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Generally, this forum does geeky enthusiasm really well and makes it seem attractive. You provide a salutary lesson that it can occasionally spill over into superiority and posturing.
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You do appear to have a hard on for me, with repeated ad hominem attacks. It’s nice to know I have my own stalker. You clearly failed to note the inherent self mockery in my post.
I am not claiming self superiority but will assert that there is a functional real difference between softer western knives and Japanese knives, I own both and use them for different purposes. Using nice things is a nice and brings a sense of joy.
dancing james
For me it’s things like the pleasure of being able to dice onion more precisely (and if needed more fibely). With that comes more control in cooking etc. Preparing tomatoes for a BLT where they are so thin that they bite straight through and don’t pull half the contents out of the sandwich when eating.
Using decent knives requires better technique to avoid chipping the blade etc and I enjoy the rigour required such as rinsing the blade off and giving it a quick wipe before putting it down. I am lucky my kitchen has a surface dedicated to prep work adjacent to a sink and since moving to better knives I am more rigorous about keeping the area tidy.
But this is very different from @hugo7 claiming all knives cut food and any difference is psychosomatic.
It might well be that I am doing the equivalent of driving a Lambo to the shops to pick up a pint of milk, but it’s a fabulously golf club indulgence.