For kitchen work the SS did just fine - wifey was going to bet much moolah that the knife would fail abysmally - she saved a packet because i pitied her and did not accept her sure failure this time.
I did need to slice all the way through - the hook at the end stops just short of push cutting completely.
Onions - many onions were very summarily dealt with - and I am talking very fine slices followed by equally fine slices at 90degrees thus effectively making very fine little cubes - OH about 1/100 of your fingernail.
Orange peeling went pretty good as also pineapple slicing.
But that any thin knife does pretty well anyway.
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The SS did shine when it came to opening pesky plastic packaging. The hook maintained a good grip on the plastic while also making a nice cut - just through the top layer. Very nice very controlled - no chance of things going awry - beautiful.
(phtff - why do they seal them things so darn tight in hard plastic - will the indestructable items inside evaporate?)
...anyway the "usual" knife belly makes going through this hard plastic a dicey proposition - always managing to slice off and aim for some part of my body to impale. Unless one takes a solid stab and punctures through BOTH layers of plastic - rather uncouth if for example there are 2 light bulbs sealed within and one only wants one of them.
The SS does seem to be miles ahead of regular blade shapes in this application.
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PS: Did i mention the sheeple seem less afeared of this knife than some of my other knives? It has the look of a kitchen knife/utility knife.
I did need to slice all the way through - the hook at the end stops just short of push cutting completely.
Onions - many onions were very summarily dealt with - and I am talking very fine slices followed by equally fine slices at 90degrees thus effectively making very fine little cubes - OH about 1/100 of your fingernail.
Orange peeling went pretty good as also pineapple slicing.
But that any thin knife does pretty well anyway.
***
The SS did shine when it came to opening pesky plastic packaging. The hook maintained a good grip on the plastic while also making a nice cut - just through the top layer. Very nice very controlled - no chance of things going awry - beautiful.
(phtff - why do they seal them things so darn tight in hard plastic - will the indestructable items inside evaporate?)
...anyway the "usual" knife belly makes going through this hard plastic a dicey proposition - always managing to slice off and aim for some part of my body to impale. Unless one takes a solid stab and punctures through BOTH layers of plastic - rather uncouth if for example there are 2 light bulbs sealed within and one only wants one of them.
The SS does seem to be miles ahead of regular blade shapes in this application.
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PS: Did i mention the sheeple seem less afeared of this knife than some of my other knives? It has the look of a kitchen knife/utility knife.
