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The discussion on the KD and how good the Cowry X steel is got me wondering: did any maker make (or makes) a (san mai) Cowry X knife other than Hattori?
99% sure sukenari played with this steel. Koki was selling a yanagi made of it.
More interesting is Togo reigo. Supposedly sharpens like white but retention like AS.
More interesting is Togo reigo. Supposedly sharpens like white but retention like AS.
Isn't that just old Sheffield steel?
I have a Hattori Cowry-X folder and I just sharpened it today and I will say that the steel sharpened extremely easily. I was expecting it to be very difficult.
Give ya $50 and a bottle of bourbon.
Someone should email james and see if tanaka or sukenari would do a small batch of forum customs like hattori fh but way sexier. Damascus cowry-x gyuto with a custom coat and shoes from james. Be amazing. Also i dont know if sukenari would but im sure a vendor could persuade him to make some small alterations, i have m'y doubts if they even have any more cowry-x the legend of the ultimate steel surpassing even zdp-189 may die with Mr hattori :sad0:
If James is listening I for one (and I suspect many others) would love to have a san mai Cowry X 240, I actually would prefer a non-damascus version since it is the steel, not the bling...,
James??
But is Cowry X still made even??
Could combine the two and have a tamahagane sanmai around the cowry-x =p
Yes but it is rare for a smith to still have the paperwork proving it these days.
Edit: this is the case with the Konosuke I mentioned.
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