So count me in the camp that shakes my head at Kikuichi for rebranding lesser knives and slapping a huge price tag on them (oh but you get a really fancy box!). But I'm conflicted because I'm considering getting a Kikuichi Swedish Nickel Damascus 240 mm gyuto. As far as I can tell, it doesn't seem like a rebrand of an existing knife. It's not cheap, but at just under $300, it seems reasonable for a high performing, thin laser with excellent F&F, i.e. possible similar league to Suisin Inox Honyaki? Your thoughts/advice are appreciated...this would be my first true wa-handled knife.