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O.k., after not getting a paycheck for quite a while now and my car dying on me, I need to overcome my separation anxiety and offer some knives for sale unless I find someone who will give a short term $3,000 car loan to an unemployed academic bum....
1. 270 Kanetsune VG10 yanagiba with damascus layers. These are stainless which was what attracted me because of the humid climate I live in. But I have hardly ever used it, never even sharpened up the factory edge. But I took of the flimsy rosewood handle and put a slim M3 handle on it. This is something like reconstituted metal, aluminum and copper in this case. Clearly heavier than ho wood but I kept is as slim as possible to not overly mess up the balance. Oh, black horn tip and end cap. How about $220 shipped in the US?
2. Korin honesuki, right handed. Looks like a Nenox, feels like a Nenox, works like a Nenox. IIRC, at the time we were pretty sure that it was also the same steel that was used for the Nenox S1 series, but it runs under the Korin label. There were some issues with shrinking and cracking snakewood handles at the time. This one here has no cracks that I can see but it did shrink a bit and the tang was lightly ground down to match the scales. I will sand the tang a little bit over some slightly rougher spots before I ship it out, so that tang and wood are flush. Knife is hardly ever used, never sharpened, some micro chips toward the heel but nothing that would not disappear with the next sharpening. $250 shipped (the comparable Nenox is $413-$619)
3. I hate to sell Carter knives, and this is a perfect everyday user knife, but I have a slightly larger high grade one, so this will be offered. Unfortunately, I don't have my caliper or tape measure here, but I think it was just under 6sun (will measure and let you know soon). So, let's say Carter SFGZ 5.8 sun funayuki, white steel core. This used to be one of these riveted handle thingies, but Butch Harner was nice enough to put what we now call a Western hidden tang handle on it (when he still had time for such things...). The wood is cottonwood burl, very comfy to hold. Has a servicable edge on it but also a shows a little bit of use in terms of patina, could use a good rub-down with Flitz but I will leave that to the buyer. Never know what to ask for these custom thingies, so how about $250 shipped?
More to come. I also have a brand new Korin shiro-ko kasumi deba, a Watanabe 240 takohiki a strange fish knife (see below) and MAYBE, if things get really desperate, my Carter IP gyuto but I want to hold off on that for just a little longer.
Stefan
1. 270 Kanetsune VG10 yanagiba with damascus layers. These are stainless which was what attracted me because of the humid climate I live in. But I have hardly ever used it, never even sharpened up the factory edge. But I took of the flimsy rosewood handle and put a slim M3 handle on it. This is something like reconstituted metal, aluminum and copper in this case. Clearly heavier than ho wood but I kept is as slim as possible to not overly mess up the balance. Oh, black horn tip and end cap. How about $220 shipped in the US?
2. Korin honesuki, right handed. Looks like a Nenox, feels like a Nenox, works like a Nenox. IIRC, at the time we were pretty sure that it was also the same steel that was used for the Nenox S1 series, but it runs under the Korin label. There were some issues with shrinking and cracking snakewood handles at the time. This one here has no cracks that I can see but it did shrink a bit and the tang was lightly ground down to match the scales. I will sand the tang a little bit over some slightly rougher spots before I ship it out, so that tang and wood are flush. Knife is hardly ever used, never sharpened, some micro chips toward the heel but nothing that would not disappear with the next sharpening. $250 shipped (the comparable Nenox is $413-$619)
3. I hate to sell Carter knives, and this is a perfect everyday user knife, but I have a slightly larger high grade one, so this will be offered. Unfortunately, I don't have my caliper or tape measure here, but I think it was just under 6sun (will measure and let you know soon). So, let's say Carter SFGZ 5.8 sun funayuki, white steel core. This used to be one of these riveted handle thingies, but Butch Harner was nice enough to put what we now call a Western hidden tang handle on it (when he still had time for such things...). The wood is cottonwood burl, very comfy to hold. Has a servicable edge on it but also a shows a little bit of use in terms of patina, could use a good rub-down with Flitz but I will leave that to the buyer. Never know what to ask for these custom thingies, so how about $250 shipped?
More to come. I also have a brand new Korin shiro-ko kasumi deba, a Watanabe 240 takohiki a strange fish knife (see below) and MAYBE, if things get really desperate, my Carter IP gyuto but I want to hold off on that for just a little longer.
Stefan