# Things there isn't really a fancy version of **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 19, 2020, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-there-isnt-really-a-fancy-version-of/854137 "2020-05-19T19:39:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2020, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-there-isnt-really-a-fancy-version-of/854137/121 "2020-12-08T19:55:52Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > Mens Underwear Lots of high end men’s underwear out there, I own some. Duluth Trading, Tommy John, Mack Weldon, MeUndies. Fruit of the Loom and Calvin Klein also offer your boxers on the north side of $25 a pair besides their usual everyday consumer undies. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2020, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-there-isnt-really-a-fancy-version-of/854137/122 "2020-12-08T23:56:11Z")
> [@Palo\_Verde](#): > > Toilet paper springs to mind. In fact, there are some damn fine versions of TP that aren’t sold here in the US. If it weren’t for the size of the package, I’d bring some home from France. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2020, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-there-isnt-really-a-fancy-version-of/854137/123 "2020-12-08T23:57:49Z")
> [@BippityBoppityBoo](#): > > It’s called. ‘Jet fuel’. Yep, I’ve gone to regional airports with racers to buy some for their race cars. And that’s relatively reasonably priced. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2020, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-there-isnt-really-a-fancy-version-of/854137/124 "2020-12-09T00:02:03Z")
> [@carnut](#): > > Yep, I’ve gone to regional airports with racers to buy some for their race cars. And that’s relatively reasonably priced I was vague. I meant expensive in that you would need a chartered jet and crew to use it flying wherever jet setters go. Presumed that would be vastly more per mile than one would pay for jet fuel burned on your behalf on a commercial plane. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2020, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-there-isnt-really-a-fancy-version-of/854137/125 "2020-12-09T00:05:25Z")
Some racers do just that. I remember a team that flew here in a commercial jet, while their racecars were transported by the team’s trucker. While here (in MN), they bought a helicopter and flew that back to CA. Why not if you can? ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2020, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-there-isnt-really-a-fancy-version-of/854137/126 "2020-12-09T00:27:13Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Some people buy aviation gas for highly modified cars, dragsters, etc. > In my area, it goes for 3.50-5.57/gal That’s not too high. I still remember back in the day about 15 years ago when regular gas cost that much 😜. ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2020, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-there-isnt-really-a-fancy-version-of/854137/127 "2020-12-10T05:16:34Z")
I can go to my local chain market and grind it in the store from peanuts I put in the grinder. Nothing added but perhaps my fingerprints. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-there-isnt-really-a-fancy-version-of/854137/128 "2020-12-11T02:12:00Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Straight peanut butter. The NIST sells an official standard for peanut butter. It’s expensive but probably not fancy. In fact, it’s probably designed to be an unremarkable as possible. $881 for three 170 gram samples: [https://www-s.nist.gov/srmors/view\_detail.cfm?srm=2387](https://www-s.nist.gov/srmors/view_detail.cfm?srm=2387) ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d07c76/32.png) [@Earl\_Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Grey)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2020, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-there-isnt-really-a-fancy-version-of/854137/129 "2020-12-12T07:29:25Z")
Only ketchup I’ve found to be better than Heinz is that ketchup you used to be able to get in those small spigots that’d be near the napkins and pop fountains and drink cup lids at fast food restaurants. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b77776/32.png) [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2020, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-there-isnt-really-a-fancy-version-of/854137/130 "2020-12-12T11:51:00Z")
To my knowledge (please correct me), there is little in the way of a really top-end baking flour. Once you get to artisanal stone-ground hard wheat flour, that is about it. Nothing much after that. There is no high-end corn flour/meal known to me. ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2020, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-there-isnt-really-a-fancy-version-of/854137/131 "2020-12-12T13:57:11Z")
> [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](#): > > There is no high-end corn flour/meal known to me. Thought I’d take a google and found this: [https://shop.senecamuseum.org/product/iroquois-roasted-white-corn-flour/](https://shop.senecamuseum.org/product/iroquois-roasted-white-corn-flour/) It’s both heirloom and labor intensive: > **[An Indigenous Corn Makes a Comeback - Cornell Small Farms](https://smallfarms.cornell.edu/2018/07/an-indigenous-corn-makes-a-comeback-2/)** > > Inside an antique farmhouse at the Ganondagan State Historic Site just east of Rochester, New York, a stainless steel coffee roaster hums as it And I think I just some ideas for Christmas gifts. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b77776/32.png) [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2020, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-there-isnt-really-a-fancy-version-of/854137/132 "2020-12-12T14:00:14Z")
I take it all back. Did you see in the New York Times the other day an article about a high-end artisanal cane syrup? Made from something called purple cane IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2020, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-there-isnt-really-a-fancy-version-of/854137/133 "2020-12-12T18:16:17Z")
Well there is this combo square for $120 [Starrett 12" Combination Square, with Square Head | Rockler Woodworking and Hardware](https://www.rockler.com/starrett-12-combination-square-with-square-head) vs this for $10 [Empire 12 in. Combination Square-E250 - The Home Depot](https://www.homedepot.com/p/Empire-12-in-Combination-Square-E250/100356502) ---
**Author:** ![Toxylon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@Toxylon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxylon)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-there-isnt-really-a-fancy-version-of/854137/134 "2020-12-13T18:26:42Z")
Someone upthread suggested there are no truly fancy versions of hand tools. Well, I’ve seen Japanese Master-built wood planes that fetch 5000 USD or more. Here’s a 1" paring chisel that is on a hefty discount, at only 430 USD: > **[Tasai - 1" Mokume Kitae (Damascus) Japanese Paring Chisel - Tasai](https://www.woodcraft.com/products/1-mokume-kitae-damascus-paring-chisel-tasai-tasai)** > > Mr. Tasai hand hammers and laminates these chisels utilizing wrought iron and a special high-carbon Yasuki blue steel, which is ideal for use when working North American hardwoods. Handles are finest quality Ebony double hooped for mallet use, with a... ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-there-isnt-really-a-fancy-version-of/854137/135 "2020-12-13T18:57:25Z")
> [@Paintcharge](#): > > Well there is this combo square for $120 Heh, I have that square. Starrett makes awesome tools. Pricey, but definitely worth it to me for the type of work I do. My previous cheapo hardware store square was measurably off square, by something like .005 inches at the 12" mark. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-there-isnt-really-a-fancy-version-of/854137/136 "2020-12-13T22:28:42Z")
There are fancy matches. My brother once worked for an RV dealer, and they sold _waterproof matches._ Each match head was wax-dipped, so you could get drenched an still start a fire. They were hard to strike, and we called 'em “fireproof” matches. They cost a lot more than regular kitchen matches. A shiv is, by definition, a handmade knife. Granted, you’re not going to find a lot of artisan knives in prisons, even in the white-collar criminals’ joints, but it’s not hard to pay a whole lot of money for a handmade knife. I’m a knife collector, so I’ve seen them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-there-isnt-really-a-fancy-version-of/854137.md?page=6)