craigthom wrote:...people selling expensive German knives...

i think you mean Austrian knives...

When was the last Big o' Cosmos offering?

pegwhipped wrote:When was the last Big o' Cosmos offering?

about 5 hours & 21 minutes ago

anybody else get that refurb kindle 2 3g a couple weeks back? i did. i'm lovin it. makes me want to buy 8 more for no reason.

aaltofan wrote:■Metal Injection Molded

http://www.ssisintered.com/MIM_index.html

Actually they are forged. Read this:
http://reviews.crateandbarrel.com/7258/34113/kai-tan-ren-6-utility-knife-reviews/reviews.htm

fern617 wrote:Actually they are forged. Read this:
http://reviews.crateandbarrel.com/7258/34113/kai-tan-ren-6-utility-knife-reviews/reviews.htm

Crate & Barrel, nice! Classy! That's like the Chevy of home stores.

kungfumonkey wrote:anybody else get that refurb kindle 2 3g a couple weeks back? i did. i'm lovin it. makes me want to buy 8 more for no reason.

Kindle Wireless Reading Device with Free 3G – 2nd Generation..the white one, yea it was worth it, my GF loves it.

Gotta Have ... none

Leakfrog... anyone?

I have a SHun classic Santoku which is great. How does this line compare to the Shun Classic line?

ae95160 wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_vJXSKqYXI&NR=1

This is also a knife. :D

totally LOVE that line!!

durante wrote:Kindle Wireless Reading Device with Free 3G – 2nd Generation..the white one, yea it was worth it, my GF loves it.

dude i think that was the best buy i've been able to snag on woot to date. i love mine. just sayin'.

Thisus does sukus assus.

due to this unseasonably moist air, my boogers aren't large enough to roll between my fingers.

:-(

pblanton wrote:due to this unseasonably moist air, my boogers aren't large enough to roll.

:-(

blow dry them first.

kungfumonkey wrote:blow dry them first.

yeah... I edited. Sorry :-(

kungfumonkey wrote:blow dry them first.

I pat pat pat between my fingers but there is just not enough volume there to be satisfying!

weird. i can't edit a reply. is that normal?

Is it me or Woot! but it seems that Woot! just dosen't WOOT! any more.

craigthom wrote:These are apparently injection molded, but "stamped or forged" has nothing to do with the quality of knives.

Decades ago, when the only good knives available were forged and all the cheap ones were stamped out of cheap steel, it may have been a useful rule of thumb.

These days, though, you can get cheap forged knives and amazing stamped/cut knives, so it's only a useful phrase for people selling expensive German knives.

Global and Shun knives, for example, are cut out of sheet steel, not forged. It's the steel and the tempering that makes the knife, not how it's formed.

P.S. "Full tang" is also a bogus marketing pitch. Yes, cheap knives that aren't full tang can fall apart, but great ones don't, and you can buy worthless full-tang, forged knives for under $20.

Hear here!

but this is not a bad woot at all, and strangely coincidental. In for 1

craigthom wrote:These are apparently injection molded, but "stamped or forged" has nothing to do with the quality of knives.

Decades ago, when the only good knives available were forged and all the cheap ones were stamped out of cheap steel, it may have been a useful rule of thumb.

These days, though, you can get cheap forged knives and amazing stamped/cut knives, so it's only a useful phrase for people selling expensive German knives.

Global and Shun knives, for example, are cut out of sheet steel, not forged. It's the steel and the tempering that makes the knife, not how it's formed.

P.S. "Full tang" is also a bogus marketing pitch. Yes, cheap knives that aren't full tang can fall apart, but great ones don't, and you can buy worthless full-tang, forged knives for under $20.

What a GREAT post.

I have the hiccups. Have I maybe consumed too much 18-year-old scotch?

Surely not.

Stwang wrote:Are these stamped or forged?

My luck, i'll finally get a Big o' Cosmos with some off these bad boys in there, unsheathed.

oops knives are gone!

klavis wrote:Forged

Per the manufacturer's website:
"...forged in darkness from wheat harvested in Hell's half-acre, baked by Beelzebub, slathered with mayonnaise beaten from the evil eggs of dark chicken forced into sauce by the hands of a one-eyed madman, cheese boiled from the rancid teat of a fanged cow, layered with six-hundred and sixty-six separate meats from an animal which has maggots for blood!"

Next is... USB Internet Radio

fern617 wrote:Actually they are forged. Read this:
http://reviews.crateandbarrel.com/7258/34113/kai-tan-ren-6-utility-knife-reviews/reviews.htm

It actually states in the item description on woot: "Metal Injection Molded for ideal balance, as well as minimizing waste product, making these knives more ecologically sound"

corrosivesubstance wrote:It actually states in the item description on woot: "Metal Injection Molded for ideal balance, as well as minimizing waste product, making these knives more ecologically sound"

I bit for a set. Been looking for a Santoku knife... definitely give this one a shot