Panamapeet
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I am quite a fanatical home cook, based in the Netherlands (EU). I love experimenting with new techniques, cuisines, equipment etc. Since about a year I have totally fallen (probably very familiar for all of us here).
I currently have a Takamura R2 210, Shiro Kamo 240 in AS, Toyama 300 suji, Itinomonn 180 nakiri, a 210 Fujiwara Maboroshi and a 135 blue 2 petty I picked up in Japan.
I have also picked up sharpening, which Im getting better at every time I sharpen a knife. I have slowly invested in nice stones and am currently using the following line-up: Atoma 140 JNS 300 JNS 800 JNS Synthetic Red Aoto JNS 6000. It may sound a bit weird, but after sitting at a desk and working 12 hours a day, working with my hands feels quite relaxing and rewarding.
Now why am I telling you all this? As a result of the yearly tax return I will run into a bit of money (about 1.000), and I really want to just spend this money and buy some nice things knife and stone related for myself. Since you all have way more experience and knowledge than me, I would like to ask you what you would buy if you were me. Basically, the amount of choices are so overwhelming, that I dont know that to do.
I have thought of a few things to do:
1. Venture into single bevel knives and buy a deba and/or yanagiba that I can use for breaking down chickens and (slicing) sashimi, which I occasionally do
2. Buy a natural stone that complements my current stones (but I should really do some more research before I buy any)
3. Buy a really really really nice knife (Shig, Kato, custom, a honyaki)
I currently have a Takamura R2 210, Shiro Kamo 240 in AS, Toyama 300 suji, Itinomonn 180 nakiri, a 210 Fujiwara Maboroshi and a 135 blue 2 petty I picked up in Japan.
I have also picked up sharpening, which Im getting better at every time I sharpen a knife. I have slowly invested in nice stones and am currently using the following line-up: Atoma 140 JNS 300 JNS 800 JNS Synthetic Red Aoto JNS 6000. It may sound a bit weird, but after sitting at a desk and working 12 hours a day, working with my hands feels quite relaxing and rewarding.
Now why am I telling you all this? As a result of the yearly tax return I will run into a bit of money (about 1.000), and I really want to just spend this money and buy some nice things knife and stone related for myself. Since you all have way more experience and knowledge than me, I would like to ask you what you would buy if you were me. Basically, the amount of choices are so overwhelming, that I dont know that to do.
I have thought of a few things to do:
1. Venture into single bevel knives and buy a deba and/or yanagiba that I can use for breaking down chickens and (slicing) sashimi, which I occasionally do
2. Buy a natural stone that complements my current stones (but I should really do some more research before I buy any)
3. Buy a really really really nice knife (Shig, Kato, custom, a honyaki)