Heiji Santoku
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Johnny.B.Good
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Sweet, congratulations Lukas.
The knife arrive yesterday, Japan's postal service lighting fast as usual, it took 6 days to arrive to Madrid's customs office. The knife looks fantastic, super thin, way thinner than I was expecting and very sharp. I see a lot of similarities with the Shigefusas, dramatic distal taper, rounded spine,a barely visible primal bevel, very well finished but humble looking handles, etc, the finish is not as good though.
All in all, very happy, I'll try to post pictures later today.
All in all, very happy, I'll try to post pictures later today.
So I'm reporting back after some use. The initial primary bevel was stupid thin, it chipped like crazy and I botched the tip on day three, a quick trip to the stones solved the chipping issue and the tip.
The semi stainless steel reacted a little bit with acidic foods at the beginning but just enough to create a cool patina, once the initial patina was set, it hasn't evolved much.
The finish is worse that the Shig, the pictures show how it came from Heiji, when I have the time I'll use som finger stones to fix it. the handle is surprisingly good though very comfy, grippy and the bone ferrule has a better polish than the Shig.
I bought it to substitute the Shigefusa gyuto and Carter funayuki you see in the pics as my daily user and all in all I'm very happy with it.
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The semi stainless steel reacted a little bit with acidic foods at the beginning but just enough to create a cool patina, once the initial patina was set, it hasn't evolved much.
The finish is worse that the Shig, the pictures show how it came from Heiji, when I have the time I'll use som finger stones to fix it. the handle is surprisingly good though very comfy, grippy and the bone ferrule has a better polish than the Shig.
I bought it to substitute the Shigefusa gyuto and Carter funayuki you see in the pics as my daily user and all in all I'm very happy with it.
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So I'm reporting back after some use. The initial primary bevel was stupid thin, it chipped like crazy and I botched the tip on day three, a quick trip to the stones solved the chipping issue and the tip.
The semi stainless steel reacted a little bit with acidic foods at the beginning but just enough to create a cool patina, once the initial patina was set, it hasn't evolved much.
The finish is worse that the Shig, the pictures show how it came from Heiji, when I have the time I'll use som finger stones to fix it. the handle is surprisingly good though very comfy, grippy and the bone ferrule has a better polish than the Shig.
I bought it to substitute the Shigefusa gyuto and Carter funayuki you see in the pics as my daily user and all in all I'm very happy with it.
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i think the finish on the Heiji looks just fine.
When people say that Heiji knife runs long, I didn't expect a santoku to be this long, but it will serve me well. This 210 beauty runs 225mm from tip to heel; 49mm tall at the heel; 4mm spine thickness at the heel and taper to 2mm spine thickness at the tip.
