Newbflat
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So it's been a number of years since I have been on these forums or searched the knife peddlers for what's new. Trying to make up for 4 years of absence in a few days has my head spinning. There must be 3 times the number of knives available than just 4-5 years ago and Gyuotos have taken over with a near absence of single bevel knives from forums ( bummer).
Something that is interesting is the recent? Years.. The Interest in good cutting but heavyweight Gyutos. Back in 'the day' anything that was over 2mm think at the spine was way too thick and was only good if so thin it was near ready to buckle in a winter squash. Anything over 2mm was a club and old school.
Now I do like a good laser at times but heft in a knife can be very nice as well. About the only thing I liked about my stainless German chef knife that can be found if you dig deep enough in one of the kitchen drawers was there heft.
So in my re education of what's available one knife really stands out... The Kato "workhorse" gyuto. That's striking to me is the things behind the edge, but I'm preaching to the choir on this one. The other thing that's obvious and annoying is there lack of availability. But again the choir knows this song.
So last night I decided to research heavyweights to get to know them better and maybe pick one up. At about 1am with about 20 browser windows open on 10 different threads, various venders and Google Image choil shots, my browser decided it was time to go to bed and crashed. All this before I started to right down any names and organize things in my head.
So in having difficulty in remembering names of the big guns.
At the moment with all the catching up I have been doing my brain is swirling with new names and I'm having a hard time remembering who makes what, in what, how thick and who is selling what.
I do remember Kato workhorse as the current king of the hill, big kahuna, top dog...... Jefe grande? Anyways, the b/s/t part of this form is near clogged with WTB Kato posts.
So seeing as it's not likely that I will be acquiring one soon, so what are my alternatives?
Im looking for a heavyweight but "wwwafer thin" (to be heard in a French accent) behind the edge guyto. Stainless or carbon doesn't matter at the moment.
Is the Kato workhorse my only real option or is there something else that is a good alternative
What about the Masakagi Yuki guyto?
Something that is interesting is the recent? Years.. The Interest in good cutting but heavyweight Gyutos. Back in 'the day' anything that was over 2mm think at the spine was way too thick and was only good if so thin it was near ready to buckle in a winter squash. Anything over 2mm was a club and old school.
Now I do like a good laser at times but heft in a knife can be very nice as well. About the only thing I liked about my stainless German chef knife that can be found if you dig deep enough in one of the kitchen drawers was there heft.
So in my re education of what's available one knife really stands out... The Kato "workhorse" gyuto. That's striking to me is the things behind the edge, but I'm preaching to the choir on this one. The other thing that's obvious and annoying is there lack of availability. But again the choir knows this song.
So last night I decided to research heavyweights to get to know them better and maybe pick one up. At about 1am with about 20 browser windows open on 10 different threads, various venders and Google Image choil shots, my browser decided it was time to go to bed and crashed. All this before I started to right down any names and organize things in my head.
So in having difficulty in remembering names of the big guns.
At the moment with all the catching up I have been doing my brain is swirling with new names and I'm having a hard time remembering who makes what, in what, how thick and who is selling what.
I do remember Kato workhorse as the current king of the hill, big kahuna, top dog...... Jefe grande? Anyways, the b/s/t part of this form is near clogged with WTB Kato posts.
So seeing as it's not likely that I will be acquiring one soon, so what are my alternatives?
Im looking for a heavyweight but "wwwafer thin" (to be heard in a French accent) behind the edge guyto. Stainless or carbon doesn't matter at the moment.
Is the Kato workhorse my only real option or is there something else that is a good alternative
What about the Masakagi Yuki guyto?