Recent content by Godslayer

I'm very blessed in having multiple "unicorn tier" blades but for me. profile: Tanaka b#2 280 x 59-61 (I know it's not luxury but I use it so much it's my go to) steel/heat treat: Bill Burke river of fire grind: dalman handle: Randy Hass geo handle: bog oak, white liner, mammoth in red...

No Fleur de Sel to finish :O as a millenial I'm offended. Otherwise it looks good.

X pro here. Everything got used at work besides one of my honyakis(used at home) and my HHH captain fancy pants gyuto (used at home). They never saw work because they screamed "steal me" and "I'm expensive"

150 mm Robin Dalman Pettysuki. Not sure why I miss it, I barely used it but I still miss it. Surprisingly I don't miss my Kato :p

Contact Randy Hass of HHH knives, I know he's sitting on a decent pile and can probably find something in the size you want.

This might be the best value stainless knife money can buy. Shouldn't last long. I have the 240mm equivalent and it's amazing as you would expect.

At 830 I'd be looking custom or semi custom. At 4-500 you can get a stupidly stunning blade and then hire a custom handle/saya which will make the blade feel significantly more expensive. The other option custom would give you access to a lot of talented makers in San mai or honyaki. Marko...

Tanaka, shigeki Tanaka, he makes a variety of blades from the very cheap to the very expensive. His lower end stuff is affordable enough for it to not scare a younger me and his higher end stuff would still be unicorn territory for the current me. His blades are also exceptional.

White #1 , crazy simple carbon steel, sharpens in seconds, forms a burr in no time and takes a beautiful edge. Basically it's the easiest to sharpen and keeps an edge fairly well.

It's garbage, basically a 300 page ad, only the super nerd section written by naoto San is good.

Zdp-189 is a pain but by pain I just mean they take longer to sharpen, hap40 isn't as bad I put it in line with r2. If you want cheap and good I'd look at Japanese chef knife but sort by Western handle. You can get a good 240mm blade shipped ems for sub $200 usd. The other option if your just...

Given you budget you have a lot of options. Sukenari from James or Japanese chef knife would be a good bet, hap40 or zdp 189 will hold an edge for a long time. If you can find one a Takamura hana suji would also be stunning.

That's a sharp looking knife, looks like it would be good in a house were others are present. I love the lines on the blade as well.

Never thought I'd see the day but I need to recoup some funds, sister is getting married and I'm finishing school. I'm only selling one of the two, both blades have been used, both come with custom Saya, Thor actually has two. Thor thread...

Stunning I have a true 240/53 done like this, it's a phenomenal tool and probably one of the top three honyakis Japan is currently producing.