Recent content by NMK64

Nice 57mm at the heel, something I would like. I tried to get the Masakage Kujira Gyuto 180mm because he heel is quite tall but it was sold out, just as well, it was for much more $$... Thank you.

Just received my Masakage Koishi AS Santoku 165, pretty nice, decent build and the KU finish is not as rough as I had thought it would be and pretty happy with the discounted price. As it seems for now this is what I use and maybe my next trip to Japan I'll spend a few days checking out some...

Yes for my knuckles.

Oh, right, I got it backwards... Yes, true, lots of convex on both sides. But I was hoping for one side a straight with bevel cutting edge and I guess other side convex? Per my earlier post, maybe I will try the Shun Sumo and see how that goes.

I have thought about this but not so sure about the ability of having a convex grind and a double bevel edge.

You are 100% right. I think it might be difficult in Japan.... most seem to be traditionalists and others are just working with pre-fab blanks. Maybe my next trip to JP if I have time, I will look for a knife maker, maybe in person can convince them to help....

I would love to try it too... but most likely no one will make it for me... :-(

Interesting. In theory probably if the cut item stays touching the blade checks continuously after the cut but normally that is not the case unless it is like a giant potato but even then the hammered side would allow the cut item to peel away. Not sure if this would behave the same as a single...

Sorry, not understandings what you mean. One side smoooth, one side with hammer marks... that would be ok for me.

Haha, always good to get different viewpoints. I have purchased many knives in my life, some crappy cheap, some expensive. $200 for a knife is expensive for me because when I use a knife, I don't want to baby it and anything that costs more than that would cause me serious grief when I damage...

I wanted the left side polished but still a Ryoba.

Sorry, long reply... I totally get the fact that no master will want to put his name on something that is beyond what he thinks is reasonable, lest damaging his reputation. But I won't really mind if he left the knife just blank, I just thought this might be something interesting as a...

Jumping in.... I have the Shun Usuba but I don't like the single bevel, I prefer a 50/50 bevel for a do all type of knife. I have not heard back from Shinichi so I'll just wait, maybe a high polish on left side....

Shinichi responded very quickly, wow, great! Hammerning must be on both sides or none so I asked him to price out a 56mm tall Santuko with Aogami Blue #2 and hammering on both sides. I can imagine the hammering on one side would cause the blade to bend so you have to hammer the other side to...

I just fired off a mail to Shinichi Watanabe... the website seems to have some very old dates on it so I hope he is still in operation. I did get confirmation reply mail so that is a good thing. It would be pretty interesting if he can make one. Kind of concerned about the price though...