ashfanman

One from this range would be better I think...

Just to be clear, and re-iterate what I said above: I still don't think you should get a cheaper knife to learn sharpening on. You'll...

Yes indeed, I did mean FKH.

I had excluded stainless as I thought I’d need carbon. I’ll pick one up tomorrow - thanks for all your help! (And everyone else!)

Yes indeedy! They're not desperately easy to sharpen with all that curvature going on. Though once you've the motions down they do take...

A local store to me sells this one, if it’s a better shape: Kitchen knife, beech handle, carbon steel - Pallares

If you're looking at an inexpensive knife for sharpening practice, I've heard good things about Pallares carbon steel knives...

Just checked - they're available online in the UK and very reasonably priced at the lower end of the range: PALLARES BOXWOOD CLEAVER 17cm

The one I linked to is "straight", so hopefully that refers to the blade not being curved (as opposed to this one: Robert Herder peeling...

Please be aware that the peeling knife has a very slightly curved, concave edge. Very nice for peeling, but not for stone sharpening. I...

Fujiwara Kanefusa FKH, you mean. The FKM are the stainless series.

Don't learn on a Kiwi, the steel is too soft. Get a decent carbon steel knife. You will get results (and therefore feedback on your...

They last ones are all a fair bit more than I'm looking to spend. Shiro Kamo and Misono Swedish both appear to be £150-ish, and Fujiwara...

Would love to learn more about the meetup! I don't live far from London and would love to meet other knife geeks!

Yeah, this definitely applies to me. I've already watched lots of videos on YouTube (though not Murray Carter’s Blade Sharpening...