Recent content by nastyfatdave

Haven’t tried one, but I've considered the tool roll from Knife & Flag. Seems like an affordable non-Messermeister option if you’re not 100% sold on leather. It also has a zippered pocket that looks like it would fit a couple Kunz or so. https://knifeflag.com/store/tool-roll-black

Sarcasm is seriously lost on you two Aussies, innit?

Certainly any women out there looking to enter the online Japanese knife collecting community will stumble on this thread and feel welcome and respected -- this is the place for them. But only if they can be bothered to put down their handbags and pick up a hobby for once in their boring lives.

Lol

What about a rehandled vintage Foster Bros (or Goodell or F Dick or Lamsom or etc) breaking knife? Not hard, Japanese steel, but is that really appropriate for western style butchering anyways? I would recommend checking out UpbeatVintage on Instagram; they do work in this vein, as do others I...

Victorinox curved, semi-flex. Comes in a rosewood handle. First boning knife I used when I started working at a whole animal butcher, and what I would recommend to anyone, pro or home user. Stainless, cheap, very easy to use and learn technique on -- semi flex is very forgiving and makes...

I worked in a whole animal butcher shop for a little while. Other than the Ittinomon and Munetoshi butcher knives (http://www.japanesenaturalstones.com/munetoshi-kurouchi-210mm-wa-slicer/), I've not really seen Japanese equivalents to Western butcher knives. I haven't used either of them...