Looking for recommendations for an inexpensive White #1 or #2 knife to practice sharpening

[parbaked]

TF Nashiji 150mm petty is another good option for cheap steel that is fun to sharpen!
I was in his shop last month and he also has the petty knives with wonky, plastic & ho wood wa handles if you want even more of a project...
https://www.teruyasu.net/products/petit.html

 

[Konge]

Make a post on BST. Since it's a project knife, you don't really care about it having been sharpened before etc. I'm sure someone has something you could buy for cheap, depending on where you live.

 

[JaVa]

If you want to keep it super cheap Metalmaster has one more Tanaka B2 KU santoku for sixty bucks. Hard to beat that. It's soo smooth to sharpen and a shorter knife is easier to learn. Personally not a big fan of santokus, but it's a fun knife to have play with around the house.

The Munetoshi Matus mentioned should be great too. Haven't used one but with it's solid reputation should be a perfect fit to your purpose.

 

[sac36555]

I ended up picking up a Masakage Shimo Santoku on the BST for a great price. Can’t wait to dull the crap out of it, so I can practice getting a wicked sharp edge!

 

[rickbern]

I had been following this thread and thought matus had offered good advice so I bought a 165 munetoshi petty.

Nice little knife, looks like it belongs next to my 240 kochi gyuto.

Thanks for the tip!

 

[chinacats]

I ended up picking up a Masakage Shimo Santoku on the BST for a great price. Can’t wait to dull the crap out of it, so I can practice getting a wicked sharp edge!

Run the edge across glass for instant dull.

 

[sac36555]

I had been following this thread and thought matus had offered good advice so I bought a 165 munetoshi petty.

Nice little knife, looks like it belongs next to my 240 kochi gyuto.

Thanks for the tip!

That was another option, but I went with the Santoku because I will use it more often.

 

[sac36555]

Run the edge across glass for instant dull.

Thanks for the tip!