I love my Shun chef knife in a collection of Wusthof, but it chips because I clearly don’t take perfect care of it. It’s an amazing knife but I can only handle one, because it requires 10x the attention of the others.

These days, if it last 3 months, it’s BIFL

Dogs are way better

To me, it is a price per use assessment. I have a hoodie that is about 20. Except for a few years spent in the tropics, I have worn that thing a ton every year.

I have another hoodie that is slightly older but has nowhere near the number of wears in it. It is closer to getting repurposed. Do when I SM looking for quality for my next purchase, I am looking at the characteristics of the former over the latter.

Oak would be the hardest, but I’d go with whatever style/color you like. All are nice looking woods that’ll last forever.

I can’t believe that’s not a real tree!

You've presented a golden opportunity for me to ask this question: do you have any left handed colleagues who you happen to know their brand preference?

I looked at Kai, and they only change the handle mold on their left handed models. This means the blades aren't reversed, which in turn means the actual cut is taking place behind/under the blade from where the cutter is positioned. It just makes it a bit more difficult to be precise.

If you can't travel then maybe narrow your range. Asking where on the entire East coast is a waste of everyone's time if you can't leave Newark.

Those aren’t wool

They don’t have anything Pendleton related on the website

ash will probably last the longest

I have chipped mine sadly, but at least it’s near the handle. Be careful with the blade. I am meticulous with care, but it happened nonetheless.

Seems like a waste of money unless your dad is a really good cook, and would actually appreciate the quality and take proper care of it.

E.g. you still have to sharpen it occasionaly, and if you don't know how you will ruin it...

You could look up the Janka ratings, but ash is a very hard wood.

From a sustainability standpoint, bamboo comes out ahead. If they’ve put it together as they do strand bamboo flooring, it would have a high Janka rating but not sure they can do that for furniture.

This is the kind of post I'm here for. Not a pic of someone fishing for praise on a thing they just bought. This stuff. Ban the rest.

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Anything that you bet your life on, such as climbing gear is always BIFL regardless of how old it is

For buy it for life, a corded oster, a safety razor, and straight razor are your best bet.

The only true bifl is a straight razor, but they require the most time, effort and upkeep.

Oster corded will probably do you 20 years np, just oil the blade.

Safety razor, a 100 pack of razor blades is pretty cheap: comparable to the price of half a months supply of triple blade cartridges. The handle will last you for life, and will probably cost you 60 bucks so you make your money back in the first year.

For true zero stubble, youll need at minimum a hot steamed face, and about three passes with a safety razor. Youll need to experiment with blade brands to find out what works best for you.

Straight razor make sure you strop well or you wont get it clean.

Ya, I see a lot of people asking about electronics/appliances on this subreddit. I hate to break it to people, anything you have to plug in, or uses batteries, ain’t gonna be BIFL. Seems like people are using this subreddit more as a Consumer Reports replacement. I’d like to see more of the “insane quality“ posts too.

In case you've had no luck, I ordered mine from REI Co-op online, and I believe they have physical stores too. You may want to look to see if one's close to you and see if they ahve what you want in stock.

As a cook, i use Misono UX10 knife every day for years and are amazing.

Pretty much any knife of a reasonable quality, even pretty cheap knives, as long as they aren't made of cheese, will last a lifetime if maintained properly.

The key is maintaining it. Most people replace knives precisely because they don't have the time or are willing to put the effort it to maintain it.

There are also many people who find old, rusted knives and are able to restore them with a little patience.

Anything that touches your feet or your asshole shouldn't be kept for life.

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You'll have to learn how to use a double edge safety razor or shavette or straight razor and do a 3 pass shave with the grain, across the grain, against the grain your hair grows to get it glassy smooth.

You can try it with a normal cartridge razor but some people get ingrown hairs since to make them cut you need to press down pretty hard and hairs can get cut beneath the skin and then not grow out properly.

Also depending on how fair your skin is and how dark your hair is it might be physically impossible to not see it even if its perfectly smooth and you cant feel it. In that case you might need some make up.

straight razor will get you the closest shave--go find their sub