On a positive note I just received new watanabe 4" paring knife in white steel. It's freaking sweet, has distal taper and is very thin. Hard to believe it's a wat. Haven't had a chance to test it out yet tho.
My old parer is perfectly fine (dojo stainless clad AS rehandled with octagon ho wood) but since the rest of my kit is high end thought I'd upgrade. The wat has a larger d-shape handle which I am big fan of, like how shun classic parers are comfortable.
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