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The extra height is one of the reasons I was interested in this knife. Some initial impressions: The knife is sharp out of the box but I touched it up on a JNAT a bit to give it a finer edge. Don't think it will get as sharp as some of my other knives but it's sharp enough. Handle wasn't the...

Picked up an vintage new stock Tadafune Komakiri Gyuto 230. Nothing fancy but quite interesting I think. Munetoshi there for comparison. thanks

For me, I did about 10 coatings before first use. It kept sticking, but I just kept using it with a bit more oil, then rinse after use and put it back on the stove top. Took about 6-8omelettes before I can do Omurice style omelette without sticking... But now it works pretty well.

How much are you paying now? You can check out SquareSpace, Shopify, etc. In general, I recommend going with this type of services, especially if you are not writing custom WP stuff yourself. They provide better customer service, and handle all to software updates, security, etc. For...

Mine looks like the bottom one.

From De Buyer's FAQ: Are iron cooking utensils suitable for traditional ovens? All cooking utensils from our iron ranges can be used in traditional ovens. Nevertheless, pans equipped with an iron handle coated with epoxy can only flash in the oven (10 minutes at 200°C maximum) as an extended...

This is just awesome... Same guy as in the Omurice video earlier. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPp6RrEGc5k

Bienvenue, fellow Canuck.

Lol, yeap, my fav Bond villain. :D

If they combined a hat with a knife instead, I would buy one. :p

I have one too, my wife use it mostly, let me know if you guys need it.

And your friend Matt who works there has crazy knives and jnats too. :D At Zen, I've seen Nenohi, Takamura R2, Konosuke, and Masamoto being used.

My two cents... If you are willing to pay upfront for a Kickstarter project, that's effectively a mass produced item, you should be willing to pay upfront for a custom item made for you specifically. So having backed a number of Kickstarter campaigns, I would follow that rule. (Just to be...

Holy crap! Great material for the YouTube knucklehead thread

By doing a Kickstarter campaign before actually manufacturing or even contracting a manufacturer, the most capital intensive(hence risky) part of the business is removed. So as long as they are successful in attracting enough pre-purchase, it essentially removes most of business risk for them...