What would you buy today?

[Dardeau]

I had a dream last night that I ended up like Jon and left my bag on the bus. This got me thinking about how much I could hustle up to replace everything and what I would absolutely need to perform my job as well as possible. This is what I came up with on a $1000 dollar budget:

Itinomonn 270mm Kasumi V2 gyuto - $227.40
Kochi 210mm V2 suji - $240
Gesshin Uraku 210mm deba - $275
Gesshin Uraku 300mm yanagiba - $220
Messermeister 5 pocket roll - $50
Mac Shears - $59.95
Peltex - $17.90
Kunz Spoon - $11.90

$1102.15 all day

If I really had a hard budget of $1000 I could make do without the yanagiba and cut fish with my gyuto, but that would be uncivilized. If cash was really strapped I would just get the Kochi, the peltex, and the spoon.

Anyone else want to make a list? Make a budget, and you can only put things that are in stock on your list, no Shigs or Markos.

 

[joshsy81]

Kochi 240 v2 suji- $270

Kochi 180 v2 petty- $200

Kochi 180 v2 nakiri- $200

Moritaka 150 AS honesuki- $150

Hardmill waxed canvas knife roll -$185


$1005 all day

About a year and a half ago my roll was stolen out of my car. Funds were tight at the moment (although I did eventually get $1000 from my insurance). As I live in the LA area I was only about 40 mins from Jki. I hauled over there and picked up the Kochi 240 suji because It does pretty much whatever I need to at my current job. Still made it to work on time, box in hand.

 

[Godslayer]

That would be a bad bad day.
Tanaka 240 gyuto b2 $170
Takamura 150 petty $135
Tadafusa 150 nakiri $120
Tojiro bread 270? $60
Ultimate edge bag $80
Kuhn rikon peeler $5
Benriner mandalin $30
Goodwill henckle $10
Browne offset $3
Nogent Fish Spat $25
(Thats my essentials)
masakage mizu 75 petty $80
HHH/Del ealy line knife with thé rest on bst something that is 200-225mm by 40mm ish

 

[MAS4T0]

Is the Peltex to make a knife roll?

 

[Godslayer]

Is the Peltex to make a knife roll?

I thought he meant the fish spat.

 

[turbochef422]

Masamoto ks 240 gyuto ...$330
Ealy parer.. $125
Tanaka Ginsanko 150 petty...$40
Itinomonn 180 Deba...$145
Suisin inox 270 Sujihiki....$160
Ultimate edge roll....$80

$880

 

[panda]

I would blow all my budget on one badass gyuto and borrow everyone else's sh1t for anything else haha. Then slowly rebuild the kit one knife at a time. No going back to budget stuff for me. Fortunately I like stuff that doesn't cost too much.

 

[Dardeau]

No 240 KS or Ginsanko petty in stock today.

 

[chinacats]

I would blow all my budget on one badass gyuto...

Which one?

 

[Dardeau]

If I could have used things that were out of stock I could ha e come in budget easy, knocked 150 off the suji right off by going with the itinomonn

 

[turbochef422]

eBay

 

[chinacats]

eBay

wow, ks3124 and 3127 (27 is actually cheaper than the 24 :scratchhead

 

[daveb]

Can I just kick myself in the ass for leaving knives on the bus and get some more out of the stash at home?

If I was starting fresh, the Uraku, Kochi, Intinomonn and Tanaka products would be well represented.

 

[panda]

i would put out a wanted ad for masa honyaki or find somebody that will make me a custom in tamahagane steel, or even give the miz white honyaki a run

 

[brianh]

For a meager home cook, this thread is gold.

 

[XooMG]

I'd grab a $25 local Chinese style knife and regrind the edge until I'm happy.

 

[JayGee]

there are also

 

[JayGee]

swedish (sw3124)

 

[cyp450]

Being somewhat conservative, I would get two bubinga knife handles from Isaiah.

 

[JaVa]

Great thread! Really made me think about what would I really need in contrast to what I still want (which changes frequently and randomly depending on the rotation of the moon )

But this thread all so made me quite pleased with my stuff so far. I was surprised too of how little I would need to be satisfied. :shocked:

On a really tight budget:
- Tanaka damascus vg10 yo petty 15cm 55$
- Tanaka damascus vg10 wa gyuto 24cm 110$
- Masahiro Bessaku yo sujihiki 240cm 76$
= 241$

This is what I feel would be sufficient enough not to be annoyed with my tools of the trade.
I´d be even a little proud of them.


What I could probably stretch to but with still a real world budget:
- Tanaka damascus vg10 wa petty 15cm 55$
- Haryuki srs15 wa gyuto 240cm 238$ or CoSay hap40 yo gyuto 240cm 242$
- Gekko vg10 yo sujihiki 240cm 100$
= 393$
(- Tanaka damascus B2 wa nakiri 165cm 68$)
(= 461$)
This set would make me a very happy camper.

Both these sets would be for a pro environment.

My knife roll I made myself and I´d just make a new one.
Cost of materials was about 80$.

...But then for fun and for home there would be some late additions from few other favourites! :idea: