Recent content by shira

What possible reason would there be for not allowing people to recommend specific products they find useful (assuming they're not posters with fewer than x posts)? Are there certain knife brands we can't mention, either?

I don't pretend to know how most people use the kind of knives I'm referring to. But I would hazard to guess that MOST people do NOT use these as their everyday work knives. Maybe they shave some arm-hairs with them, or cut paper, or a few tomatoes. Maybe they're infrequently used - and with...

Think of any knife with an extremely intricate damascus pattern and one-of-a-kind handle. Using such a knife as one's work knife and sharpening it as needed is just guaranteed to degrade it. Why not just have a custom-made work knife made, with all (or more) of the performance but none of the...

I really, really do appreciate the creativity, artistry, and often the breathtaking beauty of some of the high-end custom knives created by KKF vendors. But here's a, I guess, stupid question: Considering that it would be insane to risk marring the beauty of these knives by using them for...

I know you're going to make a video of these pro-line knives cutting. But if you had to describe in words the differences you perceive in the performance between a pro-line knife and an otherwise equivalent knife of yours that's S- or asymmetric- ground, what would those differences be?

I'm considering purchasing a Shigefusa nakiri knife for my wife. Probably a 165 mm kurouchi, since - as far as I can tell - the prettier Shigefusas aren't any better functionally, and this would be an everyday knife. But I understand these are very, very hard (63+ HRC). Which leads me to my...