A big plus to JCK for inexpensive flashy knives.
ooo japanesechefsknife.com
he misspelled it!
Sorry about the DT, Epicurean Edge carries them, but the only knife they have is not damascus...but a very nice knife nonetheless.
http://www.epicedge.com/shopexd.asp?id=89762
I'm new to the J knife world - not long ago I thought kitchen knives came from either Soligen or Wally Mart. And I've nothing ill to say about Shun.
That being said I'll suggest that the "wavy" pattern on the shun is the metal equivalent of silk screening or laminate. It is not an integral part of the blade and by no stretch is it damascus. And that the first time that shiny knife hits a sharpening steel or whet stone it will look like its been dragged behind a truck. Would you rather have a solid teak chair or one made of particle board with a sexy veneer?
Jon has helped me spend some money wisely and talked me out of spending some as well. He's well recommended.
Regards,
Dave
And just for fun, browse the knife gear galleries to see what others have gotten, you'll get a better idea of what's actually possible in a custom.
"Anything can happen at work." I only know one sushi chef, who's in Gardena, who uses something close to a honyaki - a Nenohi yanagiba. But, he works by himself with his wife.
i'll be there tomorrow.... just might be 10 lbs heavier... just got home from an almost 4 hour dinner... in pain
Yeah it's really not fair that they get Disneyland AND Japanese Knife Imports!Dude...you want a great Japanese knife, have the money to buy one, and that's about it. JKI is your candy store.
You'd be nuts to miss out on it. If I lived in CA I would be in that shop weekly.
As for aesthetics, the more time you spend here, the more you will appreciate the beauty of a "simpler" handmade knife and less and less you will be attracted to factory beauty queens.
Agreed 100%
With all of the noobs coming and going over the years (ourselves included at some point), there almost always seems to be a tipping point where it clicks and they 'get it'...all of a sudden, many of the knives they used to lust after thinking they were BMW and Audis now look like Honda Civics with mismatched ground effects, huge wings and fart-can exhaust.
Yeah it's really not fair that they get Disneyland AND Japanese Knife Imports!
Agreed 100%
With all of the noobs coming and going over the years (ourselves included at some point), there almost always seems to be a tipping point where it clicks and they 'get it'...all of a sudden, many of the knives they used to lust after thinking they were BMW and Audis now look like Honda Civics with mismatched ground effects, huge wings and fart-can exhaust.
Yes, that is gorgeous. But...what are we talking here? $2000? $3000? $10,000? more? I'm trying to be vaguely responsible here, I'm only 24....that can come when I've actually established my career.
Not a bad way to go. Just think... With all that money you saved you could buy another knife!
And another... and another... And another
And so it goes; down the rabbit hole, lol.
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