Spent $40 on a boning knife that couldn't handle a pork shoulder

Picked up this cheap boning knife from a hardware store near my shop because I forgot my good one at home, and the blade literally bent on the third cut into a pork shoulder. Had to finish the whole breakdown with a paring knife, which took forever and made a mess. Anyone else had a budget blade let you down at the worst time?

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wade4389d ago

Hey, isn't a boning knife supposed to be flexible anyway, especially for trimming around bones? Bending a bit is normal for soft-metal blades under pressure, but snapping clean is a different story. Sounds like that cheap one just wasn't good enough for the job, plain and simple.

ray6489d ago

Yeah @wade438, flexible means it bends back, not that the metal itself is soft enough to snap like that.