And when you do find the so called "one" the Honeymoon will wear off, and the hunt for a new one begins. We are never truly happy, or satisfied. We just keep on settling until the next purchase, and pray to the gods of the knife world that the next one will be the "one", but it never is.You'll never find "the one"
Your credit card has 20% interest?
The first part is more right...never, ever, never buy a Ganzo and tell anybody about it.
Dude you can get the small set of multiple grit Venev diamond stones for about $100 bucks and also learn freehand at the same time. I was a bit shy to do freehand until I watched some YouTube videos with Michael Christy. Start with his short Bevel Alignment video. Hope that helps.Most important would be:
1. Overall design and geometry are more important than some give them credit.
2. Best buy is best buy for a reason.
Less important:
Plain carbon steel suits me the best as it's very tough and also takes the edge very easily. It also requires no special sharpening equipment and finally - it's inexpensive.
Cheap stainless steels like 440, chinese steels and 4116 will roll, chip or break with harder use.
High end stainless steels are out of my budget.
3V is the best steel I currently have and I love it, but is not easy to sharpen.
D2 suits me well, but it is a chore to sharpen it.
3V and D2 both require special sharpeners (diamond) which itself is costly, and I am a student.
Bottom line - plain carbon for me over anything else any day!
Have come to terms of having more than the year has daysI came to terms with owning more knives than days of the week long ago...-td
Some people got false security with knives they own/have/carry ...