that you didn't really like or respect, until it cuts the h*** out of you? I had just such an experience last night-this is my most recently purchased kitchen knife (I've taken a bit of a break), it's a Tanaka deba, purchased off ebay from 330 mate. It was quite cheap, I didn't have a deba, or any single bevel knife, the description said 2 letters engraved free, so I got a wavy 'LN' on my knife. The handle is bad (I have a few other Tanaka knives & this is common), it is a bit wider than the ferrule, & it's HEAVY (I don't know what I was expecting, I have a Watanabe kaibou, which is slightly hefty, but this thing is like an axe!).
I got it, looked it over, wasn't thrilled, stuck it on the magblok, & then as I was looking it over again last night, somehow sliced my thumb-it gave me a new respect for this knife-it still has an ugly, ill-fitting handle (maybe I should look into rehandling it?), but the knife, which I had almost written off, is something I'm thinking about, for heavy duty butchering...
Has anyone else had a similar experience w/ a knife, one that deserves a second chance?
I got it, looked it over, wasn't thrilled, stuck it on the magblok, & then as I was looking it over again last night, somehow sliced my thumb-it gave me a new respect for this knife-it still has an ugly, ill-fitting handle (maybe I should look into rehandling it?), but the knife, which I had almost written off, is something I'm thinking about, for heavy duty butchering...
Has anyone else had a similar experience w/ a knife, one that deserves a second chance?