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LOCATION What country are you in? Australia KNIFE TYPE What type of knife are you interested in (e.g., chef’s knife, slicer, boning knife, utility knife, bread knife, paring knife, cleaver)? Nakiri Are you right or left handed? Right Are you interested in a Western handle (e.g...

Well this was my first solo woodworking project. Still in progress, here are some (somewhat crappy) photos. Wood used is 'Mountain Ash' I believe, down here in Aus. I used a scrap piece of timber so not 100% sure, but I'm quite confident. I was thinking about a darker, harder timber but I think...

Hi everyone! :wink: No this is not a joke. Just a little background: I have a Zakuri knife coming from Jon and, as it doesn't come with a saya, was thinking about my options. I did make a post about this a few days ago and everyone had good suggestions that gave me something to think...

Hi everyone, Just received these in the mail and thought I would write up a quick review on my thoughts so far. They arrived packed with a very healthy amount of bubble wrap. This bubble wrap has fairly small bubble-size (good) and an impressive unpopped-to-popped ratio. I have...

Hi everyone, So I've got a few knives coming from JKI (Gesshin Ginga & Uraku) which both come with sayas. They are a gift to my parents and they currently store knives in a drawer, so the sayas are important in protecting the knives. I was thinking about getting a cheap Zakuri tosagata...

Hi everyone! Apologies if this isn't the correct forum, but I couldn't find a more suitable one. So I recently purchased a beautiful end-grain board for my parents as a Christmas gift (this one here), as well as some mineral oil + beeswax to mix and use at either 3:1 or 4:1 ratio. I was...