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Greetings, Looking for a Lefty 210mm Gyuto. Preferably Wa handle Semi stainless, stainless clad or stainless Budget is around 150$, max 200$ CAD. I live in Canada. Please let me know what you have, cheers!

I've been cooking the occasional pork belly now and again over the last few months with increasing frequency (unhealthy obsession forming) and I've been getting mixed results. I'm going for a crispy crackling but it's hit or miss. Sometimes with the skin on it turns out like rock hard, leathery...

Greetings. I am getting a gyuto made for my wife as a surprise. I've been on the waitlist for a while with a maker here in Manitoba, Canada. Well it's finally my turn and we are discussing the handle specifications. My wife is native and she's from the Prairies so I am trying to capture...

Greetings! I need help. I do most of the cooking in my house for my wife and my 2 children (2 and 4). We both work full time, and kids do daycare during the week. Life is hectic to say the least but I strive to cook good, tasty, wholesome food for supper and lunches. Usually meat, a grain and...

I screwed up. But when you screw up, you learn. Here is what I learned. This christmas me and my wife decided to go all out and get an Ankarsrum stand mixer. Then I went and bought the meat grinder attachment because... well meat is awesome. Pay once, cry once. We regularly indulge in...

Through years of trial and error, I have finally come up with the perfect chocolate mug cake recipe. The only variable you will have to tweek is how long to nuke it to get that perfect half/cooked lava cake consistency. It depends on how badass your microwave is. So if you are lying around at...

Greetings. A friend of mine helped me out quite a lot this past year with emergency house repairs. I want to gift him a good, trusty, solid 210mm gyuto, since he is using a POS Wal-Mart knife that I'm sick of sharpening for him. Something around 100$ to 150$, preferably stainless, or...

Finally ordered an atoma 140 after flattening with that naniwa thing for months which is now convex. Just opened the Atoma and it's magnificent! So... now what? I know this is a basic need to have tool but can I ask you guys for tips and tricks on how to use it? And things NOT to do? I've...

I just got my first VG10 knife, a tanaka petty. I used it for one mral, cutting cucumber, onion, tomato and waited about 5 minutes before cleaning it. It already has some dark brown blue spots on both sides of the cladding. 1. I thought VG10 was stainless. What gives? Is the cladding not...

Following my "what petty should I get" thread and the valuable input from the community, I 'm trying my luck to see if anyone has any of these that are willing to part with. Tanaka ginsako or VG-10 petty 150mm (the tall one @ 34mm height) Watanabe KU petty 150mm Gesshin pairing knife 90 or...

I have the opportunity to buy some used stones on Kijiji (similar to Craig's List) over here in Canada. I don't know much about these stones and would like your opinion to see if these stones are worth it at this price, and if they are any good. 1. Norton 8" by 3" 4000/8000 2...

Greetings, I posted on here looking for a Gyuto and you guys did a fantastic job with your recommendations. Settled on Itinomonn SS 210 and it's absolutely fantastic. Now I'm looking for something to bridge the gap into smalled jobs. I actually bought a used petty from a member here, a...

I'm in the market for atoma 140 plate for flattening my stones. Any advice for the cheapest place to get it for Canadians? Also confirm 140 is best for flattening? I've read on here it seems to be the holy grail of flattening tools...

Looking for Gengetsu Stainless and/or Itinomonn Stainless Kasumi 210mm Wa-Gyuto. Not necessary, but I live in Canada so shipping costs would be drastically reduced if someone in Canada was selling, or if someone had both of these knives and shipped together. Let me know what you have, Cheers

Can I use Clapham's Beeswax Salad Bowl Finish to finish a bare magnolia wood handle? It says it can be used for "everything wood in your kitchen". When I bought my larchwood end grain cutting board from Nova Scotia they said it was the best thing to use...

So I bought a second hand Fu-Rin-Ka-Zan 165mm Petty made out of ZDP-189 steel (Like Sukenari Petty). This is actually my very first J-knife. I'm used to sharpening soft german knives like Beaumark and Zwilling. This is an entirely different beast and I just wanted to talk to you guys before I...

Nice knives required cutting things to enjoy them. Usually when you cut things, it's fruits, veggies, meat, cheese, etc... essentially real, non-processed foods. Someone who wants to use their knives a lot would need to be cutting lots of these items. Quick survey to the community: Have you...

I'm new here so apologies for silly question: Just wondering for working on the board, what's the minimum height you need to be able to clear your knuckles using pinch grip or hammer grip? Maybe I should put a tape measure to my knuckles... :eyebrow: How much height at the heel is the sweet...

Hello community! I recently got into knife sharpening and finally realized after 32 years on this planet that my Henckles are pretty crappy knives, which is crazy because I'm an avid home cook. I've been using bad tools my whole life?... Damn. I've been reading up for about a month straight on...

Greetings from Canada, Friendly Manitoba, Winnipeg! I very recently got into knife sharpening and my interest for it sky rocketed into an unhealthy addiction (bough 220/1000/3000 Naniwa). I love it... I needed a new hobby and wanted to do something physical and "routine-like" for some much...