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WTS (Price Drop; Updated Pictures) BNIB Ikeda Honyaki 240mm Gyuto Knife

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Update:

I wonder whether some people are turned off by the awful looking lacquer so I went ahead and acetoned the knife. The lacquer is super thick. It took me 20 minutes and 7-8 passes to clean most of it off. The knife looks stunning in person after the lacquer is removed. Very good and even convex grind and thin BTE. Such a lovely knife. Kinda surprised myself this one hasn’t moved at this price. Pretty certain this knife retails for around $1,200 at most of the places. See updated pictures and a short video below.

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BNIB Ikeda Honyaki

Bought from ProTooling.

The page is no longer available on ProTooling, but it seems to be the 240mm version of this knife on Epicedge.

https://www.epicedge.com/shopexd.asp?id=96590

Shirogami 3 and oil quenched

With a ruler, the knife looks to be 231mm x 47/48mm ish. It weighs 222.8g.

Somehow I need cash quickly again. I am hoping for a quick sale and the price reflects that.

Let's try $875 $850 $825 including G&S fee and CONUS shipping. Will cover the first $15 for outside of CONUS.
 
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nhb22 said:
BNIB Ikeda Honyaki

Bought from ProTooling.

The page is no longer available on ProTooling, but it seems to be the 240mm version of this knife on Epicedge.

https://www.epicedge.com/shopexd.asp?id=96590

Shirogami 3 and oil quenched

With a ruler, the knife looks to be 231mm x 47/48mm ish. It weighs 222.8g.

Somehow I need cash quickly again. I am hoping for a quick sale and the price reflects that.

Let's try $875 including G&S fee and CONUS shipping. Will cover the first $15 for outside of CONUS.
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‘Somehow I need cash quickly again’ your knife turnover is a thing to behold 😍
 
nhb22 said:
yea man. i think shirogami 3 is particularly good for this application. it gets to a very good hardness after quenching.
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Yeah I just did some reading, and it's been very interesting. I've actually been wondering about the difference between honyaki and mizu honyaki. Now I know!

I don't wanna go too far off topic on a BST post, but this has been very informative for me!
 
PPIIBBSS said:
Yep yep, exactly. From my admittedly brief research, it seems mizu honyaki are water quenched #1 or #2 steel, while honyaki are oil quenched, and often use #3 steel
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Mizu means water, if you see abura that means oil. You can have any of the whites/blues oil or water quenched...but yes you usually see white 3 in oil.
 
Vertigo said:
I really need KKF to go through a "270s are rad" phase, immediately regret it, and post all their impulse purchases at a discount.
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I used to be a 210mm guy. Then I went —> 225mm as my sweet spot —> 235mm ish is not too bad —> I need at least 245mm —> 255mm is my new sweet spot —> 260mm-265mm is pretty good too. Don’t know what’s next for me yet…
 
nhb22 said:
I used to be a 210mm guy. Then I went —> 225mm as my sweet spot —> 235mm ish is not too bad —> I need at least 245mm —> 255mm is my new sweet spot —> 260mm-265mm is pretty good too. Don’t know what’s next for me yet…
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I had a random KS show up at 293 and was like "well I guess I'm a 293 guy now...." 😂
 
nhb22 said:
I used to be a 210mm guy. Then I went —> 225mm as my sweet spot —> 235mm ish is not too bad —> I need at least 245mm —> 255mm is my new sweet spot —> 260mm-265mm is pretty good too. Don’t know what’s next for me yet…
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I know I prefer 225-235(sweet spot, I think). But when a hard to get maker notifies you, "Yo, I have a knife for you.” You thank them profusely but at the end they say it might be a little longer than what I was looking for. No going back at that point, hahaha.
 
Gavva said:
I know I prefer 225-235(sweet spot, I think). But when a hard to get maker notifies you, "Yo, I have a knife for you.” You thank them profusely but at the end they say it might be a little longer than what I was looking for. No going back at that point, hahaha.
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definitely happened to me before...then you find the knife that's much longer than your normal preference actually balances pretty well...
 
I wonder whether some people are turned off by the awful looking lacquer so I went ahead and acetoned the knife. The lacquer is super thick. It took me 20 minutes and 7-8 passes to clean most of it off. The knife looks stunning in person after the lacquer is removed. Very good and even convex grind and thin BTE. Such a lovely knife. Kinda surprised myself this one hasn’t moved at this price. Pretty certain this knife retails for around $1,200 at most of the places. See updated pictures and a short video below.

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