The knife selection at my local amish store

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The Mennonite stores in my area carry the same knives. Good simple kitchen knives, but thin; handles tend to be a bit slick if they get greasy. They wear rapidly if you use and sharpen them a lot. The blades are very soft, but are very easy to sharpen. Still for the price, they are fine, working kitchen blades.

Rich
 
Also looks like overhead electric lighting. Dem new fangled fancy Amish.

Though I actually have no idea about their culture except the common stereotypes...
 
I miss the old days when you could walk into a hardware store and they would have a glass case display of tradition pocket knives like Case or Shrade or other American made knives.
 
I wonder if theyre allowed to carry modern knives. I'm sure they have plenty use for knives. Im pretty sure cnc machining is against everything they believe in.
 
That brand is also made in the USA and is simple. It's not so much about the technology as, does the technology keep you from god is my understanding. Those knives are the most bare bones honest they can sell it would seem, I imagine a lot of thought was put into the decision. Rada cutlery I believe.
 
Balls Deep said:
That brand is also made in the USA and is simple. It's not so much about the technology as, does the technology keep you from god is my understanding. Those knives are the most bare bones honest they can sell it would seem, I imagine a lot of thought was put into the decision. Rada cutlery I believe.
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Rada is correct, great bang for tbe buck.
 
There is a difference between Mennonite and the Amish. It seems the OP may be Mennonite. Either way, thanks for showing these. :thumbup:
 
NonDairy said:
So they had to use a computer to print those labels out.
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FlaMtnBkr said:
Also looks like overhead electric lighting. Dem new fangled fancy Amish.

Though I actually have no idea about their culture except the common stereotypes...
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In HS social studies, we had did a short rotation on the Amish. IIRC (and it's been almost 30 years), there is a strange dichotomy with the Amish and modern technology....

They can use electricity, as well as other modern conveniences, within certain rule sets. For example, though they can't run power into their houses from the grid, they can do things like running a generator outside of a building, to run electric inside their businesses to operate machinery (like a lathe or table saw). Again, don't remember all the stipulations, especially since I f'ed off through most of high school, but I do remember that they have all sorts of loopholes, especially when it comes to running a business.
 
I've owned a Rada santoku for years. I believe it's the 6" model. The blade is just silly thin and gets very sharp easily off a Norton India stone. Edge retention is good enough for my uses. I know it was under $15.
 
jaseman said:
In HS social studies, we had did a short rotation on the Amish. IIRC (and it's been almost 30 years), there is a strange dichotomy with the Amish and modern technology....

They can use electricity, as well as other modern conveniences, within certain rule sets. For example, though they can't run power into their houses from the grid, they can do things like running a generator outside of a building, to run electric inside their businesses to operate machinery (like a lathe or table saw). Again, don't remember all the stipulations, especially since I f'ed off through most of high school, but I do remember that they have all sorts of loopholes, especially when it comes to running a business.
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Its not so much about technology is it is about independence from things outside their control and self reliance. For example they can use a generator (that they know how to repair themselves) to provide electricity, but they will not tap into the electricity grid. Different groups take this idea farther than others.
 
Thanks for the clarification. As I said, it's been 30 years, and couldn't remember the details, though I always found it a bit fascinating.
 
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