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Wasted $80 on a cheap boning knife and regretted every cut
I grabbed a no-name boning knife from a discount kitchen supply store last month, thinking it would save me a few bucks. By the third pork shoulder, the blade chipped nasty and I spent twice as long fighting through joints instead of clean cuts. Anyone else been burned by a budget knife that just couldn't handle the daily grind?
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rowan_ross2d ago
Regretted every cut" feels a little dramatic for a discount knife. Yeah, it chipped, but you got through a whole pork shoulder and part of another before it happened. That's not exactly a total loss for eighty bucks. I've had expensive knives that needed sharpening after one roast. Sounds like you got exactly what you paid for, a cheap blade that did the job until it couldn't. Maybe the real problem is expecting a no-name knife to handle heavy daily work like it's a professional tool.
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Man, that really stinks. I feel for you, seriously. There's nothing worse than thinking you're being smart with your money only to end up with a tool that lets you down mid job. I've been there with a cheap chef's knife that bent on a butternut squash and I wanted to throw the whole thing in the trash. It's not just about the money lost, it's the frustration of fighting your gear when you're already tired and hungry. Hope you find a good replacement that actually holds up, because you deserve a knife that doesn't quit on you.
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waderamirez2d ago
Nah, I gotta push back on that. Eighty bucks for a knife that chips cutting pork shoulder isn't a deal, it's a ripoff. You can get a Victorinox Fibrox for around forty bucks that'll do the same job for years without chipping. A bent chef's knife on a squash is also not normal - that's just bad steel. People act like spending more money always means better quality, but a lot of cheap stuff is just overpriced junk now.
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