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*sniff* You made me miss Gainesville again.

Also, nothing better than getting out of downtown, getting some food, then checking out Wally World at 5AM.

@mtw816/omnomnom/MissBrownEyes

Pyrex used to be made from borosilicate glass, which is good stuff. To save on money, their consumer products have switched to soda-lime glass. So it went from laboratory grade glassware that can handle almost anything, to the cheap (relatively) crap windows and bottles are made of.

I drop lab stuff all the time, not that I'm proud of it, but haven't broken a flask or beaker yet. My "Pyrex" baking dish wasn't so lucky.

In knives, there are two main properties to consider.

1) Hardness - The harder the knife, the finer the edge you can put on it, and the longer the edge will last.

2) Ductility - Ability of the knife to deflect/bend. Think of a boning knife, very high ductility.

To simplify things, consider the two properties as mutually exclusive. (Samurai swords and sushi knives are essentially a two-phase steel to achieve both, but far beyond the context here.)

@arbeck
A very hard knife, has very little ductility, and will be brittle. Therefore, it's more prone to chipping and cracking. On the 62+ HRC knives, you're not deforming the edge that much due to low ductility. If the edge is deformed, you're more liable to damage the knife by chipping it that restore an edge.

Also, when you hone your knife, you're placing it at an angle, and not using much pressure, so you really wouldn't cut into your honing steel. It's not like you're cutting butter.

@Grease
Ceramics essentially have no ductility. They won't bend over like a steel edge will. You have to use diamond powder to put on a new edge because the edge chips away. Don't try to use a normal sharpening stone unless you want to destroy it (the stone).

Nothing like a burger, breakfast burrito, and a honey butter chicken biscuit at 3AM in the morning. Seriously, what other fast food chain gives you all of that oh-so-good-but-bad-for-you food at 3AM in the morning?

A follow-up to Kerry's comment.

I've seen them in Publix in Gainesville (Central Florida) and pretty much every grocery store in South Florida I've been in.

Haha, tell someone to eat poison ivy or shrooms (poisonous) just because they're all natural.