Vitamix?

My only problem with Thorogoods (I have a pair myself) is that they use a plastic welt in their Goodyear welt. They color it to look like leather, but it is not. Will crack and won't accept conditioning like leather to mitigate cracking.

[deleted]

There is this great video by some guy... Somebody please link it

[removed]

Something like this would be your best bet for truly BIFL but it is crazy expensive and as others have said, basically impossible to sharpen eventually.

https://www.hubert.ca/product/88419?gclid=Cj0KCQiAorKfBhC0ARIsAHDzslsRVZ8Y5r0l3ItgzatOINVzL0PI4uaFMlqA7qgiUvTWLzas6MA2K7IaAs4fEALw_wcB

If you absolutely must, your best bet would be the standup metal frame ones with a rubber mallet on two rods that you slam down.

Buy one of those super-scary-sharp Japanese slicers if you want such tool.

This is what I feared.....

As someone who's been a professional cook for 10 years, they dont make these BIFL.

American giant. The classic items are great and the slub is amazing.

Those will never be BIFL because there's no practical way to sharpen the blades.

They'll cut good for a little while, then they'll just mush the food through wire mesh essentially.

Get a good knife and learn how to use it properly. You'll cut just as fast as one of those and it's more versatile.

I bought 3 black t-shirts 4 years ago and I wear them constantly. One has just started to fade to an awesome gray. The other two still look brand new and fit perfectly. American giant is the real deal.

If you buy professional washing machines (not homeowner types), designed for laundry services, they'll last a lifetime of home use for sure. But a Miele Professional probably starts at 3-5k.

Invest in a good knife, no plastic Amazon chopper will be BIFL. Especially at a $30 price point. Although, I don't think you would ever find a "veggie chopper" that is BIFL. Not worth your money.

Classic redwing moc toe is quite narrow. They have two last versions, one is more modern and wide.

I really like my Jim Greens, but they're quite wide.

I know you didn't ask opinion, but just wanna say: It looks cool and sounds cool - in theory. But when you need to measure carrots to fit the cutter and cut onion in 2-4 pieces to get in fit there... It just don't make sense. I had one. It could be great for making big batches of food for parties, but then the container will be too small and fill up fast, since the veggies won't spread nicely, they will just get into one end of the container.

So to use it, I needed to cut the veggie to fit the blade area, then often cut it more since half onion was too big, then shake the container to be able to fit more and then empty the container (if you fill it as full as on the pictures, new veggies won't cut as smoothly) and then repeat. So it just was easier to cut whole thing with knife and push the veggies into another container.

And it takes lot of space! If you want multiple containers to it, they won't go top of each other. So IMO, it's not worth the hassle and the amount of space it takes from your precious kitchen cabinets.

Miele is the way to go! They are not cheap, but are great.

Is this thing really BIFL though?

I have a cheap Hamilton Beach that seems to take its sweet time toasting things. Maybe something like that? I think it was $11 when I bought it 10 years ago.

My partner found a zojirushi at a thrift store nearly brand new. It’s crazy how just a one-switch-interfaces make such an inviting look. And perhaps most importantly: function exactly how you’d expect them to!

Same. They all have like 8,000 buttons and settings now and break easily, it’s so frustrating.

After 20 years ours broke. Now we shuffle between brands trying to find the spark again.

Can’t go wrong with a Wusthof chef knife

Good to hear, I got my son-in-law a pair of their 8 inch fly boots for Christmas at his request. He's an apprentice pipe fitter.