I know they are cheap knives, but dammit there are 50 of them

[haikuman]

davester wrote:
I only need one knife.

One wife and one mother ~!~ There I fixed that for ya *(:>*

Rudie *(:>*

[WHiiP]

http://www.jcpenney.com/jcp/X6.aspx?GrpTyp=PRD&ItemID=1b299f8&deptid=70755&catid=72041&Ne=949+5+8+18&x5view=1&NOffset=0&SO=0&N=4294953161+4294951774+1254&Nao=0&PSO=0&CmCatId=70755|72041&mscssid=6a7c4b1251a714643825e6b57cbee2d48xMnVNoV5aGWxMnVNoV5aGo200B6CC9FE352108C676DE3BA02CFF972E2C1117509



This is the absolute best value out there. This is an awesome set of knives. I have a set over 5 years old and they are still awesome! I only wish they had the Cleaver bonus when I purchased.

4 passes on the sharpening steel after a couple of uses will keep these knives very sharp!

[Grateful11]

Lux Interior wrote:
The best Carbon Stainless Steel and Triple Riveted Full Tang lets you slice your food so thin that it will last you for weeks.

I was unaware of this correlation between thinness and duration!

"I would only eat a 1 mm slice of tomato, but my gash-darn knife can't cut it that thin!"

Oh, and is it carbon steel or stainless steel?

PSA: pay a lot of money for one, excellent knife.

I've worked with a lot if different metals over the years one of them being a certain 400 series Stainless, it has Carbon and is magnetic.

http://www.atimetals.com/ludlum/pages/pr...tLine.html

[BernDog]

If that's, "All the knives that [I'll] ever need," why are there extra slots in the blocks?

[mrbigstuff]

Grateful11 wrote:
[quote=Lux Interior]
The best Carbon Stainless Steel and Triple Riveted Full Tang lets you slice your food so thin that it will last you for weeks.

I was unaware of this correlation between thinness and duration!

"I would only eat a 1 mm slice of tomato, but my gash-darn knife can't cut it that thin!"

Oh, and is it carbon steel or stainless steel?

PSA: pay a lot of money for one, excellent knife.

I've worked with a lot if different metals over the years one of them being a certain 400 series Stainless, it has Carbon and is magnetic.

http://www.atimetals.com/ludlum/pages/pr...tLine.html
I've often thought that stainless exhaust systems would pay for themselves in not having to be replaced for the life of the vehicle (if the system was well made).

[Lux Interior]

Grateful11 wrote:
I've worked with a lot if different metals over the years one of them being a certain 400 series Stainless, it has Carbon and is magnetic.

I've listened to a lot of heavy metal over the years and one thing I know is that carbon steel != stainless steel!

[OWC Jamie]

BernDog wrote:
If that's, "All the knives that [I'll] ever need," why are there extra slots in the blocks?

You might still have one or two left from the set you got last Christmas.

[Robert M]

Lux,

If you're joking, cool. If not, you're incorrect. It's difficult to tell from your post. Carbon steel does _not_ equate stainless steel. They differ significantly in the amount of chromium, which affects the steel's ability to resist rust and corrosion.

Robert

[JoeH]

There are specific "high-carbon" stainless steels available for use in making knives. They take a sharper edge than most standard stainless steels and are more easily sharpened. Their one downside is a tendency to stain a bit more easily.

As for the set in the OP, their claim of carbon stainless steel is about worthless without citing the specific type used.

[Z]

They have yet to stain... therefore they are made of stainless carbon steel (currently).