| [Gear Tastemasters] If you read reviews you understand that they aren’t objective, so much as they are an attempt to make an objectively valid argument in support of a subjective opinion. My hope is that in reading my reviews that you can agree with the argument even if you don’t necessarily agree with the score. In other words, we may not agree because we have different tastes, but we can agree on objective things‐like a high blade-to-handle ratio is a good thing. With that in mind, it is probably worth laying out who influenced my tastes when it comes to gear. |