Today a customer brought me their knife for sharpening. They told me they had been using it with the chip for years, and asked me what I could do about it :O
Anyway after discussing it they are replacing the knife with a Fujiwara FKM (any opinions?).
Is anyone familiar with this knife maker? It's a little hard to tell in from the photo, but the bottom stamp says DP. The lamination line is interesting and doesn't look like a Tojiro flat type lamination at all. Thanks.
Here is everything I observed which may not be obvious from the photos:
The bolster wasn't soldered/integral. The tang ran to the back of the knife but not along the bottom of the handle. It was in the top half only. There was no discolouration on the blade, but the core steel had some moderate oxidation on the exposed tang. The handle was a kind of dyed and laminated wood, with very nice fit and finish. It tapered down nicely at the butt.
Anyway after discussing it they are replacing the knife with a Fujiwara FKM (any opinions?).
Is anyone familiar with this knife maker? It's a little hard to tell in from the photo, but the bottom stamp says DP. The lamination line is interesting and doesn't look like a Tojiro flat type lamination at all. Thanks.
Here is everything I observed which may not be obvious from the photos:
The bolster wasn't soldered/integral. The tang ran to the back of the knife but not along the bottom of the handle. It was in the top half only. There was no discolouration on the blade, but the core steel had some moderate oxidation on the exposed tang. The handle was a kind of dyed and laminated wood, with very nice fit and finish. It tapered down nicely at the butt.