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jklip13

jklip13

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After just a week in Japan I'm already drowning in knives, tools and stones.
Here are some of my highlights so far.
A pair of old Honyaki made by Ashi san in Sakai
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A whole bunch of Hatanaka Maruka, selected and stamped by Iwasaki
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I was blown away by the quality of the stuff here, no sign of aging or damage on these 30~50 year old stones.
A whole slew of old Shigefusa too, much tighter patterning on the cladding steel than I've seen before (especially on the deba)
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Now for some of the really unique stuff. A massive Iwasaki Tamahagane straight razor.
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and finally the holy grail: Kamisori by Chiyotsuru Korehide ( the idol and mentor of Iwasaki and all the blacksmith in his generation)
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I can literally hear Jeremy's tears from Canada. This looks amazing Jon.
 
I want that iwasaki kamisori Where was it and how much?
 
I can go back and ask, the swedish steel kamisori was about $550 if i remember correctly, but he didn't have a price listed on the Tamahagane, so it might not even be for sale
 
Did you buy all of this Jon? :bigeek:
 
bobbyb said:
which stores have you visited so far jon?
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some of the knives come from knife stores in Kappabashi, but most are part of a private collection i got to see through a friend of a friend.
 
do you have an address for manemusa (?), sorry for my spelling but I can never seem to find where the store is
 
Smashmasta said:
A Chiyotsuru Korehide kamisori! I'd probably start tearing up if I saw that. Any idea how much there asking for that?
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No idea if it's even for sale, but I'm sure it's not cheap! Maybe 1500000?
 
They seem to be made in the same style as the black Damascus knives that Tosho, JKI and Chef's Armory has, but definitely not by the same craftsmen. The quality of the sharpening is very low compared to the ones I've seen posted by the previously mentioned dealers. I'm not sure about any details on these particular knives
 
i have a couple of masahira-San's work, I need to show them off!
 
Mute-on said:
Mic drop.

I recently purchased a Kiyoshi Kato kiridashi in Japan, but it looks nothing like these.

Visual only or did you purchase?

Please keep these coming :)
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These are way out of my price range, I was happy to just see them
 
qjlforever said:
how much are they？
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I have no idea! But they're from Hitohira, you can find their website online. I would guess they will be pretty expensive, considering they're all by Kato san's father
 
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