[ 3 / biz / cgl / ck / diy / fa / ic / jp / lit / sci / vr / vt ] [ index / top / reports ] [ become a patron ] [ status ]

2023-11: Warosu is now out of extended maintenance.

/ck/ - Food & Cooking

File: 129 KB, 950x1154, tojiro-shirogami-itk-240mm-wa-gyuto-74.png.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

9607001

Anonymous Thu Oct 26 23:31:20 2017 No.9607001 [Reply] [Original]

Why are stainless-clad carbon steel knives so expensive?

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 26 23:34:19 2017 No.9607012 File: 359 KB, 1162x850, 1386284150039.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>9607001

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 26 23:37:00 2017 No.9607022 carbon doesn't just grow on trees anon

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 26 23:44:36 2017 No.9607054 >>9607012 But, the Jews fear the Samurai.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 27 01:23:03 2017 No.9607429 >>9607001 Because it's labor intensive to forge the stainless onto the carbon steel. Neither material is expensive but knowing how to produce a good consistent product like that is difficult.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 27 01:30:03 2017 No.9607458 Because they know dumb weebs will buy it at that price.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 27 01:33:19 2017 No.9607472 File: 33 KB, 606x630, nothing_personal_kid.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>9607001 If you understood how long , how much training and work intensive it takes to forge a good knife you wouldn't ask this stupid question.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 27 01:56:37 2017 No.9607538 >>9607001 they just slap those fancy looking Japanese characters onto any old knife and weebs lap it up and act as if they are using a ceremonial knife