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Great clearance price on these never-need-to-be-sharpened knives. (Thanks Yaren24.)
[Clearance] Wiltshire W1081 Laser Block 7pc Knife Block Set (Was $19.95*) $11.20 C&C /+ Delivery @ The Good Guys eBay
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forgive my ignorance can you clarify what u mean by they are throw away? Thanks!
Sh*t quality.. So they won't last long.
It implies that they are not high quality, and won't last long when used normally.
made with very low grade steel, or some metallic substance
If you throw away, it won't hurt you.
Thanks Robin, I have a good tip for all of you, try a Kiwi Brand Knife from Ebay :)
Or @ Asian groceries stores
Good or bad ?
Good. I've been using kiwi brand for a while now. They are cheap, they are sharp and stay sharp for a good amount of time.
Thanks! I’ll give it a butchers
Ordered a couple.
link?
Just type kiwi knife in ebay, easily found
I didn’t know they still made these. I bought a set when I moved out of home many moons ago. Come to think of it…I’m still using them.
How are they? Do you sharpen them?
They still cut my food pretty good. They don’t cut smoothly like the higher end knives you can buy for upwards of $400, but for the price, pretty good, although I suspect they were made better when I bought mine. I’ve never sharpened them, because they are serrated and I didn’t think they needed sharpening.
I did the same. Still using my set and it's been 3-4 years. The scissors look a bit rough around the plastic parts but they still do the job.
Funny how they don't care enough to put a description of the knives in the listing. Zero F's given.
What description do you need for some basic tool that has been used for thousands of years and haven't even needed any upgrade up until now ?
OOS
Ahh. Didn't see that
How do these rank compared to the knives from Kmart or IKEA
I have an old set of Kmart knives that I bought about 10 years ago, and I definitely prefer using these ones.
PARTY PLASTIC BUTTER KNIVES CUT BETTER THEN THIS RUBBISH!
may contain traces of steel
Low end Wilthsire knives are absolute crap IMO with a couple of exceptions. Same with Scanpan knives.
- The higher end W's are quite good to excellent, and 2… as these are only (?) serrated knives… well the truth is most serrated knives will do the job given the 'rip cut' edges via the serrations. Serrated knives are somewhat undervalued but certainly not 'fine slicers'. I think having 3 of them to account for differing types of crusts on differing bread types for starters should be considered and of course the humble 'tomato' knife should get an honourable mention. Thing to remember about a tomato knife is that they have serrated edges. This because they are excellent when cutting into not only the skin of tomatoes but other foods such as pineapple, lemons as well. If you sharpened 100 knives of quality varying from crap to great even some of the betters ones may well 'ride' across the skin of a tomato depending on the variety and age of the tomato. Most all of us have experienced this even if not a long term/skilled knife user.
Yes, yes, yes my Chefs knives will cut through tomatoes but I'll grab the tomato or bread knife to cut them as is a personal preference.
Bread knives to keep around IMO are:
Shallow or 'wavy' edged for soft foods like fresh/white bread or tomatoes. (try to cut a super fresh sandwich with a mega' toothed serrated knife - bad idea).
Medium/small teeth/serrations for medium hardness type crusts and fruits with harder skins. Also ok with sandwiches for example.
Well defined edges (like on a Global bread knife) for harder crusts like sourdough and the like, though otherwise I'm not a huge fan of Global knives.
So I'd say this W'shire block of serrated edged knives gets a green light from me, they'll have absolute crap for metal, but the serrations have/add value.
But to be used selectively as all knives should.- The higher end W's are quite good to excellent, and 2… as these are only (?) serrated knives… well the truth is most serrated knives will do the job given the 'rip cut' edges via the serrations. Serrated knives are somewhat undervalued but certainly not 'fine slicers'. I think having 3 of them to account for differing types of crusts on differing bread types for starters should be considered and of course the humble 'tomato' knife should get an honourable mention. Thing to remember about a tomato knife is that they have serrated edges. This because they are excellent when cutting into not only the skin of tomatoes but other foods such as pineapple, lemons as well. If you sharpened 100 knives of quality varying from crap to great even some of the betters ones may well 'ride' across the skin of a tomato depending on the variety and age of the tomato. Most all of us have experienced this even if not a long term/skilled knife user.
Great price, even if they are throw away
I hate GG customer service with a passion, so going to skip these.