Kids' creativity, as measured by the most recent Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking scores, has been sliding since 1990, most noticeably among our younger students. Reduced music and arts education is cited as a key factor.
I like to use the 'demolition grade' blades. They ll cut wood, metal, plaster, wire, or pretty much anything you d care to throw at them. They're made from decent carbon steel that will take and hold an edge rather well. When bought in packs of a dozen, they can be had for about a buck each.
Although knives and kitchen sinks are both made of stainless steel, they're made of different combinations of alloys so they have different magnetic properties. Stainless steels are alloyed steels, says materials engineer Professor Veena Sahajwalla from the University of New South Wales.