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Baccarat Damashiro EMPEROR 'Try Me' Santoku Knife 12.5cm $24 (Was $139.99) + $9.95 Delivery ($0 C&C/ $99 Order) @ House Online

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Saw this browsing Google and couldn't believe the price.

$29.99 advertised but drops down to $24 with the extra Boxing Day 20% off.

Was able to use Cashrewards on this.

Would make a great gift if you weren't in the market for a knife.

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  • +6

    Seems to be this price at multiple retailers

  • +47

    Baccarat is OzBargain code for "complete junk"

  • +22

    Isn't House always running a closing-down sale?

  • +4

    "the finest Japanese Steel 420J2"

    Lol 420j

    • +2

      420J is the worst, it's everything bad about stainless steel for knives, turned up to 11. It's soft, forms a massive burr when sharpening that is very difficult to remove, resulting in a crappy edge unless you're amazing at sharpening. It also rusts quite easily, which is ridiculous for a stainless steel with the worst qualities of stainless.

      Compared to something like Sandvik 12c27 or 14c28n, AEBL, VG10, it's just objectively worse in every way.

      A $30 Victorinox will be MUCH nicer to use and maintain than this knife, or most others from House.

  • +5

    Was $139.99. I can’t believe that price either.

    • -1

      "House" is pretty much designed for the OzBargain demographic, and who can blame them? It clearly works.

      • +8

        I give the OzBargain demographic more credit than that.

        House/Bacarrat is seen as having average to low quality products with ridiculously high RRP just to show massive discounts when sold at a more reasonable price. House/Bacarrat posts generally have negative comments when posted on here.

  • +7

    This isn't a bargain, it's available at this price at multiple places and it's always 'on sale'.
    The RRP is a joke.

  • +5

    OP joined 2 days ago, Baccarat ia;ways try this tactic for their junk.

  • -3

    Good knifes I have the set.
    Dunno if I could buy a single though

    • +9

      Good knives? Have you ever used any other ones?

      • +3

        KFC plastic ones?
        .

        • Single use plastic knives are now banned except in TAS & NT. The wooden "knife" substitute was the worst cutlery I've ever used. It failed to cut a hamburger (failed at cutting the buns, patty, beetroot, & pickles, only good at pushing shredded lettuce aside). The wooden "fork" failed to pick up anything and was only good at shovelling food.

          • @alvian: And the spoon fails at anything not solid as its completely flat

  • +2

    The Invicta of knives. Generally, you should avoid any knife without a hardness rating that is affecting luxury.

  • +1

    Can anyone recommend a good santoku knife?

  • +7

    Obligatory friends don't let friends by Baccarat knives

  • -2

    Think someone did a review on these "Japanese knifes" on you tube and they were shit and went blunt after like 5 uses

  • +2

    Garbage knife - all you really need is a victorinox chefs knife, short paring knife, a shapton pro 1000, a cheap bread knife, and a knife magnet. All you will ever really need for less than $200.

    Unless you're doing stuff like sashimi and other really fine work all the time you don't need a santoku. If it's every now and then you can get away with a chefs knife.

    Spend the money on a made in saucier, or a demeyere proline pan.

    • I love my saucier. Everyone should own a saucier

      • Is that a chef's knife in lingerie?

    • i would add a boning / carving knive to the list. I have a fancy 6 knives set and i only use the chef knife in the set and most of other time i use the Victorinox 6 inch curve boning knive.

      • +2

        Add a cleaver, just because they're fun to use. Excellent for portioning jelly too.

    • $200 sounds too much for a reasonable set of knives, and many would be well served by a budget set of knives and never care about the difference.

      • I am here using my MasterChef knives from Coles… never had an issue with them if they are blunt I hone them on the honer and back to slicing and dicing again.

        I did pickup a Wusthof set back when DJ's had them for $200. Nice knives same thing hone them and back to slicing and dicing.

      • +1

        On the contrary I used to buy cheapish knives regularly, about 10 years ago I bought some Zwilling Henckels 4 stars and still use that to this day with some sharpening and it's still just as good as the day I bought

        Added a Yaxell Zen Santoku this year purely cause there was a good deal on it though

  • +1

    2 minutes of silence for OP who just purchased this thinking it to be a great deal!

  • Ah, only the finest 420J2 steel for Baccarat knives.

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