Images of items I have purchased (except trainers [no feet pics])

{SAS}TB · 13 Apr 2022 at 20:27

Diddums said:
Gonna become a poppers dealer eh?

Become?

Tephnos · 13 Apr 2022 at 20:28

{SAS}TB said:
Become?

Where'd you get them... bottles?

{SAS}TB · 13 Apr 2022 at 21:18

Tephnos said:
Where'd you get them... bottles?

Amazon

Cleisthenes · 14 Apr 2022 at 09:57

LuckyBenski said:
No those are substantially different knives

Different handle construction (full tang and pins is better than the one you linked with likely a short tang).

Different shape on the back edge of the blade by the finger area.

Different materials. Likely different knife entirely if you compared in person!

I only saw that some of the pictures for advertising were identical, I suspect it's the same manufacturer and just recycling photos.

mrk · 14 Apr 2022 at 10:02

And different name stamps!

I used the knife last night to make air fried chunky sweet potatoes. Such a different coming from a family hand me down knife that blunts weekly to this lol. It made swiss cheese of normal potatoes, so effortless. Can't wait to make more stuff :cool:

Assuming its claim of long life and sharpness retention holds true, this might be my only chopping knife.

NickK · 14 Apr 2022 at 10:25

Today I will be buying.. this years car cleaning products and1/2 a tank of diesel. Probably about the same price as each other.

Delvis · 14 Apr 2022 at 13:06

mrk said:
And different name stamps!

I used the knife last night to make air fried chunky sweet potatoes. Such a different coming from a family hand me down knife that blunts weekly to this lol. It made swiss cheese of normal potatoes, so effortless. Can't wait to make more stuff

Assuming its claim of long life and sharpness retention holds true, this might be my only chopping knife.

It will as long as you don't put it in the dishwasher

mrk · 14 Apr 2022 at 13:07

That's fine because I am the dish washer :cry:

Delvis · 14 Apr 2022 at 14:05

mrk said:
That's fine because I am the dish washer

My point still stands in that case.

Raikiri · 14 Apr 2022 at 14:43

mrk said:
Assuming its claim of long life and sharpness retention holds true, this might be my only chopping knife.

It won't retain sharpness that well, it uses X50CRMOV15 steel, which is rated at about 56 on the rockwell chart which is medium/soft. It's a perfectly good steel and quite widely used, but edge retention isn't one of its qualities.

But they're pretty tough and sharpen easily. I'd just get a honing steel and give it a few passes before and after each use. Should keep it perfectly usable for a long time.

Dave85 · 14 Apr 2022 at 15:05

Ordered the Samsung Bespoke Jet to replace a plug in Shark that's dying. Delayed a few weeks but finally turned up really nice looking bit of kit.

This was an insiders test product looking forward to trying this shortly got it for a great price

And finally got the mrs a new wheelchair for going slightly off road a bit the larger bike tyres make it a tad more comfortable

mrk · 14 Apr 2022 at 15:19

Raikiri said:
It won't retain sharpness that well, it uses X50CRMOV15 steel, which is rated at about 56 on the rockwell chart which is medium/soft. It's a perfectly good steel and quite widely used, but edge retention isn't one of its qualities.

But they're pretty tough and sharpen easily. I'd just get a honing steel and give it a few passes before and after each use. Should keep it perfectly usable for a long time.

It wipes the floor with the old £3 chopping knife lol but yep I have a sharpening block that's years old and well used as you can imagine from sharpening the old knife throughout the week.

Schizophonic · 14 Apr 2022 at 17:25

Retro6 said:
I went to CEX to buy an 8GB CF card they had in stock in a particular store but it had somehow vanished so I was offered a 32GB Sandisk Extreme CF card for the same price at 6 pounds. What a result.

The average price of these are selling for 20 pounds on ebay. The prices on these CF cards are going up.

I've got a few 32GB around, I still have my 5Ds Mk2 but not planning to sell them anytime soon.

mrk · 14 Apr 2022 at 18:26

technically i didn't buy this, but it is what Amazon sent me. One livechat later and I am being refunded and was told to keep these. So yeah, free biccies.

firstborn · 14 Apr 2022 at 18:44

Delvis said:
It will as long as you don't put it in the dishwasher

Why?

Malevolence · 14 Apr 2022 at 20:23

mrk said:
technically i didn't buy this, but it is what Amazon sent me. One livechat later and I am being refunded and was told to keep these. So yeah, free biccies.

Carmalised? Shouldn't that be caramelised?

Begbie · 14 Apr 2022 at 20:30

firstborn said:
Why?

Dishwashers dull knifes, so does using them though.

firstborn · 14 Apr 2022 at 20:37

Begbie said:
Dishwashers dull knifes, so does using them though.

That's what I keep hearing, but I've been putting a wusthof ikon classic paring knife in the dishwasher for years and in terms of an edge it only needs sharpening as often as the others that I wash by hand.

I only put that one in the dishwasher after it went in once by mistake and thought let's see what happens... Only thing that has happened is the logo on the blade has faded.

mrk · 14 Apr 2022 at 21:05

Malevolence said:
Carmalised? Shouldn't that be caramelised?

The intern tasked with proof reading the labels had a bad day?

wez130 · 14 Apr 2022 at 22:37

firstborn said:
Why?

I don't put wooden handled knives (like my shun and Yaxell Rans) through the dishwasher, but plastic handled knives are perfectly fine imo (I'm a chef and have been for nearly 30 years)