do the blades a favor and hand wash them. There are Kevlar gloves available so you can wash them without fear of losing a finger. I have to keep all sharp objects away from my wife…has nothing at all to do with my being an A-Hole…she gets cut just by looking at a sharp knife…
/giphy costly-terrible-bubble
@jwoody27 why is terrible in so many order IDs today?
/buy
@Vertabrae It worked! Your order number is: erratic-authentic-guitar
/image erratic authentic guitar
/buy
@kshannon1 It worked! Your order number is: presumptuous-rich-zinc
/image presumptuous rich zinc
In for a set. Although I have various high-end Wüsthof & Sabatier knives (and a great Victorinox Fibrox bread knife [$40]), these will replace some everyday ones we leave out on the cutting board for casual use. I’m retiring an old chef’s knife that a girlfriend from the '80s had used on the family boat in the '60s. Good steel, but it looks like hell and the handle is disintegrating. The Fiskars seem to be well-liked on Amazon, but I’ll probably give the shears to my Laotian neighbor who grows her own herbs…
/buy
@bugdave It worked! Your order number is: economic-barefoot-person
/image economic barefoot person
/buy
@rjaiswal It worked! Your order number is: stale-legitimate-harbor
/image stale legitimate harbor
I don’t need this…
/Buy
Don’t tell my wife.
@fuzzmanmatt It worked! Your order number is: heavenly-careless-goldfish
/image heavenly careless goldfish
/buy
@mfladd It worked! Your order number is: resourceful-wrinkled-wheat
/image resourceful wrinkled wheat
@mediocrebot @mfladd Oh great. Now I’m going to have to stalk morningsave in hopes they sell turmeric night serum someday.
/giphy magnetic-agonizing-cow
