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Re:I took a job at Amazon, only to leave after 10 months by ddingus on Thursday January 06, 2022 @12:29AM (#29819840)
Rando, but question of genuine interest:

What keeps you from having a couple sets of A grade knives? Is it cost, or some other thing?

I'm asking because I have a few tools I LOVE. One is a set of dial calipers and I've had them since the 80's. I can get new ones, and have, but that tool I know well. My measurements are most repetable with it.

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Re:I took a job at Amazon, only to leave after 10 months by dreamcompiler on Thursday January 06, 2022 @03:44PM (#29829839)
I bought my A-grade knives from a knifesmith in Kyoto. They're expensive and very difficult to replace. Nobody gets to touch those except me.

My B-grade knives are Shuns, which are still much better than 90% of the knives in a typical American kitchen but a bit more tolerant of abuse and available everywhere.

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Re:I took a job at Amazon, only to leave after 10 months by ddingus on Thursday January 06, 2022 @04:17PM (#29830317)
Oh, got it. Very special knives!

Thanks, that makes great sense.

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