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In Osaka I liked Ichimonji Chuki (super cheap shapton stones) and Tower Knives.

They are nice and thin.

I wouldn’t bother rehandling one personally. You realise they aren’t san Mai? Once you sharpen away that visible hap40 you may as well chuck it out.

Just ordered a munetoshi 240. Pretty keen to try it out.

Hi. I've bought a whole bunch of those Golden Deer knives as well. They are great gifts for non knife people.

Anyone elso found the ¥1000 hap40 golden deer knives on Rakuten? They just have a 5-6mm strip of the good steel along the edge then soft stainless. So once you sharpen it away it's all over, get another one. They are brilliant. I've abused it like I wouldn't dare with any of my good knives...

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone. Not sure that I understand the question. I don't believe that I have a Shig. Yet. I'm in Melbourne. I might be ok with that. :biggrin: I wasn't lurking for 10 years. Just bought my first Masamoto 10 years ago. Probably found this forum a...

Hello, Just stopping in to say hi. I am a chef of 16 years with a love of knives. Currently based in Australia. I started with a set of victorinox and moved on to Japanese knives approximately 10 years ago. I'm mainly here to keep an eye on the for sale section, as I'm sure some...