hattori kd gyuto on ebay

[labor of love]

its listed in new condition too....

[apicius9]

As much as I understand the cult status of the KDs, these days I would much more prefer to support the vendors here, most of which can produce a similar quality as far as I understand. Not that I am in a position to even think about buying knives in that price range... But I am sure there is a market for it.

Stefan

[daddy yo yo]

I guess that it refers to the same 210mm gyuto that already was in e*ay a couple of days ago, the listing expired without a single bid. Start was 2,000 with PIN-option for 3,000

[gic]

Seems ridiculously overpriced even for a KD, the list price in japan (and i am told one can get them in Japan if one waits or is lucky) is about 2300 new -

[daddy yo yo]

You say those cost 2,300 new so i don't see why the starting bid of 2,000 is "overprized". If you end up being the only one who bids you get it cheaper than new, no?

[Johnny.B.Good]

It's only overpriced if nobody bids on it.

I guess we'll know soon enough!

[Lucretia]

The 210 that was listed with a starting bid of $2000 sold for $2000 a few days ago.

[banjo1071]

Are these really THAT epic? Has anyone firsthand exp?

[knyfeknerd]

Man I really want it!
But I could have so many more awesomer knives for that.

[bkdc]

Unless someone can prove to me that Hattori's KD doesn't chip like every other HRC66 steel I've ever used, I couldn't imaging ponying up that much.