180mm or 195mn Kato Gyuto (Kiyoshi Kato)

[ynot1985]

i echo some points in here as well!

My first kato was a 210 WH and seriously my first impression was.. the fit and finish of this knife was average at best at 400 usd, it was a little underwhelming

 

[khashy]

Khashy, I think that warrants a UK meet up. If you are local to London, I know a couple of us here that would be interested.

It's possible. I'm supposed to be based in London but end up having to move around quite a bit. I think a meetup is possible with sufficient planning.

I'll stay out of the Kato debate in the thread. I'm clearly biased and there are enough posts about the positives that people have experienced.

 

[inzite]

It's possible. I'm supposed to be based in London but end up having to move around quite a bit. I think a meetup is possible with sufficient planning.

I'll stay out of the Kato debate in the thread. I'm clearly biased and there are enough posts about the positives that people have experienced.

kato is a great knife no doubt but at the same time there are other goodies out there hehe

 

[fatboylim]

My experience is i have owned a 240 workhorse, and held a 210 non-WH for comparisons to other knives.
Its a great knife for many reasons but i do somewhat feel somewhat duped by the community, because i only read amazing things about the blade. It seems that its all that is talked about. My dings against it: 1. The edge retention is decent at best 2. Its excessively tremendously reactive i would say 3x more reactive then any other steel i have ever held. Its so reactive with fresh exposed steel that it will discolour potatoes, with a little patina not so much but by that time the edge is dull.
And the one thing that is amazing, just stupendous about the knife is the grind, best grind i have experienced. but that does not stay once you need to thin the thing. All your left with is reactivity, and decent edge holding. ** YMMV **

Sorry everybody. At the very least you can show your friends the cool knife while watching the maxim video in the background. :spin chair:

Great to hear your views LucasFur and it helps make this community "keep it real". I think thinning will be my greatest challenge on Kato, but that will not be for some time.

Inzite, damn I wish I could try out your custom denka cleaver. Could you pm me how much it cost. I'm pretty sure it is out of my price range though.

 

[fatboylim]

And found a 180 Kato workhorse!

Much appreciate all of the responses.

 

[parbaked]

Congratulations...it would be great to see pics!

 

[XooMG]

It's going out soon.

 

[inzite]

It's going out soon.

looks lovely!

 

[preizzo]

That 180 Kato could have been my last Kato gyuto! Damn I need to wait for another one to come out....... 😑😑😑😑

 

[fatboylim]

Pretty excited and thanks again XooMG.