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Woof wish i could’ve.

Bump- priced to move.

More pics of Sentan

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Bump for the Sentan. Really great value for Tanaka Damascus

I was about to say it looks mint. Has the signature brand new Shigefusa Kasumi horizontal marks. Stunning stuff. This guy is an amazing seller too.

Condition?

Sentan still available and now $325

This is an awesome knife and one of my favorites. It’s remarkably different from Takada’s other work (Suiboku, Fujiyama FT) but has all of the things that make his work so good. Crazy food release with this and that famous Hitohira finish with Tahei handle. Yoshikazu Tanaka’s Blue 1 needs no...

Tanaka/Yohei is sold! Other Tanaka- $375 or best offer

It’s definitely thicker than a lot of Tanaka’s work. I’d say roughly 3.4mm at heel but I don’t have a micrometer.

Two gyutos forged by Yoshikazu Tanaka Sentan Damascus 220mm 195g Ebony Heart Shaped handle Blue 1 Steel Never jived with this knife but practiced bringing our Damascus steel on it. Only used for a couple meals and then mud polished it a few times to a nicer contrast than when I got it $400-...

Wow this is like the same level as my Takada/Yohei collection.

Hey so I feel like most ppl on here do knife rolls, however I am a fan of the backpack. Issue is my Yanagiba and Sujihiki are 270mm which brings them to about 16” counting the handle (they’re Sakai 270s) limits my choice. My current Chefsac only fits the slicers if you keep them outside of the...

Yes I agree. My ace of my knife rotation is my Nakagawa Blue 2 Suiboku and has the Zebrawood handle. It’s perfect for the Suiboku balance wise. I’m very tempted to put it on the dammy as well, but am nervous about damaging the beautiful handle that’s already on it