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Keep in mind it’s 10mm taller at same length Sakai san Mai’s I have handled with a heavier handle material

Jon , if the value of the item is over 1000aud ( around usd 600 arm ) you will be charged with processing fee regardless if the item is coming back etc , I found out the hard way

Hope to make it to that show one year

All of the knives can be classified “forged “ unless you are casting your steel to thin long bars . After all the steel is hot rolled , stretched and elongated at the mill. If you are talking about forging to final shape few minutes of hammering may save you an hour on grinder . It’s not...

Yes , I wish I had bought 2 instead of 1 when I was in the kitchen

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It’s for travel purposes , not suitable for long term storage

For future get vci paper and store the knives wrapped in it with camellia oil . If you are in a humid area and if you are not going to use that knife for a while tape the gap area and so it’s airtight. And avoid storing knives in saya

Power hammer is all I use , sold rolling mill for not using it enough

Pattern welded soft cladding? Not my favourite thing . Pattern welded steel is ok unless manipulated too much . Wootz / polat aka the real deal that has nice watering pattern is my favourite

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Congrats Hoss , well deserved Mert

Shipping a block to eu is as expensive as the block itself unfortunately in my case

In to try a new geometry. If I ended up winning i will give away my personal kitchen knife