If you love to cook, you deserve a proper chef’s knife

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This is You Won’t Regret It, a weekly column featuring recommendations, tips, and unsolicited advice from the Mashable culture team.

It doesn’t matter if you’re a professional chef or a novice in the kitchen — either way, a proper chef’s knife is an essential. 

Every time I’m invited over for a meal at a friend’s house, I know I will inevitably have to bare witness to meals being prepared with a variety of small and useless knives — no doubt from a knife set. 

Watching someone chop mushrooms with a fish knife, or slice a potato with a bread knife is the visual equivalent of nails on a chalkboard to me. It stirs a physical and painful reaction within and I find myself losing a tiny bit of faith in my pal.  Read more…

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Man makes a teeny knife out of a steel bolt

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With a whole lot of time and a bevy of tools at his disposal, YouTuber Bobby Duke has somehow managed to transform a steel bolt from Lowes into a mini knife that’s somehow adorable.

In a video that has racked up over 11 million views since June 3, Duke shows us the step-by-step process of how he was able to create the teeny hunting knife. The details are impeccable and the entire processes is a satisfying watch — especially when the knife gets tucked into a cute leather sheath at the end.  Read more…

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If you believe the Amazon reviews for this ridiculous $9,000 Swiss army knife, it can basically do everything

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If you’re looking to give someone a very one of a kind, expensive, dangerous, and unnecessary gift this holiday season, why not purchase the Wegner 16999 Swiss Army Giant?

This over the top knife metal thing is made up 87 implements and apparently has 141 functions — that is if you can even figure out an actual safe and adequate use for it. 

The Swiss Army Giant consists of all sorts of knives, a compass, a nail clipper, a magnifying glass, a wire cutter, and more meshed altogether.

It’s intense. Just take a look for yourself.

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With a product as unique and pricey as this one (it costs a roughly $8,999.99), you know the reviews will be filled with trolling.  Read more…

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If you believe the Amazon reviews for this ridiculous $9,000 Swiss army knife, it can basically do everything

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If you’re looking to give someone a very one of a kind, expensive, dangerous, and unnecessary gift this holiday season, why not purchase the Wegner 16999 Swiss Army Giant?

This over the top knife metal thing is made up 87 implements and apparently has 141 functions — that is if you can even figure out an actual safe and adequate use for it. 

The Swiss Army Giant consists of all sorts of knives, a compass, a nail clipper, a magnifying glass, a wire cutter, and more meshed altogether.

It’s intense. Just take a look for yourself.

Image: Amazon

With a product as unique and pricey as this one (it costs a roughly $8,999.99), you know the reviews will be filled with trolling.  Read more…

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View More If you believe the Amazon reviews for this ridiculous $9,000 Swiss army knife, it can basically do everything