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Graham88
Completely surprised by the lack of blade diversity here on Drop...
I’ve been a collector of Blades since before my teens, and a retailer coming up on 15… or maybe 20 years. Drop has really been kind of an interesting experience for me, because I do occasionally get to see some unusual tech and sometimes EDC items that otherwise I might not have been aware of. And maybe it’s because I have a deep love of cutlery and bladed weapons, but I find myself trolling through the site looking at it what’s available; and it’s just it’s pretty much the same. And the bladed community here is just always confused me.. every single knife is about the same, they’re almost all drop points and although the handle materials change and brands change.. it’s really just the same knife over and over and over again... occasionally you’ll see a tanto or a slight variant; but rarely… and almost never a serrated blade. And I’m just deeply amazed at this diversion of serrated blades. And I’m just surprised there isn’t more of a request for diversity here.... and I...
Mar 12, 2020
JellyDPhoto
Can we get Sony E-Mount or other mirrorless camera options please..
Would be nice to see some Sony E mount full frame cameras on here. I currently shoot with a A99 and they killed the lense path for better or more option lenses and now is all E-Mount. 🤔
Jan 13, 2020
RayF
There Are Pandas, and Then There Are Pandas.
And this isn't either of them! The Pandas we're talking about here, are watches, not bears. And what got me thinking about them (again) was a link posted this morning by @cm.rook who pointed a few of us to the very attractive (and not terribly priced) Yema "Rallygraph" Panda which, in it's most traditional arrangement, looks like the one on the left, but can also be had in the version on the right: The model on the left is a true Panda, while the model on the right is called a reverse Panda. The reason for that distinction is clear--Panda bears, only come in the first arrangement. Now at this point, everyone should be thinking about the most well-know Panda, The Rolex Panda, which is actually a Daytona, and among Rolex Daytonas, the most famous of which is the Paul Newman Daytona, which was famous first, because it was Paul's, and second because it sold at auction for $17.8 million (US Dollars). The story of that auction is well-known so I'll only...
Nov 8, 2019
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Is a Bugatti or Ferrari a car or art? After, it's not like we are talking about oil paintings hanging in a museum. Is a $100K+ Porsche three or four times better than a Mazda Miata?
Given the same blade geometry, a pretty knife and a plain one will cut the same. Better materials will allow it to cut longer before dulling. Fancy fittings and embellishment can bring joy to the heart of the user.
If you feel no passion, buy the functional piece. If you have the passion, buy the one that backs up the performance with superior aesthetics.
For knives this isn't always true. Sure, higher end knives are usually made to look nicer, but more often than not that $3000 offers no performance improvements over a $300 knife.
The purpose of my post is not to state that aesthetically pleasing expensive knives are not worth getting, but rather to address the common misconception that more expensive knives are always better simply because they are more expensive.
Both cars will get you to your destination, assuming normal driving circumstances. Do I need lane keep assist or an extra 300+ HP to get there? Sure heated seats are nice in the winter but, again do I need them to get there? In traffic, the extra HP and fancy transmission in your supercar won't get you to your destination any faster than an entry level sedan from any of the major automakers. If you need lane keep assist and automatic braking, that is a different issue altogether.
Japanese powdered 'super' steels offer superior performance in most areas (not all) over lesser grades of stainless. Both will work effectively for so long in a normal household kitchen, how many would actually see the differences beyond something simple like sheen of the steel itself? Unless you are talking about something specialized (cut sashimi for a living?), the differences in performance between your standard big box store Wusthof and Henckels and a custom knife of similar profile are not going to noticed by most home cooks.
So again, Form or Function? Form adds embellishment for embellishments sake for the majority of the additions. Sure, you also get really expensive 'super' steels, handmade Damascus, etc. but, the knife generally will not perform any better, however to many it will be significantly prettier and significantly more expensive.
A similar analogy can be made of cars. A good used car will get to and from work reliably. An expensive new one like a Tesla may do it without stopping at the gas station (assuming I charge at home) or, the new BMW or Mercedes or Porsche or ... may have more comfy seats with heating and air conditioning, a better stereo system, etc. but, also at a significantly higher price point. The function is the same but, the form is significantly different.