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That $300 boning knife I bought was a total waste of money
I dropped three hundred bucks on a fancy Japanese boning knife from some online shop last year. Thought it would be a game changer for breaking down chickens and trimming roasts. First week it was sharp as hell, but after that the edge rolled over on a pork shoulder. Tried to sharpen it myself and chipped the blade cause the steel is way too hard for a home butcher like me. My old $40 Victorinox does the same job and I can abuse it without crying. Lesson learned: expensive tools don't make you better if you can't maintain em. Anyone else overpaid for a knife that ended up gathering dust?
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thomas_martinez19d ago
You ever notice how this whole thing bleeds into everything else in life? I see it all the time where people drop a ton of cash on the best gear thinking it'll shortcut the skill part. In my experience, you gotta earn the expensive tools by putting in the hours with the cheap ones first. The fancy stuff is for pros who can actually keep it running, not for weekend warriors like most of us. Your mileage may vary but I've watched buddies do the same thing with golf clubs, camping gear, even kitchen knives like yours. They buy the top of the line stuff and end up frustrated because they skipped the learning curve. It's almost like we're paying for the idea of being better instead of actually getting better.
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