holiday gift ideas

[Anonymous No.18675864]

I need ideas of what to ask for for Christmas. I could get these things myself, but my gf and family are asking. Looking around $100, but feel free to go over/under.

First for me is a good knife. I've thought about it for a while but wanted to get better at sharpening mine first. Not picky about the brand, just looking for good sales at this time.

[Anonymous No.18675865]

Why not get some good stones instead? Shapton Glass are great

[Anonymous No.18675878]

get a mac knife set

[Anonymous No.18675880]

>>18675864
cold hard cash.

[Anonymous No.18675932]

>>18675864
You missed the good sale. The danish weeb was doing up to 30% off on a ton of his knives. Got 2 gyuto, and 2 petty knives.

[Anonymous No.18675993]

Buck knife

[Anonymous No.18676011]

>>18675864
You missed out on this about 30 minutes ago. FINALLY after 2 years of trying to score one of these it happened.

>>18675865
The shapton glass is good, as are the shapton ceramics. I really love my 1.5k shapton ceramic. Use it all the time.

>>18675993
Based and buckpilled.

[Anonymous No.18676017]

>>18676011
Carbon steel knives seem cool, but isn't that like 1,500$? Doesn't seem like that much of a sale

[Anonymous No.18676034]

>>18676017
Yes, but kato makes what are arguably the best gyutos in the world. I was considering one on ebay for 2k, but the asshole never sent me better pictures of the kanji.

Carbon steel knives are my preferred choice. They're easy to sharpen and take very keen edges. Cheap carbon steel performs very well, while cheap stainless SUCKS.

[Anonymous No.18676129]

>>18675993
Based. Just don't break it...

[Anonymous No.18676202]

>>18676129
>>18676011
Thank you, it will remain unbroken. She's almost 32 years old

[Anonymous No.18676340]

>>18675864
>I need ideas of what to ask for for Christmas
OK quick question.
What do all you anons think about whether it's lame to ask for gifts or make Christmas lists?
My family did, and I thought it was fine, then South Park made fun of it and I came to find out most people don't do that and consider it weak because you're supposed to develop the social skill of buying good gifts by knowing people and what they like.
When is it ok to ASK to be given specific gifts?

[Anonymous No.18676361]

Since people are posting knife stuff here I have a question. I bought a .44 micron shapton glass stone and want a knife that can actually take that fine of an edge.
Right now most of my knives are vg10, aside from an sg4 kikuichi and a cck cleaver. I was either looking at hap40 or a super blue knife next but I'm leaning towards the hap40 if it can take that edge.

[Anonymous No.18676362]

>>18676340

I dont know anything abot that even from girlfriends, they'd swipe at us at being faggots for being stupid

[Anonymous No.18676374]

>>18676361
Get a straight razor, or 63+ hrc carbon steel from a very good maker.

You only do like 5-8 passes on those stones with extremely low pressure.

[Anonymous No.18676383]

>>18676374
I have absolutely no interest in straight razors. I work in a kitchen and I want something to fuck around with mostly. 63hrc carbon steel describes both blades I am considering though.

[Anonymous No.18676567]

>>18676383
There's almost 0 practical use for a .44 micron hone. If you like mirror finished edges it will work great. If you strop your edge you can use that hone instead of a strop.

My advice is to take your knife and get it all the way woth lower grits. Then you tip the knife up like .5-1 degrees and use essentially 0 pressure and make 5-8 passes on both sides. You may or may not see improvement, but that's your best shot.

[Anonymous No.18676608]

>>18676567
That was the plan. I already take my knives to 10k grit. This is mostly just to fuck around with and see how sharp I can get a knife. I was mostly asking if the knives I own could actually take that edge, and if the others I was looking at could. I know that by that level the steel choice does actually affect if it can take an edge that fine.

[Anonymous No.18676641]

>>18676608
The japanese white steels will do it.

Check out this jnat finish on a charcoal heated/water quenched old stock white steel.

That's at 200x magnification.

[Anonymous No.18676653]

>>18676641
Do you have any magnification like this of other steels? It's actually really interesting. I know white can take the edge but I was looking at the super blue because I've heard the edges are similar

[Anonymous No.18676764]

>>18676653
No I don't, but this article may be of interest. Tungsten steels will be trickier to sharpen properly.

https://knifesteelnerds.com/2018/03/29/is-blue-super-steel-actually-super-the-facts-about-tungsten-alloyed-steels/

[Anonymous No.18676811]

>>18676340
Aside from reducing the element of surprise I don’t think it’s bad, I mean asking for or wanting to use a list in the first place shows you care enough about the other person to find out what they would like and don’t already have. Plus it allows coordination between different gift givers so you don’t end up like a newlywed couple with a bunch of Kitchenaide mixers because you though a registry is “lame”.

[Anonymous No.18676929]

>>18676340
The people I tend to exchange gifts with all use one of those secret Santa apps where you can maintain a wishlist that your friends can see and you can organize gift exchanges where it automates pairing people up or you can just use the wish lists to see what people want. It's convenient.

[Anonymous No.18676967]

I bought a Victorinox for my sister a couple years ago, it's all you need. I would buy one for myself but someone gave me a much more expensive Shin knife as a gift and I'd honestly have gone with pic related if I was buying for myself.

[Anonymous No.18677171]

>>18676340
I always had a list as a kid but now I think it's kinda lame. It's nicer to give and receive gifts when you know the person put in the effort to think about what you wanted. Even if it's not something that you actually care for.