stereo.pete
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Trying to decide what I want for Christmas and I would love your thoughts and opinions. What would you choose and why, Kato or Heiji?
are you interested in a heiji carbon or semi stainless? i must say i prefer the qualities of katos steel over heiji carbon. kato has nicer retention, atleast in my experience it does.
Currently trying to make the same decision between a Kato or Heiji workhorse, and I think I will go Heiji for exactly bk's reasons.. I don't think I'm competent enough to look after Kato's geometry properly right now and my current knives are carbon (What level of reactivity is the Kato comparable to? Blue super? white 2?).
Having said that, for me at least, the Kato has a VERY special appeal. Don't know why but it seems to have a mysterious allure to it.
Of course. Haven't yet had the pleasure of handling a shig.. is the clad on par with white 2 or worse?It's not the hagane (core steel) of the Kato that is reactive. It's the soft iron jigane (cladding) that is reactive. It is on the same order as the jigane of the Shigefusa.
Of course. Haven't yet had the pleasure of handling a shig.. is the clad on par with white 2 or worse?
Of course. Haven't yet had the pleasure of handling a shig.. is the clad on par with white 2 or worse?
I think the Kato would be easier to thin in terms of time. Heiji makes it clear how far up the thinning has to go. With The Kato as soon as you can get over how far up the blade the scratches need to extend when thinning it becomes pretty straight forward because the grind is very consistent along the entire blade face.
From what I've read, it's likely that both need some thinning before reaching their full potential.
I've owned two brand new Heijis, one direct from Nakaya-san and one from Jon
I think this thread is about Gesshin Heiji, but would you recommend getting one direct? Can't be that different, you're cutting out the middle-man, and it's cheaper I believe, right?
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