Good morning,
After one heck of a BST post yesterday, I am back with the next knife I am looking to part ways with. I will once again be selling this knife for what I believe is market value, because that is the way I like to do business. However unlike last time, I will be showing that I also paid market value for this knife, because I don't just believe that when it benefits me. It is important to me that the people I purchase my knives from also get what the knife is genuinely worth.
So with that being said, here are the details on the knife, and afterwards I will detail my original purchase for those who want those details:
Jiro #406
$1,150 + Shipping
Length: 246mm
Height: 57.5mm
Thickness: 4.63mm
Weight: 289g
Steel: White 1 / Iron Clad
Handle: Taihei Tagayasan / Buffalo Horn / Brass
BNIB
Oh and my reason for selling is simply that I don't believe this has a place in my Japanese collection.
I purchased this knife 20 October 23 from a very good friend here on the forum. We discussed what we felt the value of the knife was and I paid him $1,100 USD. He actually offered to go lower but this is what I felt was fair. At the time the exact amount I transferred was $1506.33 CAD which at the exchange rate on 20 October 23 of approximately 1.370 was exactly $1100 USD. He then got a shipping quote and I paid that separately. It was probably around $60 though as this is the usual between us. The knife arrived at my door 31 Oct 23 and I paid $44.00 CAD in duties and taxes. My total cost on receiving this knife was $1506.33 CAD + $60 CAD + $44.00 CAD for a total of $1610.33 CAD which at todays exchange rate of 1.36 is $1186.61 USD.
While the justification for the price is still market value because I believe that is how business should be conducted, this breakdown is simply to show that I am not profiting off this knife in anyway, and did not have the intention of flipping it for a profit. I genuinely felt it would be great in my collection, I received it and changed my mind, and I am now selling this knife for slightly less than what I paid, which I believe is fair market value. Incase this is not enough for anybody I will be attaching some photos at the end showing the transaction receipts as well as a message to the owner of the knife from when the knife arrived with a date stamp to show that these transactions do line up with the purchasing of this knife and that at the time I was genuinely excited to add this knife to my collection and not just purchasing to sell for more later.
Oh I almost forgot to talk a bit more about the knife. I purchased this because my friend has had many Jiro's and generally has found the grinds to be wildly inconsistent. He kept this one and one other because they were the only ones he felt might actually perform well based on the choil (again this is BNIB so these are assumptions). Since I use the knives I keep, this appealed to me, so I purchased this one from him. However, I just don't have enough of an appreciation for Jiro's work to keep it and appreciate it, so it is time for it to go to someone who will really love it.
Again, I am very open to partial trades for a 240 Yo Denka
Thank you,
Luke
After one heck of a BST post yesterday, I am back with the next knife I am looking to part ways with. I will once again be selling this knife for what I believe is market value, because that is the way I like to do business. However unlike last time, I will be showing that I also paid market value for this knife, because I don't just believe that when it benefits me. It is important to me that the people I purchase my knives from also get what the knife is genuinely worth.
So with that being said, here are the details on the knife, and afterwards I will detail my original purchase for those who want those details:
Jiro #406
$1,150 + Shipping
Length: 246mm
Height: 57.5mm
Thickness: 4.63mm
Weight: 289g
Steel: White 1 / Iron Clad
Handle: Taihei Tagayasan / Buffalo Horn / Brass
BNIB
Oh and my reason for selling is simply that I don't believe this has a place in my Japanese collection.
I purchased this knife 20 October 23 from a very good friend here on the forum. We discussed what we felt the value of the knife was and I paid him $1,100 USD. He actually offered to go lower but this is what I felt was fair. At the time the exact amount I transferred was $1506.33 CAD which at the exchange rate on 20 October 23 of approximately 1.370 was exactly $1100 USD. He then got a shipping quote and I paid that separately. It was probably around $60 though as this is the usual between us. The knife arrived at my door 31 Oct 23 and I paid $44.00 CAD in duties and taxes. My total cost on receiving this knife was $1506.33 CAD + $60 CAD + $44.00 CAD for a total of $1610.33 CAD which at todays exchange rate of 1.36 is $1186.61 USD.
While the justification for the price is still market value because I believe that is how business should be conducted, this breakdown is simply to show that I am not profiting off this knife in anyway, and did not have the intention of flipping it for a profit. I genuinely felt it would be great in my collection, I received it and changed my mind, and I am now selling this knife for slightly less than what I paid, which I believe is fair market value. Incase this is not enough for anybody I will be attaching some photos at the end showing the transaction receipts as well as a message to the owner of the knife from when the knife arrived with a date stamp to show that these transactions do line up with the purchasing of this knife and that at the time I was genuinely excited to add this knife to my collection and not just purchasing to sell for more later.
Oh I almost forgot to talk a bit more about the knife. I purchased this because my friend has had many Jiro's and generally has found the grinds to be wildly inconsistent. He kept this one and one other because they were the only ones he felt might actually perform well based on the choil (again this is BNIB so these are assumptions). Since I use the knives I keep, this appealed to me, so I purchased this one from him. However, I just don't have enough of an appreciation for Jiro's work to keep it and appreciate it, so it is time for it to go to someone who will really love it.
Again, I am very open to partial trades for a 240 Yo Denka
Thank you,
Luke
. Second from the left is a Toyama Bloomery Iron Gyuto. I haven't used it yet though.. it makes me nervous for some reason. Hopefully soon I will work up the courage!
