Theres costs of raw materials, costs of labor, costs of running the business itself, and then yes theres a thing called opportunity cost with is more like the value you would gain or lose had you used the labor or materials in a different way.
edit: @albatross I usually start to form new opinions after I have experienced something relevant myself, and then if I feel my experience was objective enoguh, I'll go and compare opinions that echo from something similar that I've experienced and the opinions that are in direct opposition of that, then if my own diligence beforehand and while comparing was good enough I likely build on my opinion with other ones that are similar and consistent to my own initial understandings. In this case, I had trouble with high carbide steels and S30V long before I watched Supersteel Steve and Michael Christy. I'd get edges that would seem to finish very sharp but then lose the edge faster than D2 or VG10 in my other knives. After watching some youtube videos, the understanding that most of the knife and steel community goes with as well as Michael Christies explanation was enough for me to get the rest of the picture and close out my need to discover any more info about that topic. Supersteel steve's opinion sounds very similar to what I think is fact, but he changes a few key components so he can feed his own ego and also go "look guys, I busted this stupid myth that everyone believes in" and gain whatever recognition he gets from that. But all he does is feed people half truths, and his goal and intent as you can tell by his attitude is to be recognized as some hero that finds truth by defying and questioning the status quo. Michael Christy on the other hand, just wants to be as objective as possible and produce objective information for his viewers. There is nothing in his attitude that suggests he is doing it for his own glory and ego. These attitudes alone can tell you a lot about what the right way to view the ideas and opinions they produce. Intention, principles, and attitudes are everything as far as context goes, just imagine if your mom/gf asked you a question like "where are your car keys?" as opposed to a stranger asking you the same thing on the street, it could be the exact same question but because you have the intuition you do now and not one of a 3 year old, you will understand those two situations should be viewed as extremely different circumstances. S30V is just a less hardcore version of S90V. Whatever S90V does, S30V will probably very likely do as well, just to a lesser extent. Knowing what to believe in isnt just picking the more charismatic or compelling character you see on youtube. There is deception, confusion, and misinformation everywhere you look these days.. no human is perfect and so therefore we all can be compromised, bought out or corrupted at some point, if you are not developing your own decision making system and continuously building your intuition on how to determine between truth and lies or trustworthy and untrustworthy, and think you can take everything at face value or just follow the status quo without doing any work yourself to make accurate judgements, one day you will suddenly find yourself trapped in a horrifying place. Anyways, if you have never had experience with using and sharpening s30v or s90v on both normal and diamond plates, and just want me to somehow disprove Supersteel steve's statements, I dont have anything quantitative for you. I dont feel that I have a need to either, I know clearly what I believe in, nobody will change it at this point unless they provide compelling evidence, and I am just going to share what I believe in and why so people who have not yet been exposed to my perspective can add it to their collections. Sorry if I sounded like I was ranting, its just that knives and steels are great and all, but I care much more about the things I was talking about since right now it is more crucial a time as ever for us as humans, guardians and keepers of our troubled planet Earth to make sure we are being diligent when deciding what to believe in, and that we hone our intuitions and not just our knives, so that we can collectively wake up from our mass complacency and ignorance to recognize how close we are to collapse and disaster on many and multiple fronts, and hopefully start to reverse from sorry state of affairs we have gotten ourselves into. Starting with how to watch youtubers in the right context, yes. a joke but actually really not a joke
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