Gunter Wilhelm knifes?

[sirseb]

A new knife company was brought to my attention,Gunter Wilhelm.It seems like they know what they are doing ,but has any one tried them out?

[Silly Disciple]

Don't know them or their product, but their "how to use your sharpening steel" FAQ is lifted word by word, including images, from the eG Knife Maintenance EGCI course.

see for yourself:

their page

section 6 of the EGCI course

[Toliver]

Don't know them or their product, but their "how to use your sharpening steel" FAQ is lifted word by word, including images, from the eG Knife Maintenance EGCI course.

see for yourself:

their page

section 6 of the EGCI course

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Wow...talk about plagarism!

[jgm]

Could it be they hired Chad to write that for them, and he simply gave them the same copy? Even the picture is the same.

[Chad]

Well isn't that interesting? I did receive an email from someone from Gunther Wilhelm a couple of years ago asking to use some of the sharpening tutorial with modifications. Knowing that I might to try and turn it into something more, I didn't reply.

Seems like a phone call is in order.

Chad

Update: I just checked. I did reply to them back in January 2004 that I didn't think it would work for them to use the tutorial.

Edited April 18, 2006 by Chad (log)

[jgm]

So much for giving people the benefit of the doubt, and always assuming the best. . .

[Chad]

Don't know them or their product, but their "how to use your sharpening steel" FAQ is lifted word by word, including images, from the eG Knife Maintenance EGCI course.

see for yourself:

their page

section 6 of the EGCI course

←

Wow...talk about plagarism!

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I've spoken with Paul Hellman at Gunter Wilhelm and come to an arrangement for use of the material. I'm not happy about how this happened, but he was genuinely apologetic so I'm willing to let it go.

Chad

Edited April 18, 2006 by Chad (log)

[russ parsons]

i would certainly give them a phone call. i can hear the cash register ringing, particularly if you have a record of having refused use.

[joiei]

They want $150 for a 12 inch peppermill because it was designed by Mario Batale, unh, uh, ain't hapnin.

The knives look like something designed to impress home cooks who might not know, but think they would look cool in their kitchens.

As for the peppermill, I keep using my 30 year old peugot and it keeps on grinding just fine. And they did replace a big hotel mill for $0 because of a defect in workmanship. THey had to send a different model because the defective one was no longer being made. I like that kind of service.