Japanese knife with German profile?

[LifeByA1000Cuts]

IIRC with Zwilling/Miyabi, MC66/MD67=ZDP-189, MC63=SG2, then there is a series made of a nitrogen steel, everything else is .... some 1.4116 variation...

 

[ynot1985]

I have the 5 and 6 inch petty from the cermax series .. I got them on sale when they were 50/60usd. alright at that price point but I wouldn't pay anymore than that for it. I think the prices are out of whack since these are discontinued

 

[Marek07]

I bought one of the KU versions of this Gekko off ebay, it got a kind of German profile, and one of the waviest grinds I ever tried. If you want it you can have it for the cost of shipping
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=331826536847

You posted this a while back but if mark76 didn't take you up on it and the offer still holds, I'd like to try it out please. I grew up with German knives so... ? If I don't like it, I'd be more than happy to pass it on again.

 

[gic]

Masahiro 13026 might fill the bill...

For example:

Amazon Japan:

https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/B001TPJBFK/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

Amazon US



https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001TPJBFK/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

 

[limpet]

My two knives with most belly are no longer available I think, so this is just FYI. Akifusa/Asai AS and Itinomonn Kurouchi Nashiji. However, the Itinomonn is very tall: 58 mm.

More Akifusa/Asai AS pictures here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0BxEKq9uJ-aX7Wk85MWgyRWRDbFE
More Itinomonn pictures here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0BxEKq9uJ-aX7Snc4aW5HOTVSZzA

 

[PieMan]

I think i'm missing something here, I mean if I wanted a Japanese profile knife, I wouldn't be looking at German marques...

 

[jonnachang]

The Mac Ultimate series is pretty hefty, but balance is pretty much dead on.