I would like to know as much as possible about this maker... if you would be so kind. If you guys have ever had one give us some reviews... maybe another one for the new year thanks.
As in..... Hideaki Yamamoto.
I get where you are coming from.I recently aquired a 180mm Shig kitaeji gyuto and there is something about it that puts it out of the ordinary.I honestly cant explain it,it gets sharp,cuts well enough and edge retention is ok but my Marko pi##sses all over it on that respect BUT it has an indefineable quality to it that i cant describe.Salty describes his Watanabe damascus sujihiki as being "unwordly" - i know what he means now.
As someone who has never felt anything numinous in handling high-end blades (though not really kitchen knives), I find the romanticism baffling. Good luck to you.
As someone who has never felt anything numinous in handling high-end blades (though not really kitchen knives), I find the romanticism baffling. Good luck to you.
Make sense. Energy Transfer + possible shock in effect....swung in a downward motion stopping an inch from my head in that moment i felt this energy go right threw my body..
No, my comment was not about your mysticism with a post-Haitorei "samurai". I understand such things pretty well. I even understand quite a bit about the feelings and delusions that generate the romance with knives. I used the word "baffling" to be polite.When i was 10 in my jui-jitsu class a master samurai came over from japan by the name of Yamanaka. He chose me for a demontration.... he had me kneel down and told me not to move... it felt like slow motion as he drew his sword and swung in a downward motion stopping an inch from my head in that moment i felt this energy go right threw my body.. so call it what you want i know for a fact there is an energy there but you probably would not understand this hence your comment.
Clearly, but I was talking about some historically and artistically valuable swords mostly. Still, I will have to try some of the magic knives before I can graduate from inexperienced to closed-minded.Obviously, you need a Hide knife. All your other knives doesn't count
Make sense. Energy Transfer + possible shock in effect.
I have Hide in white #1. Very reasonably priced and performs well.
MY eyes were shut facing downwards i did not even no it was coming... i was not shocked at all. And thanks for your positive comment on the knife.
Which is his favorite steel to work with, the one he has truly mastered... that when you hold it it truly becomes a part of you for real.... and not just holding a knife which feels dead.
All the masters keep mentioning that you can feel its soul,do you find this to be true... are you one with your steel whilst cutting.
To be honest i have not had one yet, the knives i have are dead knives. Yea they cut but thats about it, i am not a chef so i do not need to cut for hours on end,but when i am ready to cut i need to feel a connection thats why i have gone nuts in trying to find the best steels.
So yea whats his best steel?
I'm sure we are all able to voice our opinions in a non insulting way. Nothing wrong with disagreeing on something.
Personally I think there is a lot of marketing hype with Japanese knives. Particularly with mystical samurai related claims. I'm no scientist or expert in the matter so I can't rule out knives and swords having mystical properties, however any logical thinking person should be able to concede that it's not probable.
Scientists have been searching for the "soul" for quite sometime and have found nothing to suggest it exists. The Human brain however is a fascinating thing capable of many delusions.
That's my 2 cents.
I'm sure we are all able to voice our opinions in a non insulting way. Nothing wrong with disagreeing on something.
Personally I think there is a lot of marketing hype with Japanese knives. Particularly with mystical samurai related claims. I'm no scientist or expert in the matter so I can't rule out knives and swords having mystical properties, however any logical thinking person should be able to concede that it's not probable.
Scientists have been searching for the "soul" for quite sometime and have found nothing to suggest it exists. The Human brain however is a fascinating thing capable of many delusions.
That's my 2 cents.
Ha, classic I agree totally, I wish I could feel some soul in my Japanese knives whilst in use, I feel soul when I cut myself and I mutter assoul, what was I thinking and I should have known better!!!
Nuance is interesting and little things can matter and biases can be influenced immensely by seemingly unimportant things (incidentally I think everyone should take a class on cognitive biases)...but crediting juju as the source of preference really cheapens and undermines the whole endeavor of appreciating craftsmanship.i like to think of it as less of soul and more akin to the difference between driving a civic and a lexus or lotus
Nuance is interesting and little things can matter and biases can be influenced immensely by seemingly unimportant things (incidentally I think everyone should take a class on cognitive biases)...but crediting juju as the source of preference really cheapens and undermines the whole endeavor of appreciating craftsmanship.
Still, I'm not going to try to stop people from buying stuff...it's their money...but I do hope they are not disappointed in another "dead" knife.
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