No worries. Hopefully by the time he needs another pair he'll have seen what works best for his colleagues.

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Steel blue are pretty good.

Well it’s not super easy. Tiny electronics is HARD. I was restoring an old Gameboy, and man you gotta have surgical hands for it. I just mean small parts is a pain to deal with, I’m not an electronics expert.

I have 2 cast iron Le Creuset’s since 1995 without any problems. AFAIK those are the only ones truly worth buying.

I have the cast iron. I don't have the enamel. That is disappointing that it's chipped.

Yeah I believe that. I just don't think iPhone assembly is really an all encompassing craft either.

OP consider the Cuisinart multiclad pro. I got some and they are nice nice!

It's one of the cheaper stockpots just like in OP's picture.

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Nobody does leather goods better than Italians.

Did you read the post? That's what they did.

Thank you so much for taking the time to explain what I’m investing in with regard to my lower budget. It means a lot.

Working with masonry; stone, brick, and block, he will need steel toe caps and will be lucky to get 12 months wear with the amount of abuse they'll get. Timberland pro, Caterpillar, or Haix will at least give him a year (hopefully) of comfortable wear. Don't go cheap on his feet, but bear in mind you'll be buying another pair within a year.

Edit-cleaning the cement off at the end of the day will significantly increase their lifespan.

The raw materials for products are chosen by companies. Are you not listening? If your pipe from China is ass it’s because it was specified to be that way. it was specced to be cheap. If you can’t agree with that then just go away. Go fuck a spectrometer.

You are literally sitting here telling me about metal, I’m a metallurgical and mechanical engineer. I don’t care if it’s your specialty in this instance you are wrong.

The feedstock is fucked that’s all there is too it.

My mom had one of these when I was growing up. I think I saw it just last summer, meaning she’s probably had it 30 years!

Making cast iron cookware is surprisingly simple believe it or not. One of the easiest things to make on the planet.

I've regularly found timberland pros on Amazon warehouse deals for a great deal. They're pretty comfortable. Read the reviews on them, you may need to size down. I've worn a size 13 in every shoe over the past 25 years or so, but wear a 12 in timberland.

It’s a Dutch oven, not aerospace. I’m done arguing with you. If it is the same product, then it has same machine, same processes, same quality control, same standard work, same specs, same raw materials, same damn product. If it is different it’s because the company allows it. Companies choose everything about their products. I’m not gonna sit here and let a metallurgist tell me about products, that’s stupid. I am a product engineer, you are a metallurgist.

Ummm… Enameled stainless stock pots in general are not BIFL, it has nothing to do with the brand. You just bought the wrong thing from Le Creuset.

Just because Le Creuset makes BIFL enameled cast iron pieces doesn’t mean anything and everything LC is BIFL. I think it’s pretty absurd to hold any BIFL brand that has a range of products to that standard—Levi’s, Frye, LL Bean all have some products that are definitively not BIFL.

My grandmother’s Le Creuset cast irons are still going strong in my brother’s & my kitchens, they just require proper care, like any cast iron piece. I second the recommendation to go check out estate sales or garage sales to find a used one for cheaper.

So they are made by the exact same machines, with the exact same source materials, inspected by the exact same quality control. You know none of that is true. But you are still arguing like it’s a fact.

It’s hard to have all products meet the exact same specifications in the same plant between lines.

There are very few facts in life, saying that two products from two separate facilities across the world in different climates are a 1-1 on spec is hubris at best. You obviously have much looser tolerances.

No more Chinese-made iPhones for me.

I chose Staub for aesthetics. They’re beautiful pieces. I waited for a sale and got a 5qt for the same price as a Lodge.

Wolverines wear well not near as expensive. 8 in. boot.