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Selling this lightly used Wakui 240mm migaki gyuto. A fantastic knife that I'm only selling because I have the identical knife in B#2 that I reach for more often. Specs: Core steel: White #2 Cladding: Stainless steel Blade: 240x49mm Weight: 193g Finish: migaki cladding with mirror finished core...

Let's say I'm right-handed and receive a knife with a left-hand bias. What is the best way to correct this? Option A: thin the blade to grind out the bulge on the right side of the blade face (edge facing up). Option B: sharpen the blade on the left side of the blade face (edge facing up) to...

In my head, an apple would be easiest cut by a thin, small knife. With that in mind I picked up an Ashi Hamono 150mm petty - impossibly thin - thinking that it would be my apple killer. However this knife wedged almost immediately! The convexity of the knife was substantial enough I had to use a...

A purely aesthetic question. I've noticed a lot of variability in how legible the kanji appears on knives with KU finishes. Even across the same maker, sometimes the kanji really pops, while other times it is barely visible. Do you think this variability is due to 1) changes in the depth of the...

Hi all, I'm a long time lurker here but happy to be joining in on the fun! I really appreciate the wealth of knowledge in this forum, and I look forward to learning more and hopefully giving back to this community in the future. Pictured here are two of my favorites right now, a 237mm...