Kai Tan Ren 2-Piece Knife Set

[lll0228]

@craigthom

These are apparently injection molded, but “stamped or forged” has nothing to do with the quality of knives.

Decades ago, when the only good knives available were forged and all the cheap ones were stamped out of cheap steel, it may have been a useful rule of thumb.

These days, though, you can get cheap forged knives and amazing stamped/cut knives, so it’s only a useful phrase for people selling expensive German knives.

Global and Shun knives, for example, are cut out of sheet steel, not forged. It’s the steel and the tempering that makes the knife, not how it’s formed.

P.S. “Full tang” is also a bogus marketing pitch. Yes, cheap knives that aren’t full tang can fall apart, but great ones don’t, and you can buy worthless full-tang, forged knives for under $20.

What a GREAT post.

[pblanton]

I have the hiccups. Have I maybe consumed too much 18-year-old scotch?

Surely not.

[klavis]

@Stwang

Are these stamped or forged?

[folly67]

My luck, i’ll finally get a BOC with some off these bad boys in there, unsheathed.

[pblanton]

oops knives are gone!

[kungfumonkey]

@klavis

Forged

Per the manufacturer’s website:
“…forged in darkness from wheat harvested in Hell’s half-acre, baked by Beelzebub, slathered with mayonnaise beaten from the evil eggs of dark chicken forced into sauce by the hands of a one-eyed madman, cheese boiled from the rancid teat of a fanged cow, layered with six-hundred and sixty-six separate meats from an animal which has maggots for blood!”

[pblanton]

Next is… USB Internet Radio

[corrosivesubstance]

@fern617

Actually they are forged. Read this:
Modern Furniture Store, Home Decor & Wedding Registry | Crate & Barrel

It actually states in the item description on woot: “Metal Injection Molded for ideal balance, as well as minimizing waste product, making these knives more ecologically sound”

[wangertang]

@corrosivesubstance

It actually states in the item description on woot: “Metal Injection Molded for ideal balance, as well as minimizing waste product, making these knives more ecologically sound”

I bit for a set. Been looking for a Santoku knife… definitely give this one a shot