sf wrote:

> Almost $2,000 for a 6 inch knife to cut an apple? I will suppose this
> is a sushi chef's knife, because nothing else would even remotely make
> sense. No wonder sushi is so expensive if they're paying such
> exorbitant prices for knives.

Sushi aside, have you ever checked out the cost of barber's scissors?
They look like ordinary scissors, but they're not. They cost ten times
what you'd guess.