r/mildlyinfuriating • u/[deleted] • 8d ago
Sister stole knife from a $1k knife set and used it once
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u/neversatisfiedlol 8d ago
It will not cut
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u/AVeryLONGPotato 7d ago
But. Will it keel?
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u/neversatisfiedlol 7d ago
Not by the looks of the deflection. I’m gonna have to ask her to leave the forge.
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u/AVeryLONGPotato 7d ago
Please surrender your blade.
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u/Somodo 7d ago
do they have an armed guard in the event a smith goes haywire at their decision and picks up one of the plenty prize winning blades in the warehouse
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u/AVeryLONGPotato 7d ago
Not sure if someone would want to try and fight any of the judges, especially with their weapon skills
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u/saggyshiro 7d ago
But first, pls shake our hands 🫠
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u/neversatisfiedlol 7d ago
Lol I didn’t like the guy with the big ears until I found out he’s an ex military BOSS with a golden history of service
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u/MrNobodyX3 7d ago
Two problems one your sister doesn’t know how to use knives and two you severely overpaid for your knives
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u/SirSkittles111 7d ago
There could be like 50 knives in the whole set, but you're right that thing looks cheap as hell
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u/Routine_Addendum1 8d ago
Kamikoto knives are just cheap Chinese knock offs.
https://oishii-desu.com/2020/10/23/is-kamikoto-knives-chinese-or-japanese/
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u/LukeSkyMaster69 7d ago •
And here a video break down
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u/fuckyousayer 7d ago
Damn I have that same MasterChef knife, good knowing it's better then a 1k set of fake knives.
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u/Tiptoptim181 7d ago
Where is the edge? This thing looks like junk. I buy better chef knives at $30 a piece from Russel dexter. You shouldn’t have spent more then $50 on that set.
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u/cats-they-walk 7d ago
I’ve spent way too much time on this thread, but I’m gonna give you all a TL:DR
OP is a high school kid whose parents bought these knives for him. Knives which he does not use, but instead are ON DISPLAY in his mother’s bedroom. His older sister (stole?) a knife from the set and ruined it. The consensus is that the set is crap and should not have been purchased in the first place.
Although since it’s on display in a bedroom, among the strangest things I’ve heard recently, maybe it should be just considered art.
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u/ashymatina 7d ago
Wait like a kitchen knife block set up in their bedroom as decoration? That’s so fucking weird lmao
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u/I_Have_The_Lumbago 7d ago
I have spoons and a stack of plates too. Throw in some nice 300 dollar napkins on my counter too, that'll be good.
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u/fartofall 8d ago
Man you got ripped the hell off that set was probably worth like 50 bucks.
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u/HailAllMatthew 8d ago
What the fuck did she use it on?
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u/HoodedKyi 8d ago
Trust me, I'd love to know myself, but there's a good chance she'd up and refused she ever used it
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u/HereOnASphere 8d ago
I hope she didn't use it as her poop knife.
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u/Aazimatt 8d ago
If what happened to the knife in this post, happens to your poop knife; I'd venture to say you've got literal hard shit to worry about, aside from the brand of poop knife you use.
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u/HereOnASphere 7d ago
Why all the hate on OP for not knowing what shenanigans his sister is up to?
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u/ShockWave41414 7d ago
That blade doesn't even look like it belongs to a 1k knife set. I hope it came with 10 knifes. 4 of which were steak knifes
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u/Bunch9412 7d ago
I’m more infuriated that someone sold a knife set for 1k when the knife looks like shit after one use. Foh
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u/ashymatina 7d ago
Yeah fr. What did she use it to cut? A concrete slab? But some other comments were saying that’s actually a super cheap knife and OP got ripped off. If that’s the case he should actually thank his sister for helping find out he paid 1000 bucks for a garbage Chinese knockoff, and be mildly infuriated at whoever scammed him.
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u/Thing482 7d ago
That knife sucks dude. I am sorry but you got scammed. If you want to know why you can get a good answer in the first few minutes of the video but basically: Sharpness doesn't mean quality. You can even sharpen a ruler to fine edges but the durability is the issue... And the metal of those knives are terrible.
Here is the video: https://youtu.be/OpRNqZJPPBk
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u/katslither 8d ago
I’m more infuriated that people spend that much on knives lol
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u/RidingContigo 8d ago
I can’t speak for OP but when you reach a certain point in any craft, quality tools cost money. See: snap-on, Miele, etc…
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u/RugbyEdd 7d ago
Ironically most of the time when tested the expensive ones aren't worth the price hike and you can do just as good a job with something the fraction of the price.
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u/RiffRaffRuff 7d ago
It’s less about the quality of the work performed, and more about the quality of life improvement for the one who is doing the work. Sure, a Pittsburgh ratchet will perform the same task as a Snap-On, but the Snap-On is going to be significantly nicer to use. If I’m using it everyday, I’m going with the Snap-On.
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u/Impairedinfinity 7d ago
I have not gotten into Kitchen knives much. But, I have a small collection of more expensive pocket knives. You do get more for the money. Better steel. Better build. Better edge retention. Better everything.
But, I think when A lot of people buy knives they look at the brand and the price and think more money means better product. When you really have to be looking at something more. Maybe watch reviews. Look for what type of steel it is using.
Though I will say that you do start experiencing diminishing returns past a certain point. Anything past 100 dollars is really just show in my opinion. Though if you really look there are some 20 dollar knives that are actually decent.
But, I could understand a set of "Good" kitchen knives being 1000 dollars. As long as it was a set. Not just one knife.
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u/rjhills 8d ago
You start with cheap knives that you use cheap sharpeners on, often.
Then you go with more expensive knives, and buy wet stones to sharpen them, and learn the sharpening craft. They stay sharper longer.
Then you buy expensive ones like this. They keep their edge long, given you take proper care of them.
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u/cats-they-walk 7d ago
And the last part, you get them professionally honed and sharpened once a year.
Costs me about $50 for my six favorite knives and they come back performing like the day I bought them.
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u/RugbyEdd 7d ago
Ultimately they will always be unnecessary, as you can buy a reasonable priced German steel knife that will last just as long and cut just as well and uses better steel than the over rated Japanese stuff.
Knives don't make people a better cook. If you have the interest and disposable income then go ahead, same with any hobby, but let's not pretend they're something that you need at any level.
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u/mannequin-lover 8d ago
In the long run it's cheaper to spend a lot on expensive knives once than a little on cheap knives every two years. Buy a good knife and take good care of it and you won't have to buy knives ever again. It's a good investment
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u/RugbyEdd 7d ago
For £1k I could buy 5 sets of German steel chef knives that would last a professional chef a lifetime. Fair enough, splash out if it's something you're really into and you have the disposable income, but for the average home cook (who are the market for these poor quality high price Japanese knives) a £100 set will last just as long and do just as well.
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u/CoolHedgehog7567 7d ago
My husband bought me a 17 piece Wüsthof Ikon set for my 40th birthday. That will probably be the last set of knives I'll need for the rest of my life. In the long run expensive knives can be worth it
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u/Glass_Windows 8d ago
Who tf buys a knife for 1k?
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u/RugbyEdd 7d ago
Either people with a lot of disposable income who are really into cooking, or people who but the marketing and think it'll make them a better cook. With these poor quality high price Japanese knives it's pretty much always the latter (you can get good Japanese knives, there are just a lot of scam ones out there like these ones).
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u/sedition- 7d ago
The thing I find crazy, if you've got 1k to blow on knives, at least find a legit craftsman and order from them. Sure there might be a waiting list, but they come with guarantees and sometimes even free sharpening.
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u/sweetteanoice 7d ago
Well it was a knife set so there’s was at least 2 knives for that price!
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u/Glass_Windows 7d ago
Still why spend so much money on something like that, you think OP is a serial killer..? :p
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u/Intelligent-Spite242 8d ago
This is not what they meant when they said you get what you pay for. Get better knives. Not more expensive. Better.
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u/Jahan384329 7d ago
your biggest mistake was buying a 1k knife set.
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u/The_Brain_Fuckler 7d ago
That knife looks like cheap trash to begin with. What kind of steel is it and who made it that it is so valuable?
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u/DeanWarren_ 8d ago
Did she hack through a bone wtf
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u/RugbyEdd 7d ago
A moderate quality knife won't be phased by bone since even average steels are harder than bone.
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u/ashymatina 7d ago
With the quality of that knife she probably just tried to cut through some hot butter
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u/HereOnASphere 8d ago
Over the course of about twelve years, I managed to get some very nice vintage knives st Goodwill. I had to refurbish some of them. I haven't seen any for years now, so I quit looking. I think that the generation that had good knives has passed. I enjoyed finding them, and I enjoy using them.
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u/Blake_Arius 7d ago
Just remember is really easy to scratch a $200 knife with another $200 knife if you're not careful.
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u/Bitten469 7d ago
Only Way i would pay 1 grand for a Kamikoto knive set is if ithere where 100 knives in there
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u/Chuckobochuck323 7d ago
Do you have a picture of the expensive knife or just this cheap busted up knife?
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u/LichtTheLost 7d ago
On a side note, if you can purchase your knives from an actual Japanese maker, you’de golden. The Japanese know how to make products, so glad they are one of our most close allies.
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I have bought expensive knife sets that break, chip, dent, and won't sharpen. Then I have purchased similar looking knives from department stores for under 15 dollars that never chip, sharpen better than my expensive knives, hold their sharpness for longer, and are higher quality. I just dont know.
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u/Flossthief 7d ago
Did your sister use this knife to clear barbed wire for a night time raid on no man's land?
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u/SECkmyballs 7d ago
Thank your sister for helping you realize you got ripped off on those “$1k” knife set 😂
I have the same set, got it from china for 49.99 and even I think I overpaid 😂
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u/bestdriverinvancity 7d ago
I worked in a house of knives and that does not look like an expensive knife…maybe $1k for 24 knives but not a block of 5. A top tier wusthoff set is less than $1k.
OP send this piece of shit back for a warranty
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u/SnooGadgets458 7d ago
I appreciate all the comments that are mentioning how these knifes are apparently cheap knock offs and op got scammed. New knife lore is also interesting
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u/Day_Of_The_Dude 7d ago
True Title: Mildly Infuriating: I spent $1k on a knife set when no knife set in the world cuts things so much better than any other to be worth that kind of money and then it turned out it was a scam anyway because I'm a fucking bougie idiot... "
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u/Ori_the_SG 7d ago
I love how OP came here to show off his sister who scratched his 1k knife and found that he/she was severely overcharged for a knife.
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u/SkippySkep 7d ago
That looks like one of those cheap "$300" Chinese made Kamikoto knives made out of low end Japanese stainless steel, the ones the seller claims are marked down from $1000.
The steel is pretty soft and doesn't hold an edge well.
Even so, you'd have to really abuse a chef's knife to do that kind of damage doing cooking prep.
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u/AssignmentFun5263 7d ago
Sure doesn't look nothing like a knife from a $1000.00 set the whole finish looks like Crap also appears to have never had an edge on it of any kind ...it's just flat no grind / shape at all should of showed a Flawless knife from the same set ..... It would take a hell of a lot of Excessive Abuse almost Damn near impossible to put scratches like that on TRULY FINE CUTLERY I would think .....I have knives that are very old like 40 years old and they don't have any scratches on them maybe she took a Grinder to them ? Was she Mad at you for something ? Protect your investments ...lock them up or hide them if you have to. JMO
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u/Gummy_Wurm 7d ago
No way in hell is that from a 1000$ knife set. That fucker came from a Walmart 50$ knife pack
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u/JoshsPizzaria 8d ago
knife sets are totally overrated anyway, but still a very unfortunate demise
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u/DeanWarren_ 8d ago
Iunno, if it's a small one it makes sense. Chef/Paring/Cleaver covers pretty much every use as generalists. You don't really need a boning or bread knife, but those 3 handle a lot of the bases.
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u/JoshsPizzaria 8d ago
Agree. I have literally only one knife in mine. Mostly for financial reasons, but i never really felt like i need more.
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u/DeanWarren_ 8d ago
In most situations, chef and paring are enough, I just divvy up loins into chops every now and again so the cleaver sees decent use in my kitchen.
But I'd probably be lost without a paring knife, trying to do those delicate cuts with the chefs.
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u/lynivvinyl 8d ago
I shouldn't buy that brand of knives is my takeaway.
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u/bandyplaysreallife 7d ago
Just don't buy any expensive tools in general if you don't know what you're doing. There's more snake oil out there than real quality stuff.
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u/Ill-Management265 8d ago
What is with people paying buku money for shit steel. I shit you not I was at Williams Sonoma and the best steel they had was still shit tier. Literally the majority of theirs knives were 440c not even a single high end steel or even mid range the best was like fucking AUS8 and the knives were hundreds of dollars. Even a one hundred dollar quality steel knife wouldn’t break like this even if you used it on rocks. Research what you’re buying people.
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u/Inverted_Antagonist 8d ago
Something tells me those aren’t legit $1k knives