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Nice 57mm at the heel, something I would like. I tried to get the Masakage Kujira Gyuto 180mm because he heel is quite tall but it was sold out, just as well, it was for much more $$... Thank you.

Just received my Masakage Koishi AS Santoku 165, pretty nice, decent build and the KU finish is not as rough as I had thought it would be and pretty happy with the discounted price. As it seems for now this is what I use and maybe my next trip to Japan I'll spend a few days checking out some...

Yes for my knuckles.

Oh, right, I got it backwards... Yes, true, lots of convex on both sides. But I was hoping for one side a straight with bevel cutting edge and I guess other side convex? Per my earlier post, maybe I will try the Shun Sumo and see how that goes.

I have thought about this but not so sure about the ability of having a convex grind and a double bevel edge.

You are 100% right. I think it might be difficult in Japan.... most seem to be traditionalists and others are just working with pre-fab blanks. Maybe my next trip to JP if I have time, I will look for a knife maker, maybe in person can convince them to help....

I would love to try it too... but most likely no one will make it for me... :-(

Interesting. In theory probably if the cut item stays touching the blade checks continuously after the cut but normally that is not the case unless it is like a giant potato but even then the hammered side would allow the cut item to peel away. Not sure if this would behave the same as a single...

Sorry, not understandings what you mean. One side smoooth, one side with hammer marks... that would be ok for me.

Haha, always good to get different viewpoints. I have purchased many knives in my life, some crappy cheap, some expensive. $200 for a knife is expensive for me because when I use a knife, I don't want to baby it and anything that costs more than that would cause me serious grief when I damage...

I wanted the left side polished but still a Ryoba.

Sorry, long reply... I totally get the fact that no master will want to put his name on something that is beyond what he thinks is reasonable, lest damaging his reputation. But I won't really mind if he left the knife just blank, I just thought this might be something interesting as a...

Jumping in.... I have the Shun Usuba but I don't like the single bevel, I prefer a 50/50 bevel for a do all type of knife. I have not heard back from Shinichi so I'll just wait, maybe a high polish on left side....

Shinichi responded very quickly, wow, great! Hammerning must be on both sides or none so I asked him to price out a 56mm tall Santuko with Aogami Blue #2 and hammering on both sides. I can imagine the hammering on one side would cause the blade to bend so you have to hammer the other side to...

I just fired off a mail to Shinichi Watanabe... the website seems to have some very old dates on it so I hope he is still in operation. I did get confirmation reply mail so that is a good thing. It would be pretty interesting if he can make one. Kind of concerned about the price though...

I'm a righty. I have not had any KU finish experience yet, my Masakage Koishi AS is on the way to me, quite excited about this.... I was thinking just a nice smooth surface on my left finger "knuckles" and the KU finish on the cut away side to help food peel away. And a taller Santoku would...

Is there such a Santoku blade, double bevel, doesn't matter what kind of metal, handle, etc., that has left side smooth so it feels smooth on the left finger joints and right side with some kind of hammer mark and maybe KU finish to help food peel away and at the same time feel smooth to the...

Thank you guari! I think I need to make better efforts on the honing...

When the blade is not so tall (under mid 40's) and matched with a high western grip, my middle finger's 2nd knuckle is really close to the cutting surface. I guess I have a pretty "aggressive" pinch grip? I hold pretty forward on the handle / blade. For me it just doesn't feel "right". Maybe...

Thanks for the hints. Yes, JCK... very typical JP website... it takes about 15 minutes to figure out the UI... and gets a bit better after that.... Something about the Japanese websites... they make you work for the info... I visited Meesterslijpers.nl but the problem is most of their JP...