Badgertooth
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A massive 210 at 277g. It's sold on JCK as a gyuto but I'd encourage anyone looking for a robust butcher to consider it. A powerful hamaguri edge comprised of Aogami super is sandwiched between mild Damascus steel cladding. It also has a really nicely done linen micarta handle
I didn't like the finish left on the knife so I thinned it off and refinished it myself. Not JKI perfect, but nicer than it came with and will make any attempt to maintain and refinish by the next owner a thousand times easier. There are a few scratches from refinishing visible if you scrutinise closely in natural light but nothing I'd be able to even photograph and it is priced accordingly.
Since marrying a vegetarian I have precious little chance for doing my own butchery which is what this knife's forte would be. It looks more like what Watanabe San calls a Kaibou or that intense Masahiro Atama-otoshi.
$170 + $20 shipping most places
Cutting edge length 210mm
Total Length: 355mm
Blade Thickness: 3.2mm
Blade Width:45mm
Handle Length:128mm
Total Weight: 277g
I didn't like the finish left on the knife so I thinned it off and refinished it myself. Not JKI perfect, but nicer than it came with and will make any attempt to maintain and refinish by the next owner a thousand times easier. There are a few scratches from refinishing visible if you scrutinise closely in natural light but nothing I'd be able to even photograph and it is priced accordingly.
Since marrying a vegetarian I have precious little chance for doing my own butchery which is what this knife's forte would be. It looks more like what Watanabe San calls a Kaibou or that intense Masahiro Atama-otoshi.
$170 + $20 shipping most places
Cutting edge length 210mm
Total Length: 355mm
Blade Thickness: 3.2mm
Blade Width:45mm
Handle Length:128mm
Total Weight: 277g