I agree. I should not tell you if you need another knife, but a long (300) yanagiba’s single edge will yield the easiest perfect sashimi cuts.
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I bet your 600 grit trick would work on a Kiwi for well beyond a decade, and perhaps to infinity…and beyond. $6 gets you in the door.
I got a power outage. No electricity power but there is water. Nothing much to do so i sharpened 5 knives. Next, fold my laundry…. Maybe take a nap
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Every Saturday and Sunday the folks who live behind our house blow off 200+ rounds. They must be rich people, because those rounds aren’t cheap.
Where we live, it’s legal to shoot as long as you’re more than 150 feet from a roadway and the same distance from a house other than your own.
So they shoot and shoot and shoot. My dogs have finally gotten used to it after 10+ years.
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Bullets aren’t cheap.
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Is that why itame all use crappy knives, because knives don’t matter?
Hi Bill. Welcome to the forum.
I have a similar experience but not quite the same as yours. I haven’t added the strop/compound element to my routine. So I steel most of the time, but still sharpen about every 8-12 months now.
I suspect that your compound/stropping is similar to sharpening in some regards, but don’t know for sure.
*disposable, crappy knives cause who can be bothered to sharpen them? 
I have seen a commercial about tossing knives after they get dull.
I have both really good knives and cheap knives and I use them frequently, but both kinds deserve some TLC every once in a while. The idea of throwing away knives when they get dull is mental.
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I will look up that commercial
Found it.
(Power just restored. So much easier to use a computer to look up) Jump to 7:00 if it won’t.
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Oh. Dear. God.
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I kind of felt bad for this actress. In real life, she is probably nothing like this, but she had to play this role for the commercial.
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Yep.
Got me thinking about another video. Kitchen knives with disposable/replaceable blade.
At first glance, it is pretty innovative and funny. After looking a bit closer, you will realize it is not a realistic solution. It does provide a good laugh.
(I guess I just have a good memory for these outrageous idea)
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Now that’s a utility knife! 
OMG. I got a neighbor, he is ric,h and every weekend his friends come over and go to his homemade range. They got a shelter, all kinds of funky targets, it’s impressive. He has big markers at 100-1,000 yards in his back valley, and they must spend $1k plus on ammo every weekend. It is usually hunting guns, though. Not a lot of rat-a-tat-tat. But a 300 is a strong rifle, 7mm, etc. I had a 7mm. Used to sweat just buying a box of those things. My dog never gave a rip. But, shoot a bottle rocket anywhere near him and he’s gone daddy gone.
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I also like the fact that he flushed a regular knife down the toilet after it is dull.
In all honesty, it is a 153 M view youtube video about using disposable blade knife.
By definition, a shitty knife.
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