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welshstar

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Hi

What is a Kataba sytle Usuba please

Thanks

Alan
 
just means single bevel... ryoba means double bevel. So, usuba is always kataba... both higashi-gata and kamagata usuba.
 
just means single bevel... ryoba means double bevel. So, usuba is always kataba... both higashi-gata and kamagata usuba.

I did own a Shigi ryoba kamagata usuba,I know it's not a true usuba but it was sold as an usuba.
 
I did own a Shigi ryoba kamagata usuba,I know it's not a true usuba but it was sold as an usuba.

I once owned a Shun "Nakiri" which was single-bevel, so really an usuba. Just uninformed knifemaking or semi-clever marketing. Actually, I'm not sure what to really call it as it did not have a true uraoshi.
 
I am sure the folks at Shun are uninformed but I would have to say the folks at Shigefusa are well informed.
 
ryoba kamagata usuba makes sense... the name tells you its a double bevel version of the single bevel knife
 
I once owned a Shun "Nakiri" which was single-bevel, so really an usuba. Just uninformed knifemaking or semi-clever marketing. Actually, I'm not sure what to really call it as it did not have a true uraoshi.

If it did not have urasuki, I would call it nakiri.
 
yeah... fyi, urasuki is the hollow ground back side and uraoshi is the sharpening method for that side ;)
 
What is the translation for "suki" ? As in urasuki, garasuki, honesuki. Or does the "suki" mean the same thing on the other knife names?
 
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