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I didn’t realize how much I dislike 240s until @jedy617 ’s ill-fated passaround. It just felt like there wasn’t enough knife. It’s tough...

Very nice budget gyuto I used as a baseline for testing, single side convex, thin egde, don’t be fooled by the choil, it is one of the...

Put in a little work before kitchen work starts.

I really like the r2 Takamura I have. Never feel guilty letting it sit a while & the edge lasts. It’s thin but it honestly doesn’t feel...

Some intersting discussion here: Ishikawa has an almost glass-smooth consistent black KU

New handle from @JoBone on Togashi Blue 2

Keep the thick one! Can always regrind it to a thin convex. That's my current project and after doing a quick test yesterday, it's gonna...

It’s ugly and and a lots of polishing work will need to be done but hi it cuts like dream now

After getting the Ichimonji I kind figured why it didn’t cut as I expected, the convexing is bit high and would causing the stuck. I...

I think I speak for everybody here in wanting to know the answer to this important question: Are the cats s***ting in the bathtub, or...

I go to the flea market / antique / thrift stores several times per month for the last ten or twelve years and I've never seen a...

That was my understanding.

I am curious about these two approaches. One it sounds like is true brut de forge, the remnants of the scales that are all over the...

Ah that's interesting. Certainly if you etch (or re-etch) a knife where the forge KU has worn off over time - it does kinda go back to...

Me, too. His and Munetoshi