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mikedtran

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I was just looking at my previous rotation and wanted to hear from everyone what knives they have tried/owned and still want to try.

Wishlist/Waiting
Yoshikazu Ikeda Honyaki
Ashi Hamano Honyaki
Mario
Hattori!!!

Own
Wakui
Sugimoto
Shigefusa
Kato

Handled
Andy Billip
Robin Dalman
Don Nguyen
Mareko Maumasi
Cris Anderson
Ian Haburn


Previously Owned:
Kato Workhorse Petty - 180mm
Shigefusa Kitaeji Mukimono - 175mm
Shigefusa Kitaeji NOS Yanagiba - 300mm
Shigefusa Kitaeji Yanagiba - 210mm
Shigefusa Kasumi Gyuto - 180mm
Shigefusa KU Kogatana Single Bevel
Catcheside O-1 Gyuto - 240mm
DT ITK 52100 Gyuto - 240mm
JNS Kato Gyuto - 240mm
Shigefusa Kasumi 240mm Gyuto (50mm heel)
Maskage Yuki Gyuto - 210mm
Shigefusa KU "Sanjo Made" Nakiri* - 165mm
Shigefusa KU "Sanjo Made" Sickle Nakiri - 165mm
Shigefusa KU "Sanjo Made" Sword Nakiri - 165mm
Shigefusa Kitaeji Santoku - 165mm
Shigefusa Kitaeji Santoku - 167mm
Shigefusa Kitaeji Santoku - 168mm
Shigefusa Kitaeji Santoku - 172mm
Shigefusa Kitaeji Nakiri - 165mm
Shigefusa KU Santoku - 165mm
Shigefusa KU Nakiri - 165mm
Shigefusa KU Nakiri - 210mm
Shigefusa Kasumi Gyuto - 210mm (47mm heel)
Guede Bread Knife - 210mm
Tadafusa Petty - 165mm
Gonbei Petty - 150mm
Forgecraft 1st Edition Gyuto - 240mm
Shigefusa KU Petty - 150mm
 
Want to try:
-Raquin gyuto
-Munetoshi gyuto
-Misono dragon gyuto
-Kurosaki western R2 gyuto

Coming up:
-Tilman 250mm gyuto elmax (KS-like profile)


Previously owned:

-Kato kikuruyu gyuto, 240mm
-Shigefusa kasumi gyuto 240mm

Own:

-Raquin suji 400mm
-Toyama suji 270mm
-Shiro kamo gyuto 270mm
-Dalman gyuto 250mm
-Tanaka ginsan migaki gyuto 240mm (so much value for price!)
-Masamoto KS gyuto 240mm
-Toyama gyuto 240mm
-Kurosaki syousin chíku gyuto 210mm
-Munetoshi slicer 210mm
-Catcheside mono O-1 gyuto 195mm
-Sugimoto -4030 cleaver
-Akifusa PM 180mm gyuto
-Ittinomon petty 150mm
-Fujiwara petty 150mm
-Tojiro DP gyuto 300mm
-Tojiro DP western deba 240mm
-Tojiro DP honesuki 150mm
-Tojiro DP paring 90?mm
 
Totally forgot I got a chance to try a raquin as well! And Tilman is definitely still on my radar!

F-Flash said:
Want to try:
-Raquin gyuto
-Munetoshi gyuto
-Misono dragon gyuto
-Kurosaki western R2 gyuto

Coming up:
-Tilman 250mm gyuto elmax (KS-like profile)


Previously owned:

-Kato kikuruyu gyuto, 240mm
-Shigefusa kasumi gyuto 240mm

Own:

-Raquin suji 400mm
-Toyama suji 270mm
-Shiro kamo gyuto 270mm
-Dalman gyuto 250mm
-Tanaka ginsan migaki gyuto 240mm (so much value for price!)
-Masamoto KS gyuto 240mm
-Toyama gyuto 240mm
-Kurosaki syousin chíku gyuto 210mm
-Munetoshi slicer 210mm
-Catcheside mono O-1 gyuto 195mm
-Sugimoto -4030 cleaver
-Akifusa PM 180mm gyuto
-Ittinomon petty 150mm
-Fujiwara petty 150mm
-Tojiro DP gyuto 300mm
-Tojiro DP western deba 240mm
-Tojiro DP honesuki 150mm
-Tojiro DP paring 90?mm
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My current knives:
Jannis Scholz (Xerxes) Gyuto 250 / San Mai Damascus with sc125 core / Bog oak with puddle steel
Mario Ingoglia Gyuto 255 / XHP / Ironwood and Blackwood with musk ox spacer
Andy Billipp Gyuto 245 Western handle / 52100 / Ironwood
Michael Rader Gyuto 240 Western handle / W2 / Blackwood
Will Catcheside Gyuto 245 San Mai / 1.2442 carbon/historic iron / Zebrano and bog oak
Kato Gyuto 240 Western handle / Ringed gidgee
Watanabe Gyuto 240 Pro-Line / BlueSteel / Ho-Wood
Watanabe Mioroshi Deba 180 / Blue Steel / Ho-Wood
Dave Martell Nakiri 180 Western handle / O1 / black Buffalo horn
Tilman Leder Gyuto 250 Western handle / 1.2442 / white Ebony/ brass
Tilman Leder Gyuto 250 / Niolox / Ebony/ black Buffalo horn
Tilman Leder Gyuto 220 / Niolox / Amboyna burl
Tilman Leder Petty-Gyuto 150 Western handle / Niolox / Koa
Tilman Leder Sujihiki 310 / Niolox / Ebony/ black Buffalo horn
Tilman Leder Sujihiki 210 / Niolox / Ebony/ black Buffalo horn
Murray Carter Gyuto 220 / Hitachi white steel core laminated with stainless steel / Ironwood
Zwilling-Kramer Gyuto 200 Western handle/ 52100 / African blackwood
Tanaka Gyuto 210 Western handle / Damascus SG2 Powdered Steel / Ironwood
Tanaka Petty 150 Western handle / Damascus SG2 Powdered Steel / Black Micarta
Heji Mini Yanagiba 150 / Aogami 1 / magnolia
Shosui Takeda Ajikiri Ko-Deba 120 / AS / Ironwood-custom handle
Suisin Santoku 180 / Inox Honyak i / Ichi wood
Delbert Ealy Parer 75 / AEB-L / Ironwood
Delbert Ealy Parer 75 / AEB-L / Blackwood
Aoki Kawamuki 100 / Gingami3 / Ichi wood


Knives to come:
Mert Tansu, Raquin, WillC. (All gyutos)


To new homes:
Jin Mioroshi Deba 210 / High speed steel / ?
Kato Gyuto 240 Kikuryu / Ebony handle
Bill Burke Gyuto 250 Western handle / 52100 / Rosewood
Shosui Takeda Banno Bunka 170 / AS / Rosewood
Butch Harner Kiritsuke-Gyuto 240 / cpm154 / Olivewood
Zwilling-Kramer Gyuto 250 / 52100 / African blackwood
Stephan Fowler Gyuto 220 / 52100 / Maple burl
Marko Tsourkan Gyuto 225 / Damascus Steel (John Thomas)/Walnut
Marko Tsourkan Gyuto 240 Western handle / AEB-L / Cocobolo
Kagekiyo Gyuto 240 / BlueSteel / Lacquer
Dave Martell Gyuto 240 Western handle / O1 / Kauri
 
Cool thread!

Current:

3x Kato kikuryu 240 gyuto
2x Kato damascus 240 gyuto
Kato damascus 210 gyuto
Kato 300 yanagiba
Kato 270 suji
Kato 210 wh gyuto
Kato 210 std gyuto
Kato 180 petty
Kato 170 honesuki
Kato 80 parer
Konosuke B2 honyaki 240 gyuto
Yoshikazu Ikeda w2 honyaki 240 gyuto
JKI Kochi ku k-tip 240 gyuto
Masamoto ks 240 gyuto
Konosuke w1 240 gyuto
Catcheside catchy blue 235 gyuto
Itinomonn 210 ss gyuto
Shigefusa kitaeji 180 deba
Munetoshi 170 butcher

Waitlist:

Maumasi

Previous:
Toyama 210 gyuto
Konosuke hd2 western 270 gyuto
Konosuke w2 240 gyuto
Kikuichi tkc 270 gyuto
Masakage koishi 270 gyuto
Munetoshi 210 gyuto
Shigefusa kitaeji 240 gyuto
Shigefusa kasumi 240 gyuto
Shigefusa 150 petty
Kato wh 240 gyuto
Kato std 240 gyuto
Kato ku 180 nakiri
Devin Thomas itk 250 gyuto

Want:
Kato 210 kikuryu
Kato western

I may be missing some, but I think thats it.
 
YG420 said:
Cool thread!

Current:

3x Kato kikuryu 240 gyuto
2x Kato damascus 240 gyuto
Kato damascus 210 gyuto
Kato 300 yanagiba
Kato 270 suji
Kato 210 wh gyuto
Kato 210 std gyuto
Kato 180 petty
Kato 170 honesuki
Kato 80 parer
Konosuke B2 honyaki 240 gyuto
Yoshikazu Ikeda w2 honyaki 240 gyuto
JKI Kochi ku k-tip 240 gyuto
Masamoto ks 240 gyuto
Konosuke w1 240 gyuto
Catcheside catchy blue 235 gyuto
Itinomonn 210 ss gyuto
Shigefusa kitaeji 180 deba
Munetoshi 170 butcher

Waitlist:

Maumasi

Previous:
Toyama 210 gyuto
Konosuke hd2 western 270 gyuto
Konosuke w2 240 gyuto
Kikuichi tkc 270 gyuto
Masakage koishi 270 gyuto
Munetoshi 210 gyuto
Shigefusa kitaeji 240 gyuto
Shigefusa kasumi 240 gyuto
Shigefusa 150 petty
Kato wh 240 gyuto
Kato std 240 gyuto
Kato ku 180 nakiri
Devin Thomas itk 250 gyuto

Want:
Kato 210 kikuryu
Kato western

I may be missing some, but I think thats it.
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Fuk me
That's a proper list
3 kiku??? What's goes through your mind??
 
Your list is too sick! and has a lot of overlap with my want to try, which is much larger than my own/has owned lol.
zoze said:
My current knives:
Jannis Scholz (Xerxes) Gyuto 250 / San Mai Damascus with sc125 core / Bog oak with puddle steel
Mario Ingoglia Gyuto 255 / XHP / Ironwood and Blackwood with musk ox spacer
Andy Billipp Gyuto 245 Western handle / 52100 / Ironwood
Michael Rader Gyuto 240 Western handle / W2 / Blackwood
Will Catcheside Gyuto 245 San Mai / 1.2442 carbon/historic iron / Zebrano and bog oak
Kato Gyuto 240 Western handle / Ringed gidgee
Watanabe Gyuto 240 Pro-Line / BlueSteel / Ho-Wood
Watanabe Mioroshi Deba 180 / Blue Steel / Ho-Wood
Dave Martell Nakiri 180 Western handle / O1 / black Buffalo horn
Tilman Leder Gyuto 250 Western handle / 1.2442 / white Ebony/ brass
Tilman Leder Gyuto 250 / Niolox / Ebony/ black Buffalo horn
Tilman Leder Gyuto 220 / Niolox / Amboyna burl
Tilman Leder Petty-Gyuto 150 Western handle / Niolox / Koa
Tilman Leder Sujihiki 310 / Niolox / Ebony/ black Buffalo horn
Tilman Leder Sujihiki 210 / Niolox / Ebony/ black Buffalo horn
Murray Carter Gyuto 220 / Hitachi white steel core laminated with stainless steel / Ironwood
Zwilling-Kramer Gyuto 200 Western handle/ 52100 / African blackwood
Tanaka Gyuto 210 Western handle / Damascus SG2 Powdered Steel / Ironwood
Tanaka Petty 150 Western handle / Damascus SG2 Powdered Steel / Black Micarta
Heji Mini Yanagiba 150 / Aogami 1 / magnolia
Shosui Takeda Ajikiri Ko-Deba 120 / AS / Ironwood-custom handle
Suisin Santoku 180 / Inox Honyak i / Ichi wood
Delbert Ealy Parer 75 / AEB-L / Ironwood
Delbert Ealy Parer 75 / AEB-L / Blackwood
Aoki Kawamuki 100 / Gingami3 / Ichi wood


Knives to come:
Mert Tansu, Raquin, WillC. (All gyutos)


To new homes:
Jin Mioroshi Deba 210 / High speed steel / ?
Kato Gyuto 240 Kikuryu / Ebony handle
Bill Burke Gyuto 250 Western handle / 52100 / Rosewood
Shosui Takeda Banno Bunka 170 / AS / Rosewood
Butch Harner Kiritsuke-Gyuto 240 / cpm154 / Olivewood
Zwilling-Kramer Gyuto 250 / 52100 / African blackwood
Stephan Fowler Gyuto 220 / 52100 / Maple burl
Marko Tsourkan Gyuto 225 / Damascus Steel (John Thomas)/Walnut
Marko Tsourkan Gyuto 240 Western handle / AEB-L / Cocobolo
Kagekiyo Gyuto 240 / BlueSteel / Lacquer
Dave Martell Gyuto 240 Western handle / O1 / Kauri
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Wish list:
Watanabe (165mm Santoku, 210mm sujihiki)

Previously owned:
Kurosaki KU (210mm Gyuto)
Tojiro DP (180mm Gyuto, 210mm Gyuto, 210mm petty, 165mm Santoku, 120mm petty)
Fujiwara FKM (180mm Gyuto, 240mm Sujihiki)
Fujiwara FKH (210mm Gyuto)
Suisin Western Inox (180mm Gyuto, 150mm petty, 80mm paring)
Masamoto VG (210mm Gyuto)
Tojiro W#2 (240mm gyuto, 210mm gyuto, 180mm gyuto, 120mm petty)
Masakage Mizu (165mm Santoku)
Gihei B#2 (165mm Santoku)

Own:
Watanabe (120mm petty)
Masakage Yuki (210mm Gyuto)
Gesshin Ginga W#2 (210mm Gyuto)
Tojiro W#2 (165mm Santoku)
Tojiro DP (270mm bread knife)
 
What I've tried: Pretty much anything worth trying

What I want to try: Xerxes primus, hinoura white #1 but only if iron cladding version released, something made with tamahagane, ikeda honyaki
 
Well, I've made over 200 sayas for my own personal knives, and didn't get into to that for several years after my rabbit hole venture. I'm not even going to begin to try and make a list, but it will be fun to see others.
 
Wishlist/Waiting
Tatsuo Ikeda Honyaki
Yoshikazu Ikeda Honyaki
Ashi Hamano Honyaki
Shiraki Honyaki

Procrastinating on, but want to try
Toyama
Munetoshi gyuto
Heiji (carbon)

Own
Konosuke Fujiyama
Konosuke HD2
Kiyoshi Kato
Shigefusa
Masamoto KS
Keijiro Doi
Sukenari
Gengetsu
Terayasu Fujiwara
Masakage Koishi
Katsushige Anryu
Munetoshi
Sakai Takayuki

@YG420 All those Kikuryu, and you still won't sell me one ;(((

@MikedTran I should probably PM you, but what did you use to take your pictures? They look so much better than anything I can pull out of my iPhone ;(
 
Own & Use
Sukenari 240 ginsan gyuto (my favorite profile)
Masakage Yuka bunka
Konosuke Hd2 240 gyuto
Shigefusa KU santoku
Moritaka KS 240 gyuto
Takeda 160 petty
Sabitier inox 180 petty

Previously Owned
Shigefusa 240 gyuto (d handle)
Shigefusa 240 gyuto (w custom handle)
Marko Tsourkan 150 petty (52100)
Devin Thomas 240 gyuto (Aebl)
Nora Knives 240 gyuto (m4 @67.5rc)
Delbert Ealy 240 gyuto (o-1)
Takeda 220 bunka
Konosuke Hd 270 suji
Konosuke Fuji 240 gyuto (W#2)
Konosuke Fuji 240 gyuto (B#2)
Konosuke Hd2 270 gyuto (western)
Gesshin Ginga 240 gyuto (stainless)
Gesshin Ginga 180 petty (stainless)
Masakage Shimo nakari
Shiro Kamo nakiri
Masakage Koishi 240 gyuto
 
Omega said:
@YG420 All those Kikuryu, and you still won't sell me one ;(((
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That's because I'm ahead of you on the list :pirate1:


YG420 said:
Cool thread!
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You have an unlucky number of Katos, hope you can find a 210 kikuryu soon to take care of that :D

mikedtran said:
I was just looking at my previous rotation and wanted to hear from everyone what knives they have tried/owned and still want to try.
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Own
See my profile, I think it's more or less up to date

Previously owned
Creep my "started by" posts on BST or threads where I complain of sellers remorse (Kato 240 kikuryu is a good one lol)

want
Everything :D
But in all seriousness I cannot do that
 
Waiting:
Bloodroot - 210 gyuto
The 9 - 240 gyuto
Kato - 270 gyuto

Wanting:
Ikeda Honyaki
Shiraki honyaki
Watanabe Honyaki
Genkai Masakuni Honyaki
Hiromoto Honyaki
Xerxes custom
Oatley
Ittetsu
Kochi
Gengetsu
Shiraki Akebono
Masamoto KS
Rader
Billip


Own:
Doi takobiki
Doi yanagiba
Konosuke Togo Reigou gyuto
Kato 210 gyuto
Kato 210 Damascus gyuto
Kato 240 Kurouchi gyuto
Xerxes Primus 230 gyuto
Shiraki 270 ginsanko gyuto
Wakui 270 gyuto
Tanaka 210 ironwood gyuto
Tanaka 240 B2 gyuto
Tanaka 210 ginsanko
Watanabe 150 petty
Kotetsu 150 petty
Teruyasu Fujiwara 195 gyuto

Owned
Shig 240 Kasumi gyuto
Shig 270 gyuto
Shig 210 Kitaeji gyuto
Kato 240 WH
Tsukiji Masamoto 240 gyuto
Konosuke 240 HD2 gyuto
Konosuke 285 HD Sakura gyuto
Bryan Raquin 290 gyuto
Teruyasu Fujiwara 240 gyuto
Takeda 240 Sasanoha
Takeda 210 gyuto
 
Anton said:
Fuk me
That's a proper list
3 kiku??? What's goes through your mind??
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Lol! Well, its my understanding that there were two versions of kikuryu that Maxim offered, one with the damascus pattern more visible and one with the pattern more subtle. I have two of the more visible patterned ones and one of them is brand new, kinda hoping to hold onto it to pass along to my kids when they get older, but thats many years from now.
 
@omega, see my reply to anton, but who knows, things can change. You may have to deal with aboynamedsuita one day tho lol.
 
@YG420 haha, no it's alright man- I had a decent idea why you were hanging on to them.

Though, come on- you can't sell to aboynamedsuita over me; he's Canadian. We need to keep those Katos in country ;D
 
Waiting:

Dan P
Don N
Maumasi
Haburn
Tristen
BloodRoot
Radar

People I bug all the time:

Robin Dalman

Current children:

Maumasi
Salem Strub
THOR's Hammer Mjolnir (for now)
Oatley '
OG Moritaka (retired)

Things I give up for this wait list:
Women
Life
Nice Dinners
Sanity
 
You will not be disappointed in the Dan P. Best value I have gotten on a knife after wakui.

Who is Tristen?

cheflivengood said:
Waiting:

Dan P
Don N
Maumasi
Haburn
Tristen
BloodRoot
Radar

People I bug all the time:

Robin Dalman

Current children:

Maumasi
Salem Strub
THOR's Hammer Mjolnir (for now)
Oatley '
OG Moritaka (retired)

Things I give up for this wait list:
Women
Life
Nice Dinners
Sanity
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Own

Masamoto KS white #2 gyuto 240mm
Masamoto KS white #2 sujihiki 240mm
Mizuno Tanrenjo blue #2 gyuto 270mm
Monzaburo honyaki white #2 gyuto 240mm
Kato JNS Workhorse gyuto 240mm
Konosuke Fujiyama white #2 gyuto 240mm
Konosuke Fujiyama blue #2 funayuki gyuto 240mm
Konosuke Fujiyama white #1 sujihiki 270mm
Heiji Swedish carbon gyuto 240mm
Shigefusa kurouchi Swedish carbon kurouchi kataba petty 150mm
Kanemasa SK4 petty 120mm
Kanemasa white #3 mukimono 180mm
Kikuichi white #2 deba 180mm
Kikuichi white #2 kamagata usuba 210mm
Mizuno Tanrenjo honyaki white #2 kamagata usuba 210mm
Yoshihiro white #2 yanagiba 300mm
Yoshihiro blue #2 kiritsuke 270mm
Yoshikane V2 wa-honesuki 170mm
Ikkanshi Tadatsuna white #2 no. 6 chukabocho 220mm
Sugimoto white #2 no. 6 chukabocho 220mm
CCK 1102 carbon chukabocho 230mm

Sold

Konosuke white #2 gyuto 270mm
Yoshihiro white #2 gyuto 270mm
Gesshin Ittetsu white #2 gyuto 240mm
Ajikataya white #2 gyuto 240mm

Wishlist

Masamoto HS honyaki white #2 gyuto 240/270mm
Masamoto KS white #2 petty 165mm
Mizuno Tanrenjo honyaki white #2 gyuto 240/270m
Sukenari honyaki white #1 gyuto 240
Mizuno Tanrenjo honyaki white #2 sakimaru takobiki 330mm
 
My list is shorter than most:

Own:

Tesshu honyaki gyuto 270mm b#2 (Shiraki)
Hiromoto honyaki gyuto 240mm w#2
Tanaka R2 Wa 240mm
Toyoma gyuto 240mm
Ashi Ginga petty 120mm w#2
CCK 1303
Shigefusa kitaeji gyuto Wa 240mm

Coming:

Takeda gyuto 210mm
Takeda gyuto 240mm

Sold:

Kato 210mm WH gyuto
Konosuke HD gyuto 240mm
Konosuke HD petty 180mm

Want:
Honyaki gyuto from Ashi, Ikeda, Mizuno, and Watanabe
Shigefusa western gyuto
Kato gyuto 240
Tanaka R2 ironwood
+many others
 
You guys/gals own waaaay too many knives!

Just got the one Forschner! :tease:
 
YG420 said:
@omega, see my reply to anton, but who knows, things can change. You may have to deal with aboynamedsuita one day tho lol.
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Omega said:
@YG420 haha, no it's alright man- I had a decent idea why you were hanging on to them.

Though, come on- you can't sell to aboynamedsuita over me; he's Canadian. We need to keep those Katos in country ;D
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We'll have to see… info have a KU gyuto that is missing from YG's list as trade bait :D
But that said, with how the CAD/USD exchange rate has been I dunno how it'd work out
 
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