Re:Show HN: Buttermilk Supply – knives from Japanese masters
by vehementi on Wednesday July 22, 2015 @12:58PM
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Thanks for the reply. I'm definitely just an ignorable bitter person skeptical of claims of unique ancient masters etc.
The more cool articles on your site explaining these things the better. I am not a knife customer though and was just taking a peek at your site to give a little bit of feedback. But if I were to get into being enthusiastic about knives, I would greatly appreciate being able to go from zero to well informed by reading your site as an unbiased collection of the knowledge. If it sounds overly like marketing though, then it would look like you're trying to trick people into buying your knives, rather than explaining the whole truth and letting people see that the answer is to buy your knives because you've done the research and found the best ones. (Not saying it sounds like that)
Re:Show HN: Buttermilk Supply – knives from Japanese masters
by buttermilk on Wednesday July 22, 2015 @11:52PM
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Thanks! Feedback is a great gift. I appreciate it regardless of whether or not you ever buy from me. I'll keep the articles coming...
When I wrote about these styles not having a western equivalent, I meant just that there is literally not a similar style in western knives. I in no way hoped to infer that these knives are unrivaled by western knives. They're just a totally new style for western chefs. I'll work on that wording though!
Somebody else said something similar about hand-made. I'll write a post today or tomorrow to elaborate the benefits of generational makers or experienced makers. Where would you like to see this information on the site?
Carbon steel knives are largely better than stainless in all ways (other than preventing oxidation). This is not a necessary truth, as some recent modern stainless steels have great capabilities, but there are extremely few makers capable of utilizing stainless steel in a way that rivals the performance of carbon steel. I'll be replying to the other poster but, in short, a lot of what they wrote is misinformed.