if you had $1500...

[jai]

KS Honyaki 240 gyuto, for the perfect blade shape with added performance.

+1

[GlassEye]

Jin

[TamanegiKin]

Gesshin Ginga 240 western honyaki gyuto w/white mycarta handle or gesshin hide 270 honyaki wa gyuto.

[NO ChoP!]

That black honyaki on the Nenohi home page looks pretty sweet!

[orange]

nenohi honyaki yanagiba

[Zwiefel]

I'd probably have a long discussion with a customer maker about current collection and preferences...then tell them to surprise me.

Probably DT given my recent experience there....and a peek at some of his work in person.

[panda]

i'd try to do some kind of full custom. konosuke g3 steel with DT heat treat, masamoto do the grind/profile, dave martell do the wa handle (treated cherry wood, mahogany ferrule)
250mm from heel to tip

[Mike9]

So many custom makers here it would not be hard to do - well the choosing would be hard, but hey that's why they invented the quarter right? Heads 1 wins, tails 1 looses. Off the top of my head I can't see myself owning a $1500 knife although I own guitars and amps worth more than that. Hmmm . . . I'll have to rethink my priorities I guess -

[Lefty]

Thanks CClin. Might have to send an email tomorrow. His shop is less than 10 mins from me, so it would be convenient

If I lived ten minutes from Butch, I'd be there every day, just like that annoying neighbor kid who decides to crawl under your car on the passenger side, when you're underneath it on the driver's side reattaching a mount, in turn scaring the total crap out of you, causing you to drop a damned torque wrench on your face!

[chuck239]

Gesshin Ginga 240 western honyaki gyuto w/white mycarta handle or gesshin hide 270 honyaki wa gyuto.

Hey those are my knives! (Minus the micarta handle). But yes, those would be 2 of my top choices! And a Burke or rader as my American picks.