TBCL Utility Knife 17 Centimeters

I think $100 knives are hype so I took a chance on these more moderately priced knives and I believe it was worth it. They are the most expensive knives I have and now I have two of the utility knives (did give one away though), one of the boning knife, and one of the 15cm kitchen knife. You have to be careful with these knives because once they start cutting they will slide through, so you have to have good control and positioning or will cut yourself. The bad is that the one 17cm utility knife I'm using came with a not so perfect blade though it's still very sharp. It has like three tiny knicks that are hard to see. The blades are thinner then normal blades but I was hoping the material be harder then this. Another problem is that even after washing/drying the utility knife after every use there is a tiny spot on the blade with a small discoloration in the metal. I wonder if it was used for something it shouldn't have been used for or maybe the crafting was bad. The first utility knife didn't have the same problem and is slightly sharper than the imperfect one. Other reasons I chose these knives were their all metal construction and good grip. They are well weighted (on the light side). They have a sharp tinging echo to them when you hit the blade with a fingernail, different then most other knives. This makes me think the handle is hollow and maybe welded onto the blade. Comparatively, my mom has two dollar asian knives (extremely good knives) and those are almost as sharp as these and probably much easier to sharpen. So there is a question of value when I bought these but still think my purchase was well worth it. I hope they last a long time and I won't have to break out my sharpener. I have 15 dollar big company knives I bought at the local store and I thought I was rip-offed in terms of usability! btw the boning knife is thicker then the other two knives and none of the knives have the indentation pockets that reduces food stickage. I think for my next blades damascus steel or ceramic blades will be something i will look into.

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