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
Plus, if you're paying $100+ for a knife and you're afraid to abuse it, you're either ignorant/incompetent (I don't say that insultingly; those are just the words for it) when it comes to understanding the uses of various knife designs and properly using and caring for those knives, or you're buying some overpriced, poorly made knives. My LionSteel KUR cost me almost $200, and it's been to hell and back and never once let me down. Yes, sharpening that Sleipner steel is more of a chore than the lousy Walmart kitchen knife steel on these Ganzos, but it holds its edge much longer and won't bend or snap if I have to pry something. You would've gone through 4 or 5 of these Ganzos in the space of time I've used and abused my genuine LionSteel, and I'll still be using it for years to come while you're buying your 20th replacement. So you're not even saving money.