I am a big fan of Cutco myself...They, IMO are a lot better than any Hinkels knives and are better on price, they also have a hell of a lot better warranty!!
Once you get up to the professional level of knives it is all a mater of personal taste. I am a big fan of the Wusthof Classic and have three of them. Check out the Wusthof website for more information.
I am a big fan of Cutco myself...They, IMO are a lot better than any Hinkels knives and are better on price, they also have a hell of a lot better warranty!!
My .02 cents.
why do they make you jump through hoops to buy one? or even see the prices? they just give you a phone #. is it amway for knives?
Blessings of the state, blessings of the masses. Thou art a subject of the divine, created in the image of man, by the masses, for the masses. Let us be thankful we have an occupation to fill. Work hard, increase production, prevent accidents and be happy. Let us be thankful we have commerce. Buy more. Buy more now. Buy. And be happy.
To follow up on the 250+ Watt mixer reference. Why? I see the stand mixers and I know everyone wants one (including my fiancee who has baked maybe 3 things in her life) but they are huge. How superior are they to hand mixers and mixing bowls?
why do they make you jump through hoops to buy one? or even see the prices? they just give you a phone #. is it amway for knives?
Because they sell through individual re-sellers rather than through the corporation. So, someone will make a commission. The knives are my favorite though, made me get rid of my henckels. Perhaps they are the amway of knives though, but I have never had a problem, and some of my knives just got back from being sharpened for free.
My ex-wife apparently thought it was important. My (very) working class parents bought us an admittedly run-of-the-mill set of knives and I know for a fact that to her the whole thing symbolized some kind of assessment of where I am from (and where I can go - financially). We were together for 7 years but married only one. At the last minute, she morphed into a very materialistic person. She wasn't willing for us to work for a few years, save some money and start a family. Instead she had an affair with (then later married) her Harvard professor.
She was a converted Jew but yet she married the grandson of a Nazi art dealer. (I never found out how her parents feel about this). The money they are now living off of is money from his grand father. She is now very well off and can somehow live with herself and his (presumed) bloodmoney. Ain't life grand? I understand forgiveness and not blaming descendants for their ancestor's mistakes, but the money is literally from questionable sources. Much of the stolen Jewish art has never been recovered.
Well, the heck with her I've had many years of happiness after that. And yes, I still have and use the perfectly good knives. And my fiancé is more than happy for us to both live within our means and prosper though our own work.
Marrying for wealth...beyond comprehension for me.
WOw . . . that is depressing . . . you paint a picture of an awful person
Class is strange that way: it is an almost invisible patina that coats everything about a person, and yet, it is merely built from symbols and interests and cultivated concerns . . . real indicators do exist, such as money and education, but those don't gaurantee that one class will aknowledge a person as 'their own' . . . far subtler things exist that draw the boundaries.
People almost never believe they are from the class that they are actually from and have pretentions to the next economic class up. That pretense is is ugly . . .it is founded on the implicit denigration of people of their own or lower socio-economic classes.
Paul Fussel wrote a great semi-comic book called 'Class" In it he paints incredibly succint and hilarious portraits of the four major class groups: Working Class, Middle Class, and Upper Class as well as what he called the 'X" Class . . . the only class I found sympathetic was the X class . . .. anyway, its a great funny read, you should check it out.
I am a big fan of Cutco myself...They, IMO are a lot better than any Hinkels knives and are better on price, they also have a hell of a lot better warranty!!
My .02 cents.
My friend has some cutco's. They are very sharp. Honestly, I cook nothing, and have no interest to do anything resembling cooking, but the cutco knives did pretty well at cutting the dacron and kevlar rope I was preparing for a sailboat.
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My .02 cents.
Originally posted by ijerry
I am a big fan of Cutco myself...They, IMO are a lot better than any Hinkels knives and are better on price, they also have a hell of a lot better warranty!!
My .02 cents.
why do they make you jump through hoops to buy one? or even see the prices? they just give you a phone #. is it amway for knives?
Blessings of the state, blessings of the masses. Thou art a subject of the divine, created in the image of man, by the masses, for the masses. Let us be thankful we have an occupation to fill. Work hard, increase production, prevent accidents and be happy. Let us be thankful we have commerce. Buy more. Buy more now. Buy. And be happy.
but you can add to it, pasta roller, sausage grinder,all kinds of stuff.
i was exactly like you, why do i need this? then after i had it i wondered how i ever lived without it.
i've made two cakes my entire life, and i use my kitchenaid twice a week. plus they are almost impossible to break.
the higher wattage also comes with a six quart bowl and a rising stand, makes for a cleaner kitchen.
Originally posted by superkarate monkeydeathcar
why do they make you jump through hoops to buy one? or even see the prices? they just give you a phone #. is it amway for knives?
Because they sell through individual re-sellers rather than through the corporation. So, someone will make a commission. The knives are my favorite though, made me get rid of my henckels. Perhaps they are the amway of knives though, but I have never had a problem, and some of my knives just got back from being sharpened for free.
I just received a lovely package today.
5 knives:
10" Chef's
6" Santoku
3" paring
4" paring
6" utility
Henckels professional series (Made in Germany).
Originally posted by johnq
My ex-wife apparently thought it was important. My (very) working class parents bought us an admittedly run-of-the-mill set of knives and I know for a fact that to her the whole thing symbolized some kind of assessment of where I am from (and where I can go - financially). We were together for 7 years but married only one. At the last minute, she morphed into a very materialistic person. She wasn't willing for us to work for a few years, save some money and start a family. Instead she had an affair with (then later married) her Harvard professor.
She was a converted Jew but yet she married the grandson of a Nazi art dealer. (I never found out how her parents feel about this). The money they are now living off of is money from his grand father. She is now very well off and can somehow live with herself and his (presumed) bloodmoney. Ain't life grand? I understand forgiveness and not blaming descendants for their ancestor's mistakes, but the money is literally from questionable sources. Much of the stolen Jewish art has never been recovered.
Well, the heck with her
Marrying for wealth...beyond comprehension for me.
WOw . . . that is depressing . . . you paint a picture of an awful person
Class is strange that way: it is an almost invisible patina that coats everything about a person, and yet, it is merely built from symbols and interests and cultivated concerns . . . real indicators do exist, such as money and education, but those don't gaurantee that one class will aknowledge a person as 'their own' . . . far subtler things exist that draw the boundaries.
People almost never believe they are from the class that they are actually from and have pretentions to the next economic class up. That pretense is is ugly . . .it is founded on the implicit denigration of people of their own or lower socio-economic classes.
Paul Fussel wrote a great semi-comic book called 'Class" In it he paints incredibly succint and hilarious portraits of the four major class groups: Working Class, Middle Class, and Upper Class as well as what he called the 'X" Class . . . the only class I found sympathetic was the X class . . .. anyway, its a great funny read, you should check it out.
"do you enjoy knives?"
- - --- Harold, in Harold and Maude
Originally posted by ijerry
I am a big fan of Cutco myself...They, IMO are a lot better than any Hinkels knives and are better on price, they also have a hell of a lot better warranty!!
My .02 cents.
My friend has some cutco's. They are very sharp. Honestly, I cook nothing, and have no interest to do anything resembling cooking, but the cutco knives did pretty well at cutting the dacron and kevlar rope I was preparing for a sailboat.