300mm Ashi Honyaki Sujihiki - Western Ebony Handle

I'm going to Japan soon, so I'm gonna have to let go of this folded-steel masterpiece.
The steel is White #2, the length is 300mm (heel to tip it is 302mm) the heel height is 39mm.
The handle is made from Ebony with a nickle silver bolster and pins.
It comes with a VERY strange leather saya, (sorry I wish it came with something matching the ebony handle)
Asking $1700

great coloration on the steel

funky leather saya

highly visible carbide banding/hada/skin in the steel

dead straight, which is rare for a knife that is both this long, this thin AND honyaki

Classic Ashi choil shot, laser thin at the edge with a consistent smooth convex grind running up to the spine

sorry this one is out of focus, but you can get a sense of the edge profile
Paypal fee and shipping from NYC are in addition to the price, thank you

Holy s#*t

Damn

:bigeek: OK I shouldn't have looked, what a stunning knife.

Ask brooksie967, he's looking for an Ashi Honyaki Gyuto. Maybe he's interested in a suji too!?

http://www.kitchenknifeforums.com/showthread.php/32664-Looking-for-an-Ashi-honyaki-gyuto

Wowzers

What a beauty!!!

Beautiful. GLWS

Damn you!!! Pure insanity. Glws

WOW!!!

That's something, GLWS!

Wow!! What a beaut! GLWS!! :bigeek:

WOW!!! That's a ultra fine looking knife! If only I could afford it! GLWS!

Sweet Christmas

This is a truly incredible piece.

This one is Sold Pending Funds

Ashi makes some of the best looking honyakis I've ever seen, beautiful knife!!

Jaw on floor...gorgeous