Mike9
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I mentioned in another thread that I had got one and returned it for another. Well the other came and had the opposite problem - in this case a huge belly bulge about mid way. I decided *** and put it to the disc sander and ground it flat 2/3rds of the way up the blade from the heel. Then I took it to the stones and put a fresh edge on it and eased the transition from belly to tip. The whole process took me two hours. In the mean time I made a new handle for it from rosewood and curly maple. It's a good push cutter now and being as thin as it is it just falls through work.
Wound I recommend one? No - not unless you are willing and able to put the work into an $80 knife to make it usable. If you have the time and energy then yes it's a great bang for the buck, but not as good as say the Gyuto's, or Petty's, or the polished Deba and Yanagi lines.
Yes I wore through the kuro-uchi finish with my finger tip in front of the kanji
Wound I recommend one? No - not unless you are willing and able to put the work into an $80 knife to make it usable. If you have the time and energy then yes it's a great bang for the buck, but not as good as say the Gyuto's, or Petty's, or the polished Deba and Yanagi lines.
Yes I wore through the kuro-uchi finish with my finger tip in front of the kanji