Recent content by chiffonodd

I'm full up at the moment but I want to chime in and say that, in general, people really should be more open to partial tang westerns. Takamuras have taught me this. A full tang is unnecessary in a chef's knife IMHO. You don't need to baton hardwood, you need to cut food. Partial tang western is...

Just got one of these but had to make an unplanned trip out of town, never got to use it. What do you think of it? Obvioisly you're selling it so maybe it didn't jive with you - but how would you describe it in use? GLWS regardless.

Have one of these on order, otherwise I'd be breaking my post-ARM vows again 😆😍

I think you also have a cleaver that you need to let go 😇😈

Definitely to make wolverine claws

Sugimoto #1. 220×95, 370g, w#2 iron clad. Test cuts pending 😁 PS: These are available on Amazon for <200 and they have a 12 month payment plan with a small amount of interest. So i got this guy for like $17 a month 😍

This place is strewn with the dessicated corpses of takamura uchigumo WTB posts. God speed.

Unfortunately I recall the misono parer as having a fairly slim handle (I let it go because I was getting annoying spot oxidation from the humid/salt air near the coast), slimmer than the mac pro. If you're looking for a chonkier handle, you might wanna go with the z-Kramer euro 52100? e.g...

Triangle? Rectangle? Indeterminate?

+1, best production carbon yo-parer on the market

Howdy pardner. 😎 Lived in dallas as a kid but i don't say howdy either. I do slip in a y'all every now and then.

My favorite camp knife is my Orford woodlander 4". O1, scandi grind, natural micarta scales, kydex belt sheath. The scandi grind is tailor made for wood working, so it's great for splitting kindling (batonning), shaving curls for tinder, and carving random camp-related objects (spoons, tent...

Nice looking texture on that tofu. What firmness, did you press, and freeze/thaw?

I don't dispute that they're high quality knives, the issue is the disparity where a basic Kramer gyuto will sell for $18,000 and a top of the line Isasmedjan (etc.) will sell for $1,200. Of course, that's not Kramer's fault, but it is bemusing at the least.

The Taylor Swift of kitchen knives 😆 Nothing against Mr. Kramer, personally, though. The hype is ridiculously overblown but I think that the fault lies with the masses.