Kickstarter veggie knife

Meh, it's a kitchen gadget. I don't do kitchen gadgets.

For $65 you could get one hell of a kitchen knife from a maker here on BF. I'd do that.

That thing will work fine, I'm sure, until it gets dull. Then what do you do? If it's a normal knife, you just sharpen it. That thing? I'll take a stab at it, but I'd bet it's trash once it dulls.

Edit: I forgot the worst part. The handle's really stupid. My hands hurt just looking at it.
 
when they cut the cucumber it slides off diagonally. looks like it is a pile of arse to cut with. cool looking design and handle, but the bevel might be all wrong.. and silver ions O_O neato.

buy from FBC :) his knives come with coffee :D
 
The claims that its ten times harder tha steel(obviously could be true if it's mild steel), the method of plating aluminum in a silver solution, and it's antimicrobial properties in that form. I'm not naive about any of it, nor am I unaware that it's a gadget haha. I am just curious about the claims and science behind the possibilities presented.


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I agree that it looks terrible to cut with too, just curious about the claims.


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It claims the knife features a thin layer of this GHA anodic oxidized layer for the metal. Essentially silver, with hardness and particularly anti-bacterial, which is what it is marketes as one of its main feature.

In its own design format/shape. Which would be the only thing it appears to be claiming as patent pending. Neither the serrations and the anodic layer are new ideas.

I think the never sharpen is a feature of the micro serrations type modified blade which flare commonly marketed as never needing sharpening. Maybe the layer adds something.

Funny thing is the literature says nothing as to what GHA stands for. Like what is it?
 
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That was fun reading. It sounded quaint, but mostly because because they need English lessons. Seriously, We have heard of chisel grinds pushing material away from the cut. We have heard of grooves breaking food from sticking -- a granton edge. And there are many ways to treat a blade surface to give it a localized hardness, but it doesn't make the knife harder than steel.
 
I wouldn't want to use a knife with a handle like that for an extended period of time, looks uncomfortable. It also looks like you have to saw through the food too. Do they make a left handed one too?
 
The shoehorn hook at the handle end will allow great retention for pull cuts. Other than that it doesn't look very ergonomic to me. I doubt there's enough space in that handle for my knuckles. Might have to bend it open a bit.

! Either way I stay away from Kickstarter. Suported a project there once where the makers pretended to have spent the 1million dollars without any proof like bills or even pictures of all the material they supposedly aquired. This probably means they funneled it all into their own pockets and there's nothing a backer can do.

Just wait until it hits the market and usually after a while it's also cheaper than the "special price" you get there.
 
I guess you could try using a kickstarter as a veggie knife, but it doesn't seem like it'd cut very well...:D

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Kickstarter is a mixed bag like anything else. Sometimes there's something really great on there, other time it's total crapshoot. It is a good place for innovation, but this knife doesn't strike me as anything other than a bag full of lies.


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