At the risk of attracting the attention of the liberal lifestyle police, I must gush about a wondrous kitchen gadget.
This little ceramic knife is the sharpest knife I've ever used. Honestly, it's so sharp I'm a little afraid to use it because what would be just a nick on my finger with a standard steel knife would be a clean amputation with this fucker. It's almost magical - you just put it near the tomato and think "thin slice" and before you know it, you have a paper-thin slice of tomato. Anything else nearby is likely to be dissected, too. But that real sense of danger makes it even more fun to use. I keep finding myself trying to think of something else I can slice into thin strips just so I have an excuse to use it.
The only drawback is that it's ceramic: fragile and easily chipped. So it can't be used for prying or smashing or chopping anything hard (or frozen). It's purely for slicing delicious sliceable things in straight lines. Also, it was only $18!
Hope you have one of those contracts with Amazon whereby you get a kickback when people order it through the link.
i should totally get one.
Don’t Kyocera make printers?
That knife is £84.00 on Amazon UK. Plus £7.99 shipping. That’s $138.
the hell?
i actually got mine for $16 at a local homeware store,
Yeah I thought those ceramic knives cost way more than $16. Sounds like you got a great deal!
the big carving knives are expensive, certainly. but the paring knives are not so bad.