Valgard's gear

[valgard]

Newest kitchen Raquin.
212x42mm in c130 core and mild steel cladding.

And a rehandled Comet as the wood on the first handle could not get along with the wildly swinging temperature and humidity in my kitchen.
W2 wide bevel 240x54mm honyaki with two tone black ash burl handle.

 

[valgard]

Also a few additions to the Halcyonforge family.

23c3 (spicy white)/wrought iron sanmai gyuto.
243x53mmm 176g
Handle in East indian rosewood burl.

1.2519/wrought iron sanmai gyuto.
257x54mm 201g
Handle: spalted maple D handle

 

[valgard]

Halcyonforge
1000 layers wrought iron and nickel damascus sanmai with 1.2519 core.
227x49mm 211g
Handle: Huon pine burl, very fine g10, and wrought iron front cap cured with beeswax at high temp. The wrought iron joint to the wood is slightly rounded to avoid sharp edges when it gets too dry in my apartment.

 

[valgard]

Yo Shigefusa Kasumi 270mm

some patina action

With the Wa kitaeji sibling

And a humble Hiromoto Honyaki 240 that needs a good thinning before it's serviceable.

 

[YG420]

COÑO! Killin em softly!

 

[valgard]

COÑO! Killin em softly!

Hahahaha! That first part made me laugh [emoji13].

 

[YG420]

Lol

 

[alterwisser]

Hahahaha! That first part made me laugh [emoji13].

Me too

 

[mise_en_place]

Ridiculous collection of knives alone! I don't know a damn thing about stones, but if its even half as impressive as the knives...

Green with envy.

 

[valgard]

Ridiculous collection of knives alone! I don't know a damn thing about stones, but if its even half as impressive as the knives...

Green with envy.

Thx! I personally take more pride in my stone collection . Also enjoy stones even more than knives themselves...

 

[marc4pt0]

If any of those Halcyon knives need a new home, I have a very welcoming family waiting for additions

 

[valgard]

If any of those Halcyon knives need a new home, I have a very welcoming family waiting for additions

[emoji23] I'm hoping to add more xD. Especially some different shapes if possible [emoji16].

 

[valgard]

Marko 252mm WH gyuto and Dalman 247mm AEBL S grind with some KU.

Dalman

 

[valgard]

Couple new toys in the last two months (a few things had to go duh):

300mm Shigefusa Yo Kitaeji suji

180mm Sigefusa Yo Kitaeji gyuto

 

[valgard]

Bryan Raquin KT gyuto 254x57mm

 

[valgard]

And a massive Mikawa Nagura 206x77x52mm

 

[nevin]

I have to use a big bowl to catch my non-stop drooling....

Couple new toys in the last two months (a few things had to go duh):

300mm Shigefusa Yo Kitaeji suji

180mm Sigefusa Yo Kitaeji gyuto

 

[valgard]

I have to use a big bowl to catch my non-stop drooling....

Hahaha, thx Nevin!

 

[San_]

Those are Incredible !! Man . wow

 

[Matt Zilliox]

wow, how many hands do you have? not enough for all those knives.

 

[valgard]

Check my avatar I practice the santoryu style [emoji23]

 

[Matt Zilliox]

i like your style.

 

[YG420]

Great pickups!

 

[valgard]

Great pickups!

Thx, but your new avatar gave me the feels [emoji852]️.

 

[YG420]

Thx, but your new avatar gave me the feels [emoji852]️.

Its been a rough week for sure...

 

[valgard]

Some stuff that just came in from getting pimped up

240 Yo Shigefusa Kitaeji gyuto

 

[valgard]

180 Halcyonforge nakiri. 1000 layers wrought + Ni damascus. Bevels finished on stones.

 

[valgard]

270 Munemasa Shig Yanagi. Sweet single bevel geometry on the saya.

 

[valgard]

Also took a couple family shots for my Shigs, Raquins, and Halcyonforge.

Forgot to put the nakiri in the Shig family shots.

Halcyonforge

Raquin

 

[valgard]

Some Katos